From 1944, it's Charles Laughton narrating The Oldest Christmas Story and The Story of the Three Wise Men. These would have made a great Line Material release for that year, but it was not to be. While my 78 looks downright mint, it has surface hiss to spare. Luckily, the hiss filter killed most of it, though the fidelity is pretty blah. In my collecting experience, Decca 78s from this period tend to be lo-fi. But these are well-done and fun, blah fidelity or no.
The Oldest Christmas Story--C. Laughton, 1944.
The Story of the Three Wise Men--Same.
The excellent background music was composed by Hanns Eisler, who studied under Schoenberg form 1919 to 1923, says Wikipedia.
Lee
2 comments:
I thought that said "The Oldest Wise Men" for a sec. My bad...
Geriatric comics?
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