Monday, May 9, 2022

Musical Interlude: Alone (1935)

 From the movie, "A Night at The Opera":

The song, "Alone", is used twice in the film. One is a vocal duet by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle. The other is an instrumental performed by Harpo Marx, who also adds some whistling.


By this point, the Marx Brothers were mostly a trio, as Zeppo had left the act. He & Groucho were singers. Chico was a pianist, and later a big band leader. Harpo and his harp found their way into most films, and Harpo's subsequent, legendary guest appearance on I Love Lucy, 20 years after "Opera". 

2 comments:

Mike Doran said...

For the record (so to speak):
In the Fifties, Harpo Marx put out two LPs of his harp playing for Mercury Records; his son Bill Marx did the arrangements.
Harpo In HI-FI! and Harpo At Work have since been reissued as a combined CD, whis has itself become scarce, but that's another story ...
(Harpo & Son apparently put out other recordings for other labels, but I can't confirm, one way or another; Checking Amazon and other sources ...)

hobbyfan said...

I was discussing this with my brother yesterday, and we were both under the impression Harpo hadn't released anything on record. Thanks, Mike.