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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Jim Weir 

A 1972 film called "The Ruling Class", starring Peter O'Toole, has
a short scene showing him leaning against what looks like a large
Polyphon on its base.  I saw it a long time ago; as I remember it
the disc is turning but the soundtrack is dubbed.

Jim Weir
Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland
combwork@aol.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

(Message sent Sun, 29 Jan 2017 13:35:07 -0500 , from time zone -0500.)

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