Liszt in 1946
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losun — 19 years ago(April 14, 2006 10:45 AM)
You know it is wierd. In 1946 the moviegoers could see three comedic versions of Franz Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody: Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and Harpo Marx. Is this a coincidence? I know that, there was an arguement between Warner and MGM about, who stole the idea form who? But what about Harpo?
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Eightythreeyearoldguy — 14 years ago(May 27, 2011 11:23 AM)
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies and Brahms' Hungarian dances were both extremely popular and lent themselves nicely to comic routines.
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lousvr — 13 years ago(September 12, 2012 12:30 PM)
Yes, I agree, perhaps as early as the 30's.
What I would like to find out is did the movies somehow promoted the rhapsodies themselves, they were snappy folk dancing music or somehow the rhapsodies had become popular to the general movie-going public? Believe there were a few earlier movies that did make use of them.. ??