1930--Music for the silent newsreels--outtakes

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Harry Rosenthal, seated at a piano, describes the type of stories shown in the silent newsreels, and plays the music he would normally select to accompany the stories. Rosenthal was a composer, piano player, orchestra leader, and actor.

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do you remember the good old days before the advent of the Fox Movietone the newsweekly came on and the pianist had to go all over the world to keep up with the pictures this is my idea and this is why I did it many years ago the music speaks for itself Newport News Virginia Admiral Sims reviews the Atlantic Fleet 3000 blue jackets dressed right Asbury Park New Jersey big baby parade is on Nellie fain to sweat suffice pride closeup of telly st. Moritz Switzerland went the sports skating at all kinds of torture low Yvette lipski's the champagne barrel jumper of Norway jumps 14 barrels one time toggle Illinois million dollar fire destroys entire city block [Music] Motul climates in the third District proves himself a hero by saving three kittens and a bottle of bootleg hooch a close-up of mode the arc City New York the Yankee Stadium the World Series is on many a notables appear Al Smith Jimmy Walker throws the first game I mean the ball [Music] Rome Italy Mussolini reviews officiousness for the 14th time this week [Music]

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