Let's Sing a Song of the West (1947)This musical short features four songs associated with the western United States. The first two were written in the 19th century, the others in the 20th. After the initial rendition of each... See full summary » Director:Jack SchollWriter:Jack Scholl |
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Title: Let's Sing a Song of the West (1947)
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This musical short features four songs associated with the western United States. The first two were written in the 19th century, the others in the 20th. After the initial rendition of each song, Art Gilmore invites the audience to sing along as the lyrics are shown on the screen. Written by David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>
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27 September 1947 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Music by Don Swander
Lyrics by June Hershey
Performed by The Melody Makers
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This film is well-made but also pretty dreadful to watch today. It's a combination of good production values from Warner Brothers and a campy schmaltziness that is hard to enjoy. "Let's Sing a Song of the West" consists of a bunch of old 19th century American songs. The history of the creation of the song is given and then there is a sing-a-long with Karaoke style words appearing on the screen. I assume back in 1947 folks in the audience sang along with this campy stuff, but today the songs (such as "Home on the Range" and "Oh, Susannah") just seem very, very dated--and singing to them about as thrilling as getting a lobotomy...with a corkscrew!! By the way, show the section on the Christy Minstrels to your very politically correct family and friends. Seeing them going into spasms and hysterics as a result of these awful images might be a lot of laughs---or induce a heart attack!