[Dixielandjazz] Henry Fonda, trumpeter

[Hal Vickery]

There is a great DVD out with a bunch of the old Jack Benny Lucky Strike live TV shows.  In one episode, Jack has a "jam session" with several Hollywood stars including Powell, MacMurray (sax), Dan Dailey (drums), Kirk Douglas (banjo), and Tony Martin (clarinet), along with Jack on violin and a couple of the musicians from the show's orchestra, of whom the only one I remember is Charlie Bagby (piano).  I don't remember who the bass player was.  Unfortunately, there was no Frankie Remley on guitar.

Hal Vickery
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Ingle<mailto:dingle at nomadinter.net> 
  To: Hal Vickery<mailto:hvickery_80 at msn.com> 
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  Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 11:18 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Henry Fonda, trumpeter


  Anton Crouch wrote:
  > Hello Dave
  >
  > Very nice. First polar bears and, now, this  :-)
  >
  > Henry Fonda actually played the part of a trumpet player in the comedy
  > "On Our Merry Way" (1948). Have a look at
  >
  > http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040664/<http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040664/>
  >
  > It's an anthology movie with four stories on the subject "How has a
  > child influenced your life?". It's the first feature film teaming of
  > Fonda and his friend James Stewart and has a cameo appearance by Harry
  > James.
  >
  > Well worth seeking-out for Fonda and Stewart's performances. I don't
  > know whose trumpet playing it is on the soundtrack.
  >
  > All the best,
  > Anton
  >
  >> [Dixielandjazz] "Hot Lips" Henry (Fonda) playing jazz trumpet!
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  >> Date:
  >> Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:38:27 -0800
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  >> Another great Youtube find!
  >>
  >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgtvuB73aU<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbgtvuB73aU>
  >>
  >> Dave Richoux
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  Fonda was not a trumpter player infact but DickPowel was. Fred MacMuuray 
  was also a saxophoniost and part of a sax quartett that was in late 
  stage vaudevulle.
  Lots of film notables had been musicians before becoming silver screen 
  actors.
  The list is rather long when onedigs into it.
  Don (best behavior paid off on Hagmanay - no hangover, so I guess I 
  didn'y have a good tijme) Ingle

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