![]() ![]() Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra) and stark shadow lighting (i.e. As the series progressed, the uses of multiple exposures (a great example being Symphony of Swing with Artie Shaw), optical effects, mirrors (i.e. Early films often used a gimmick to frame the musical performances such as the roller skates used in Eddie Duchin & His Orchestra. added more storyline material and visual experimentation. While rival studios like Universal Pictures focused mostly on the performance itself in their own “Name Band Musicals” shorts, Warner Bros. Each ran from 9 to 11 minutes in length and was produced in black and white. The Melody Masters were a series of first-rate big band musical film shorts produced by Warner Brothers, under the supervision of Samuel Sax at their Vitaphone studio in New York between 19, and in Burbank, California with producer Gordon Hollingshead in charge between 19.Īmong the most popular short subjects of their kind (making the Motion Picture Herald top money-making shorts lists in 1939 ) these were an offshoot of the Vitaphone Varieties. Series of first-rate big band musical film shorts produced by Warner Brother ![]()
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