Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1925)

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JANUARY 1925 Pictxjre s and Pic hjre Wer 51 urxestkatReackec Your Heart Via the kinema orchestra. BLUMENGEFLUSTER. Tb»Wbitp>rio(or the Plower» Murmur** da* PWurv Sentimental moments like this one (Right) are often accompanied by the soulful strains of " Liebestraum " (Hawkes and Co.) The nocturne, however, goes equally well with the scene from " Love and Sacrifice." Bottom right. «<rr-i] At the head of this column are a few bars of "In a Country Lane," by Eric Coates, No.lof'Summer Days" (Chap pell & Co.). ra-la-la, tra-la-la, om-pom, tralala!" What would you say if, walking into a darkened room, you heard someone making this noise? Perhaps you would say nothing, and only beat a hasty retreat — thinking you had, somehow or other, found your way into a .cell occupied by a poor human creature visited by mental affliction. And if, during your glimpse of the apartment, you noticed a kinematograph film playing upon a screen, you would decide that this method of entertaining the unfortunate patient was doing more harm than good. " La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la !" There he goes again, up and down the scale. Poor fellow. That cowboy film is much too exciting. " "Tali, ta-ra-ra ! Tah, ta-ra-ra ! Tah, ta-ra-ra !" There he goes again ! The scene changes ! The patient looks at his watch ! It'.s a stop-watch ! "Two minutes!" he murmurs. Ah ! The film has flashed over to a regal court. Two heralds are about to" sound the arrival of their majesties. " Tah, la, la, lah, la. La ! La ! La !" The patient is piping that part of the " Casse Noisette " suite which opens with the strident trumpet notes. Eureka ! The poor lad has music on the brain. Been listening-in too much, mayhap, or perchance, somebody has hit him on the head with a trombone ! Nothing of the sort. The " patient " is simply a musical expert engaged in fitting suitable music to a film before it goes out to the kincmas. He is carefully studying each scene as it appears