Thursday, December 20, 2007

Cliffie at the Lido



Here's an amazing clip of Cliff Edwards managing to concentrate singing and strumming Hang on to Me while a sultry blonde does cigarette tricks. The clip is from the 1935 short, Starlit Days at the Lido. What I like best about this clip is that you can get a clear view of Cliff's unique strumming style: all fingers with thumb for accent notes. (If you can take your eyes off the girl, that is...) Link

(Starlit Days at the Lido is a bonus feature in this DVD collection, on the Roberta disc. Thanks to Vooper for the tip!)
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous12/20/2007 8:54 PM

    I googled this up though it might be a bit drastic to buy a boxed set to get it. Perhaps Netflix carries it.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026942/dvd

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  2. Anonymous12/21/2007 5:59 AM

    Cliff Edwards in color???

    My entire world is shaken. ;)


    Best,
    Gerald Ross

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  3. Anonymous12/21/2007 6:58 AM

    Kids, take up the ukulele and avoid smoking. Notice how Cliff's act rolls along so nicely, while the smoking girl's bit gets old. Quickly.

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  4. Gary12/21/2007 10:11 AM

    Gerald: not just color. TECHNICOLOR!

    Gp

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  5. Gary12/21/2007 10:12 AM

    And I think perhaps that's Uni's grandmother doing the smoking...

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  6. Ian12/21/2007 10:21 AM

    Smoking still = sexy. mmmmm.

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  7. Gary12/21/2007 12:32 PM

    vooper,

    Thanks for finding the DVD reference!

    Gary

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