Synopsis
This black and white musical television film is an episode of the hit show Your Hit Parade. Your Hit Parade was an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1953 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. It was sponsored by American Tobacco's Lucky Strike Cigarettes. During its 24-year run, the show had 19 orchestra leaders and 52 singers or groups. The show sought to portray the week's top radio hits through short choreographed scenes performed by famous singers and actors. This particular film, which aired some time in 1954 and is presented by radio personality André Baruch, is sponsored by Crosley Radio a subsidiary of ASCO manufacturing corporation as well as the show’s usual sponsor Lucky Strike and features commercials from the two throughout the program. Produced by Dan Lounsbery and directed by Clark Jones, this film also features choreography by Tony Charmoli and sets by Paul Barnes. Two mallets play drums, horns, and cymbals (0:10). Title page (0:14). ASCO manufacturing corporation animated advertisement for electronics and kitchen appliances (0:28). Animation of musical notes dancing on a staff, along piano keys, and around a jukebox (1:08). Singers line up to be presented in animated TV screen (1:35). Dorothy Collins (1:37). Snooky Lanson (1:40). Gisele MacKenzie (1:44). Russell Arms (1:46). The Hit Parade raiders and dancers (1:47). Raymond Scott as orchestra leader with Hit Parade orchestra (1:49). Survey song number…
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Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Paul Barnes
- Your Hit Parade
- Hit Parade
- American Tobacco
- Lucky Strike Cigarettes
- Crosley Radio
- Lucky Strike
- Dan Lounsbery
- Clark Jones
- Tony Charmoli
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Enjoyable live broadcast · HappySwordsman · 2024-10-07
The thing I find most striking about this episode is that it is dominated by nostalgia for earlier periods. Of course, other episodes did nostalgic song segments, but not to the extent seen here.