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Player Pianos in Movies - "Mogambo"
By Tom Steuer

Hi, all.  I sighted a player piano in a film early this morning when
it was too early to get up, too late to go back to sleep.

"Mogambo" (1953, Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner") in a scene
where Gardner is singing to the piano playing "Comin' Through The Rye".

Ava could hold a tune all right, but I understood why MGM decided to
use another vocalist doing her singing in "Showboat".  (I have learned
recently it was a big thing at the time: she was being coached by one
of the all time best voices in the world -- her husband, Frank
Sinatra.)

Tom Steuer


(Message sent Fri 19 Mar 1999, 16:21:53 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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