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Mechanical Music (and Carousels) in the Movies
By Dan Robinson

Lee Rothrock asks in MMD 220307 about music playing in the 1947 film
"Fun on a Weekend" during a scene in which a carousel is visible in
the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSlaDS9Wziw&t=401s
Attachment thumbnail While I can't comment on the music playing, the carousel appears to be a Looff machine that was once at the Long Beach Pike in California. Compare the attached screen capture with the photos on this webpage: https://carouselcorner.net/california/#pike The carousel shown there, at least the second Looff merry-go-round to have spun at the Pike, was dispersed in 1979 (Carousel News & Trader, Sep. 2010, page 28). The apparent clockwise rotation of the ride in the film was due to its reflection in the bartender's mirror. Dan Robinson Rochester, New York [ Carousel (reverse image) in "Fun on a Weekend" [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/22/03/11/220311_141512_1947-fun-on-a-weekend(b).jpg
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Key Words in Subject:  Carousels, Mechanical, Movies, Music

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