Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (1929)

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Red Nichols and his Five Pennies (1929) Vitaphone short. Directed by Murray Roth, released 16 September 1929 (USA). Soundtracks list adapted from IMDb:

• “Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider” (Eddie Munson)
• “Nobody’s Sweetheart” (m. Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel, w. Gus Kahn and Ernie Erdman) vocal: Eddie Condon
• “Who Cares?” (m. Milton Ager, w. Jack Yellen) vocal: Eddie Condon
• “China Boy” (Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje)

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The musicians are Red Nichols (cornet), Tommy Thune and John Egan (trumpet), Herb Taylor (trombone), Pee Wee Russell (clarinet), Irving Brodsky (piano), Eddie Condon (banjo and vega lute) and George Beebe (drums). It has become a very well known film which is all over the internet but here is an excellent quality version – for a change.

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