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Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

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Instance
Theme name: Whistling the Blues Away
Composer: Harry Tierney
Start time: 0:47:03
End time: 0:47:32
Total duration: 0:00:29
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: no score available
Key: G
Meter: 2/2
Tempo (bpm): 100
Instrumentation: dance band
Description
On-screen: People dancing at a party
Description: Upbeat dance band music played at a party; the tune "Whistling the Blues Away" also appeared in the Wheeler and Woolsey comedy Half Shot at Sunrise (1930); the onscreen card reads: "The first smart party of the season found the Ritz De La Riviera sitting on top of the underworld"; onscreen musicians include piano, drums, bass, trombone, trumpet, but their playing is NOT synchronized with the music that is playing
Tags

AABA structure | ballroom | conversing | dancing | jazz | leading man | party | party | performing | upbeat