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Showing posts with label Pete Fountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pete Fountain. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Pete Fountain, "Pete's Place", 1965, Universal Pictures short film
Here's a fun 1965 musical short as Universal Pictures present Pete Fountain starring in "Pete's Place," filmed in New Orleans.
Photographed by Willis Winford, produced by Norman E. Gluck, and directed by Arthur Cohen.
Here's a description:
Pete's sextet performs at his 800 Bourbon St. club, plus Mardi Gras with Half-Fast Walking Club. The French Quarter Inn. Phil Harris. Godfrey Hirsch: vibes, Earl Vuiovich: piano, Paul Guma: guitar, Oliver "Sticks" Felix: bass, Paul Edwards: drums. Film concludes with "When the Saints Go Marching In" shot at a make shift coffee shop; the dancers really capture that era.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
The Plymouth Show with Lawrence Welk (ABC-March 11, 1959)
Time now for the March 11, 1959 ABC Network telecast of The Plymouth Show with Lawrence Welk, along with his Champagne Music Makers.
Complete with commercials for the 1959 Plymouth.
This was Lawrence's other weekly ABC Network show, alongside his Saturday Dodge Dancing Party.
This episode marks Pete Fountain's swan song with Lawrence.
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