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Post by doghouseriley on Oct 8, 2018 21:45:28 GMT
These occur occasionally, there are some classic contemporary examples. i.e. the 1947 Robert Mitchum film "Out of the Past." He goes into a diner in a small town and there's what must be a nearly new Wurltzer 1015 in it. They probably used an actual diner.
But sometimes they get it wrong.
In a BBC TV series, WPC 56 (set in 1956), in a scene in a cafe, they had a 1966 Ditchburn Musicmaker.
I've just watched a film on a digiital TV channel made in 1988, "I'll be Home for Christmas." It's set in December 1945. "The Battle of the Bulge" is mentioned as causing some concerns. At a dance organised by the townspeople for troops about to be sent to Germany and for those returning on leave, a jukebox provides the music in a hall and is featured quite prominently.
It's a Rock-Ola 1426, manufactured in 1947. How hard is it for them to get it right? when vehicles, uniforms, etc., seem no problem.
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Post by doghouseriley on Oct 18, 2018 16:40:58 GMT
The 1962 "Walk on the Wild Side" was on TV the other night. It's set in 1930 USA at the height of the depression.
There's a scene with Laurence Harvey and Jane Fonda in a small café. They're playing a 1946 Wurlitzer 1015.
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Post by juke46 on Oct 21, 2018 12:43:35 GMT
The TV Show that started it all for me. It was about 1971-72 on Night Gallery. The episode was called "The Tune In Dan's Café". It was a somewhat violent program. Worth watching. Anna and I said "let's go buy a jukebox" We did the next day. A used but beautiful AMI Continental 2 right from the AMI dealership. It was $150.00 Cash. I asked about a manual and the salesman said "keep your hands off if it", you'll never get a manual. I did "keep my hands off of it" and it worked great for a long time. I finally did get an original manual somewhere. What a great machine. imageshack.com/a/img922/2469/K5NtBc.jpg |
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Post by nicksplace on Apr 9, 2019 21:59:24 GMT
The movie "THUNDER ROAD" features what I believe is a Seeburg Model B where Robert Mitchum is in a night club with a young lady just before he goes out and makes his final liquor (moonshine) run. In "GIANT" the fight scene near the end of the movie in a diner features a ROCKOLA that may be a little newer than the time frame portrayed in the film. Rock Hudson is driving a 1940's convertible before they get to the diner.
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Post by Hildegard on Apr 16, 2019 20:14:32 GMT
Some years ago we started a list with films, movies and shows which show a jukebox at some point. The list is basically in German but of course many US movies are listed as well (with German title). Some screenshots or photos of that part showing the jukebox can be seen, some refer to YouTube and some models are only listed. www.jukebox-world.de/Forum/Archiv/InMovies.htmHildegard |
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Post by nyjb on Jul 18, 2019 17:36:03 GMT
I enjoyed watching Mean Streets the other night, as there were a number of different jukeboxes. The film is set in the early seventies, and the jukeboxes looked to me to be mid-sixties mostly, and not in high-class locations. Which got me wondering about accuracy of another type.
I know there will be all kinds of exceptions, but generally speaking, how long after introduction did jukebox models stay on location? Obviously, there was some push to replace last year's model with the latest. Did some models tend to have more "staying" power?
Similarly, how quickly were the 78 rpm machines pulled from locations when the 45 models emerged? I'm irked when I see certain 40s jukeboxes used as a "Fifties" icon because I've assumed that those units weren't seen much after the early 50s. But maybe I'm wrong. I certainly wasn't around.
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Post by Ron Rich on Jul 18, 2019 18:47:33 GMT
Hi Terry,
BIG "push" by the juke makers to replace last years crop-- One exception I know of was the Seeburg FC-1-- It tended to stay in locations that thought of themselves as "Hi Class", at least 10 years, with no problems. Some of the late 40's WurliTzers and many of the AMi's were converted to 45 rpm from 78--the WurliTzers due to cabinet "beauty"-- The AMi's due to the easy conversion process. Ron Rich
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Post by doghouseriley on Sept 4, 2019 19:49:19 GMT
BBC 2 has a programme called "The Repair Shop" where people bring in old stuff and the "experts," repair it.
The only people I rate is the guy that does clocks and similar mechanical items and a women who restores paintings. You can keep the stuffed toy repairers. A lot of the stuff brought in really needs going into a tip, there's only so far you can go with "sentimental value." They also turn every item into a "drama."
Anyway, although I only caught the end of it, one of the items was a 1957 Wurlitzer, which hadn't worked for thirty years.
Aparently, the regular repairers had the help of a "jukebox engineer."
The end product looked quite good although I didn't see how bad it was when they started. But when they played a record it sounded terrible. poor volume, distorted and no bass.
They appeared to have done little to the amplifier or speakers, if anything. But they were all pleased with themselves and the owner either was being polite or knew no better. Still he got it done for nothing.
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Post by spetersen on Oct 28, 2019 1:43:25 GMT
I recently watched a Netflix series The Good Place, they had the same one I grew up with, a Seeburg SS160.
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Post by Ron Rich on Oct 28, 2019 12:05:55 GMT
Hi Scott,
How didja dodat ?? I ain't growed up yet--and I'z 76 ! Ron Rich
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Post by spetersen on Oct 28, 2019 17:02:10 GMT
It was the closest I could come, no short grey grizzly beard available! I may look around for something better. insert your user number-------------------------^
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Post by doghouseriley on Oct 28, 2019 18:44:56 GMT
A holographic jukebox featured in Blade Runner 2049
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Post by doghouseriley on Nov 4, 2019 19:22:07 GMT
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Post by doghouseriley on Sept 2, 2021 11:36:47 GMT
I'm into Film Noir.
I recorded this as it was on at an ungodly hour of the morning today, on the "Talking Pictures" channel.
"Detour," made in 1945. The scene is in a diner. A customer was playing the jukebox. Looks like a Wurlitzer P12 from 1935. I guess as often in films like these, they used an actual diner.
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Post by doghouseriley on Sept 2, 2021 21:07:40 GMT
In the Robert Mitchum Film Noir I have, "Dead Reckoning." in the opening scene a hoodlum enters an actual roadside diner and plays a Wurlitzer 1015.  This film was released in 1947, so the film may have been actually produced shortly after that jukebox went on the market. It looked new in the film. |
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