Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields

1927
10m

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6.4/10

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The curtain opens; behind it are two pianos where Charles Bourne and Phil Ellis, billed as the Music Boxes, are seated playing. After a few bars, Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields enter - she... Read allThe curtain opens; behind it are two pianos where Charles Bourne and Phil Ellis, billed as the Music Boxes, are seated playing. After a few bars, Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields enter - she's in tulle, he's in sport coat, worsted trousers, vest, and tie carrying a cane and straw... Read allThe curtain opens; behind it are two pianos where Charles Bourne and Phil Ellis, billed as the Music Boxes, are seated playing. After a few bars, Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields enter - she's in tulle, he's in sport coat, worsted trousers, vest, and tie carrying a cane and straw hat. They do three numbers, "Hello Mr. Bluebird," Irving Berlin's "The Call of the South,... Read all

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Blossom Seeley

Self

Benny Fields

Self
(as Bennie Fields)

Charles Bourne

Self - Pianist
(as The Music Boxes)

Phil Ellis

Self - Pianist
(as The Music Boxes)

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Trivia
Completed in May 1927 and copyrighted in July 1927, but apparently not widely released until a year later, as few theatres were equipped for sound in 1927.

Quotes
Bennie Fields, Himself: Well, Child, I'm glad you're in that spirit.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: It's just the way I feel.
Bennie Fields, Himself: If you're gonna sing songs, you better wait til you hear from me.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: You don't mean to tell me you write songs?
Bennie Fields, Himself: Well, the proof of the puddin' is the eating. You can always find me in the company of great composers.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: You tell 'em!
Bennie Fields, Himself: "Blue Skies" by Berlin.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: Very pretty.
Bennie Fields, Himself: "Rhapsody in Blue" - Gershwin.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: That's pretty too.
Bennie Fields, Himself: "Mary Lou" - Lyman
Blossom Seeley, Herself: That's sweet!
Bennie Fields, Himself: Little song here that I wrote if you're interested in novelties. A French Coon Song.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: You tell! A French Coon Song! What's the name of it?
Bennie Fields, Himself: Marsa lays in the Cold, Cold Ground.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: Boy, that's a silly song. What I really wanna sing is somthin' about Dixie.
Bennie Fields, Himself: You mean, Fields of Cotton?
Blossom Seeley, Herself: That's it.
Bennie Fields, Himself: Honeysuckle.
Blossom Seeley, Herself: That's it!
Bennie Fields, Himself: Child of breathe and the Call of the Southland!