[Dixielandjazz] Ealing Comedies of the 1950s

[Marek Boym]

>
> Re jazz on film.
>
> I picked up a DVD at a market of Mell Brooks called To be or not to be`
> Pretty funny in bits, including the invasion of Poland, but it starts with
> Brooks and Ann Bancroft performing Sweet Georgia Brown, IN POLISH.


You must be joking!  Polish is an impossible language, as all of us
Polish speakers know!  Many of the Polish sounds are not pronouncable
for foreigners; actually, most foreigners don't even distinguish
between them (that's OK - I could not distinguish between the various
"accents" in French).

Cheers


with a
> sort of jazzy band supporting. Well worth a listen just for its uniqueness.
> Another bit which made me laugh was Brooks doing `To be... and then pausing
> for dramatic effect, whereupon the prompter supplies..or not to be. and
> Brooks stamps on his fingers.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat.
>
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