Sunday, May 19, 2013

From Dom Yodice #1


Chuck,
They were glockenspeils as you suggested. They were used for three years, 1950 being the first(as shown in the photo). In 1951 they removed the side scrolls.
They were used for the last time in 1953 after having added three more keys.
I have sent Buckle's two photos. One is of the aerial ballet in 1951 showing them on the webs along with the pineapples.
The other photo is of the one I have in my collection.
All the best,
Dom

Posted by Buckles at 5/19/2013 01:43:00 PM

3 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Bill Pruyn had wardrobe props put

dots of colored nailpolish on the

few important keys in an attempt to

get the girls to hit the right notes

(this was on the parade glocks)

19 May, 2013 15:22
Chic Silber said...


I wonder how many of those 24 web

girls were able to master the tune

19 May, 2013 15:24
Roger Smith said...

In the DeMille, these were used in the 1951 "Lovely Luawanna Lady" number, sang by Dorothy Lamour. The tune the girls hammered out was "Aloha Oe" (however it is spelled). We recall Emmett Kelly and James "Buttons" Stewart clowning the number.

19 May, 2013 18:25

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