Dick Rich and His Synco Symphonists (1928)

[@bobboscarato1313]

Dick Rich surely looked like Paul Whiteman!

[@georgedabrowski6900]

Oh, my blood pressure! Pure fun!!!

[@maxwellgodwin6571]

Why

[@maxwellgodwin6571]

Oooh I get it, never mind

[@marilynndonini7247]

I recall that there is more to this Vitaphone short than appears here (or on other posts on KZbin, too)! Cheri Rich, the maestro's wife, does an hysterical turn as a ventriloquist's dummy! Where did that go, I wonder...

[@harvardkarbodie]

Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHiod2OlmZKCr9U

[@marilynndonini7247]

@@harvardkarbodie Thanks! It's so whack, but it gets me every time... (16mmrick has a cool channel too.)

[@8mysteryjo]

I know my Grand Uncle (Larry Rich) would not appreciate the removal of the the ventriloquist’s dummy. Whoever removed it must of felt it was the PC thing to do.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Terrific character and group. Yet another fleeting look into a vanished past SAVED by means of The Vitaphone! BRONZE those Warner Bros.! . : .

[@michaeloleary1867]

Awesome!

[@brentg3707]

such a treat thank you

[@alexmckenna1171]

Such fun! There used to be a short film of a lady dance band leader with a good (all male) band about 1928, but it seems to have vanished from YT. A very handsome band I recall!

[@julianbonser6091]

Loved it - wonderful tongue in cheek humour. And the buxom Cheri Rich gyrating around at the end - lovely stuff!

[@JozefSterkens]

great !

[@caroltenge5147]

Beyond words......

[@Daviej5700]

Wonderful..

[@RatPfink66]

"Dick" was better known as Larry Rich (Lawrence Richardson Jossenberger 1894-1935). He was the son of actors and grew up to be a vaudeville comedian. His wife, the former Cheri McIntosh, was his partner in various acts as well as with the orchestra. Larry was just 41 when he died of heart trouble at home in Jamaica, Queens, NY.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Gees! Thanks for filling us in here. Very sad that Larry died that young. Well, he will live-on in these few precious Vitaphoned views.

[@alexmckenna1171]

He was obviously quite a character!

[@8mysteryjo]

Dick Rich (Larry) was my grandmothers brother. My grandmother was Merle Marie Jossenberger-Leslie. She was a dancer in Vaudeville and met my grandfather, NAT LESLIE (arranger/ drummer/ percussionist) for many and Duke Ellington’s main arranger (when he performed on the road). NAT LESLIE was the composer- lyricist for BLUE RHYTHM ( also IRVING MILLS)and performed by FLETCHER HENDERSON. My grandma was 2nd cousin to TEX BENEKE.

[@8mysteryjo]

I have some wonderful family photos of my great uncle DICK RICH (Larry Jossenberger and his wife Cherie) and more. 😉

[@davidlogansr8007]

@@8mysteryjoplease share them!

[@zaroffhound]

It's like someone spilt some Harry Roy on Oliver Hardy.

[@alexmckenna1171]

I wonder if Spike Jones ever saw this act?

[@ilprofessore10012]

In 1933 Rich discovered the Andrew Sisters in a kiddie revue in their hometown of Minneapolis. They toured with his comedy vaudeville review for many months for the sum of $1 a day divided three ways.

[@johnlewis9745]

What a belly laugh.

[@cats0182]

Never heard of them. Glad about that.

[@brentg3707]

so ignorant

[@johnlewis9745]

Come on ! It’s just a giggle and not meant to be anything else. Anyway, I enjoyed it as did lots others.

[@nealsausen4651]

Are those two dancers guys?!

[@jamesmiller4184]

HEY! They sure appeared to me like 'the real thing'. So what if they were on the say, muscular side and a bit inelegant as to miscoordination and svelt movement? STILL they are the right and acceptable, allowed ones. I think.

[@MrCrowebobby]

The young Valentino-esque clarinet player was a hottie. "Chlo-e" for me is the strangest pop song ever written . . . that I know of. (It's also considered a "Negro Spiritual," written for a musical, I believe.)

[@robertscharba6443]

There appears to be a bit of somewhat gay humor here. "You ready boys?" "Yaaaayz" "What kind of a band is this?" I know that Rich was married, but...not that there's anything wrong with that.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Vitaphone did not go to the trouble of Vitaphoning nobodies. Dick Rich and His Synco-Symphonists must have had a successful past and rep or they would not have, I believe. He made reference to Paul Whiteman at the beginning. Maybe he was considered a Southern Whiteman wannabe? Don't know; gotta find out. I sense a BIG story here, with he an his group. More pending . . . . : .

[@bingola45]

He certainly has the BUILD for it...

[@robkunkel8833]

What kind of conversation there must have been in production to keep the rather large band conductor’s rather ample rear end to the audience for most of the show. An interesting group compared to other Vitaphones movies I have seen. Not their best. This group has tension and low budget written all over it.

[@MTed1]

You apparently did not see the same film that the rest of us saw.

[@johnlewis9745]

@@MTed1. Agreed. It is, what it is.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Dickie was the South's better answer to Whiteman!

[@garymattscheck9066]

That was a takeoff on Paul Whiteman.