Fun fact: the singing in this movie was recorded live! "We had five other musical numbers in the picture. All were recorded directly, even the song “Camptown Races” which Bing, Clarence, and Coleen sang on the street as they were taking Broadway Bill from the barn to the race track. I put a pre-recorded band record of “Camptown Races” on a loudspeaker a block away-as if the music was being played by the band at the race track-and recorded the actors’ voices and the distant band at the same time with a two-camera dolly shot that took the actors from the barn to the race track, followed by a gang of kids who joined in the singing." (Frank Capra, writing in his book The Name above the Title, page 409)
Fun fact: the singing in this movie was recorded live!
"We had five other musical numbers in the picture. All were recorded directly, even the song “Camptown Races” which Bing, Clarence, and Coleen sang on the street as they were taking Broadway Bill from the barn to the race track. I put a pre-recorded band record of “Camptown Races” on a loudspeaker a block away-as if the music was being played by the band at the race track-and recorded the actors’ voices and the distant band at the same time with a two-camera dolly shot that took the actors from the barn to the race track, followed by a gang of kids who joined in the singing."
(Frank Capra, writing in his book The Name above the Title, page 409)
I saw this on TV about 45 years ago and this scene has always stayed in my memory for some reason.
Coleen keeps bumping into people, bless her heart. But the movie goes on!
Classic Americana…. 🙂
Love this!
eccie leaks Rather unusual for the time, filmed outdoors on location, not using back projection?
bings horse finally came in!
5 miles long, 10 miles long, here it is 9 miles long.