Ruth Etting: 1934 "A Needle in a Haystack" in AI

Ruth Etting sings in AI - "A Needle in a Haystack"
by Con Conrad and H. Magidson
from the 1934 film, "The Gay Divorcee"
recorded at New York City, NY.
This presentation was created with AI by animating an image of Ms. Etting and synchronizing its movements with the recording.
The original 78 rpm disc was recorded electrically and digitally
transferred to a sound file. Magix audio software was applied to reduce noise
and enhance tonal qualities.

[@dominiquedelair6843]

Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@margaretthomas8899]

Well done!

[@jimdrake-writer]

There are sound films of Ruth Etting in which she sings, but they're all black-and-white. This marvelous AI creation gives us Ruth Etting in color, and is so life-like that it's hard to believe that this isn't actual color footage of her singing this show tune in her inimitable style.

[@StevenSmith-nq5xe]

I agree. The expressions here aren’t dissimilar from her on-camera appearance in HIPS HIPS HOORAY. Robert, were any of her film cameos used as reference? And thanks for the always surprising looks at our AI future.

[@RobertFells]

Steven, surprisingly no. The facial expressions are extrapolated by AI based on the still photo alone w/o any reference to any moving images of Ruth.