Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info

End-of-Year Fundraising Drive In Progress. Please visit our home page to see this and other announcements: https://www.mmdigest.com     Thank you. --Jody

MMD > Archives > August 2000 > 2000.08.04 > 03Prev  Next


Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Dan Robinson

The recent posts on mechanical music machines in movies remind me
of two movies that I came across on TV featuring carousels with
band organs.

The 1989 film "Chances Are," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Cybill
Shepherd, has a scene at the Glen Echo Park Dentzel Carousel in
Glen Echo, Maryland, with the Wurlitzer 165 band organ playing.  The
two characters are standing outside the carousel, and there is a
brief close-up of it.  Throughout the scene, the Wurlitzer 165 plays
the tune "Maytime."

The 1986 film "Just Between Friends," starring Ted Danson and Mary
Tyler Moore, has a scene at the Griffith Park Spillman carousel in
Los Angeles, California, back when it had the original Wurlitzer 165.
The two characters are shown riding the carousel with their children
and later sitting outside near it, but I don't remember what tunes
were playing.

Dan Robinson
Rochester, NY


(Message sent Sat 5 Aug 2000, 00:22:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Mechanical, Movies, Music

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page