Big Band - Small Band

Buster Crabbe in Tarzan, the fearless (1933)[The Wardour UK 86-minute edit of the serial], visits Dr Brooks' hut, and discovers a strange talking device.

Can anyone identify this portable wind-up? The turntable appears to have collapsible spokes.

The disc itself is a Victor scroll of a tenor with orchestra singing this chorus:

You went away
You left me here to stay
To long each day
Only for you, dear
Why those sunny skies
They don’t realize
How my heart cries only for you

Tarzan draws his knife and approaches the talking machine. He appears to prick his finger while lifting the needle.

# posted by Fred Freud @ 10:18 a.m. 0 comments