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Carlena Diamond: Harpist Supreme (1929)

1929 · Short film · 6 min · dir. Murray Roth

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Synopsis

Miss Diamond plays the harp, talks about her father, who seems to have had his own vaudeville act and, to top the piece off, dances around with a miniature harp. Her harp playing is excellent. Her talking is sentimental and her dancing seems a bit bizarre.A lot of these Vitaphone shorts from this period were simple replications of vaudeville acts of the period -- an interesting turnaround as movie shorts were often used as attractions or "chasers" in vaudeville houses during the nickelodeon…

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Details

Director
Murray Roth
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Released
1929-09-06
Running time
6 minutes

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Song list · ShelvingFlooringCeiling · 2025-02-01

I don’t know the orchestral bits of Irishish music, under the title card and between Ms. Diamond’s songs, or the piece she plays on the Irish harp while dancing, but I was able to recognize the songs enough to check if I was remembering the right titles, and get the authors’ names. “Mighty Lak' a Rose : 1901 lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton, music by Ethelbert Nevin. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" : 1913 by composer James Royce Shannon (1881–1946) for the musical “Shameen Dhu.”. “The Doll Dance” : 1927 piano piece by Nacio Herb Brown. “Nola” : 1915 novelty piano composition by…

★★★★★ · Very nice! · HappySwordsman · 2025-04-09

A nice selection of tunes here, ranging from sentimental to syncopated. I also enjoyed seeing her 1920s perm! Set design is interesting too.

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