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02 May 20 - 10:13 AM (#4049946) Subject: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel From: GUEST,Len Kennington The Michael Powell wartime propaganda film 49th Parallel includes Laurence Olivier as an outrageously over-the-top French-Canadian fur-trapper. At one point he is seated by the fire singing a French Canadian Fur-trappers song (with concertina) when those fiendish Nazis burst in. Anyone know what he's singing? Sequence about 23 mins in - here's the YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEtMUXjuKw (This is the moment when the song starts --mudelf) Thanks |
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02 May 20 - 11:59 AM (#4049966) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel From: cnd IMDB says Alouette (uncredited) Traditional French folksong Sung to accompaniment of accordion by Laurence Olivier But that's definitely not the song in question. Film composer Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote the score for this movie and included titles were: Prelude [opening titles] (2:13) Prologue (11:20) Control Room Alert (2:03) Hudson Bay Post (1:27) Looting the Store (0:46) Death of Kühnecke (1:57) Hutterite Settlement (a) Anna's Volkslied (3:14) Hutterite Settlement (b) The Wheat Harvest (1:47) Winnipeg I (2:50) Winnipeg II (1:08) Nazi March (3:15) Indian Music I (0:29) Indian Music II (1:00) Indian Music III (0:46) Nazis on the run & The Lake in the Mountains (2:08) Prelude [closing titles] (2:12) I don't think any of those are right either. You'll need someone who understands French to track it down. I'm no good at trying to guess which letters they decide to leave out or not when pronouncing a word |
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02 May 20 - 12:23 PM (#4049970) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel From: GUEST,Starship I think he's singing Derrière Chez Nous y a Une Etang but I'm not sure. This will require Monique's help. |
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02 May 20 - 01:07 PM (#4049987) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel From: Bob the Postman It's in Digitrad under the title "En Roulant Ma Boule". Here's a You Tube version. |
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02 May 20 - 05:52 PM (#4050028) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel From: GUEST,Len Kennington Yes! That's it - you got it! |