G'day all,  I have a Filmusic roll titled "Reuben and Rachel" played by
Ed Horton and I am curious to know who these characters were.  A musician
friend thinks they might be "generic" country folk, but I have a feeling
that I have heard of them somewhere before.  I guess they were very
(Jewish?, Negro?) American which is why we don't know them here in OZ.
Was there a silent movie by that name or were they popular stage or movie
characters?

I have another Filmusic roll called "Japanese Sunset" which is actually a
MetroArt roll "re-badged" and it caused a few laughs when I played it for
some Japanese friends who did not recognise the style.  I guess it was a
Western idea of suitable theme music for Oriental movie scenes.   I have
another again called "Furioso" which is quite dramatic, but rather
monotonous without the visuals.   I'm keeping a look-out for more of
these interesting silent movie rolls.

I thought I would mention in passing, that from my experience, "Megumi"
is a lady's name in Japan.

Tom Steuer wrote:
> First to Megumi Imai of Japan who responded to my question about other
> Duo-Art Vorsetzers. He said he had worked on the Duo-Art Vorsetzer that
> Mel Shores built in 1965 for the Tushinsky family.

If Megumi Imai is a lady, she may be too shy to mention it, but if that
is not the case, then I am embarrassed!  It is always nice to hear of
members of the fairer sex repairing these wonderful machines, as a change
from mostly "blokes".  It must have been quite tricky to work on a "one
off" machine like that, with little or no information available.

Cheers,

Darrell Clarke¶
Adelaide, Australia.