One in a Million (1936)
Just saw “One in a Million” (1936), and was amazed by the harmonica players. Found out they’re called Borrah Minevitch’s Rascals. The movie is worth watching just for them. They play in the party scene, when Adolphe Menjou, as Tad Spencer, throws a party for Greta Muller, played by Sonja Henie, before the Olympic Games.
Don Ameche, one of my favorite actors, sings, then in come the Rascals. Great fun! If you have a chance, watch the movie. It’s also worth seeing so one can compare what was thought of as great skating back then, with what is considered great now. Big difference! The skaters of today have their work cut out for them! Incidentally, I think Adolphe Menjou and Richard Haydn looked very similar. As I watched the movie, I kept confusing Menjou with Haydn, in his part as Max Detweiler in “The Sound of Music” (1965). I kept asking myself how he could look the same thirty years later…
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