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dipsydoodle

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9. Last Hollywood silent movie was made in 1935

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 10:01 AM

Feb 2012

Louis Prima's version of Sing , Sing , Sing was released March '36. Close enough I'd say.

I've yet to see the film so have no notion of when it takes place. If its '37 then the music suffices but if late '20s then maybe Fletcher Henderson maybe would've been better.

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Soundtrack music. dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #4

Is the setting of this movie 1937 or around the time of The Crash? no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #8

Last Hollywood silent movie was made in 1935 dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #9

Yeah, Fletch -- or Paul Whiteman. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #10

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