Honolulu Baby, Pre-Production Disc 1933

Lovers of "Honolulu Baby" are in for a real treat! Clean sounding production Vitaphone type disc from Laurel and Hardy film, with fantastic 1930s musical number, "Honolulu Baby", heard in its entirety, minus the actors dialog that was mixed later into the finished film! Filmed live with the recording of this record as the master playback disc, then played for filming extra dance scenes. This was not a dub with lip syncing as was the Hollywood practise by 1933. I have matched my 16 mm print to this disc to see how it would be hearing the music without the dialog which masks the song and the piano solo in the film. The results ars delightful. Judge for yourself. ENJOY!~

[@emjay5577]

As a Laurel & Hardy fan I’ve loved this song for over 60 years!

[@ExcelsiorElectric]

LOVE IT! I love the staccato of the early 30s. The muted trumpets, and the clarinet section sounds so tight and clean!

[@tracym.tolzmann3596]

The composer of the tune, T. (Thomas) Marvin Hatley is playing the piano in the orchestra.

[@RenaissancePeopleNYC]

Fantastic!

[@MikeFortune8]

The time and trouble you have taken to do this is very much appreciated, thank you

[@maxroyle6750]

Love those pre-code costumes-nothing left to the imagination, by 1934, the girls would be well covered. I had always craved a music only version-Thanks SO MUCH !

[@shoebeam]

My favorite L&H song.Great danclng by Ty Parvis & those women dancers.

[@KequalsELEVEN]

I've had this song stuck in my head ever since I watched this movie!! Which admittedly was a few months ago, but my LORD is this an earworm!!!

[@martinputt6421]

Same here, it's such a catchy song.

[@UseYourBrain930]

Sons of the desert is my all time favorite Laurel and Hardy film.

[@martmako1]

timeless classic, just fantastic, many thanks

[@willhayslovechild]

Excellent music , still great today 👍

[@Orion-yd4jy]

The singer is named Ty Purvis. He was what they would call a “Dandy” back in the day. Apparently he was a famous dancer.

[@Vinterfrid]

His name is Ty Parvis (Tyrus Jackson Parvis)!

[@jamesryan6008]

From what I've read, a very young Betty Grable was a dancing partner of his.

[@thomasbockmann307]

wunderbar!

[@hebneh]

“Our wives think we’re in Honolulu for MY health!”

[@vercingetorixwulf9298]

Absolute babes. I'm in love. RIP beautiful girls ❤❤

[@anne5surf]

I've just watched Sons of the Desert and was hoping to find this. Thanks for sharing with clips from the movie.

[@aurelianfreeman1800]

Thank you so much for uploading it, for sharing with us this amazing piece of musical history

[@dennisleecleven3209]

Your work is greatly appreciated by me. That song stuck in my head through the rest pf the movie and I found it online with the diaLOGUE THEN YOURS CAME UP AND IT'S BRILLIANT TO TAKE THE MOVIE SOUND OFF AND TO PLAY THE DISC. mANY THANKS AND tY PARVIS AND CHARITA ALDEN WOULD THANK YOU, TOO. (Sorry. I hit the caps lock key.

[@Bixfan78]

released this back in 1982, on an LP which I produced with Marvin Hatley. Before Marvin left the Hal Roach Studios in 1939, thanks to the shortsightedness of a cost-cutting executive named Frank Ross, he went to the editing department and asked if they would assemble a reel of 35mm optical soundtrack of some of the musical sequences he'd done for the studio. The result was about a half-hour's worth of music from "Sons of the Desert," "Way Out West," "A Chump at Oxford" and "Saps at Sea."

[@ccvisions]

Is that half-hour's worth of priceless music available to the general public?

[@Bixfan78]

@@ccvisions Yes, I included it in the bonus material in the DVD or Blu-ray set of "Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations." That's available on Amazon, Deep Discount, and other sources.

[@ccvisions]

@@Bixfan78 Excellent. Thank you. And once again, thanks so much for recommending me to the Old Town Music Hall. I had a great time and MOST of the audience seemed to really enjoy the shows.

[@williamdonnelly224]

Really cool, thanks for sharing

[@jackpaynefan]

I've loved this song sing I first heard it over 30 years ago. Laurel & Hardy reached No. 2 in the UK charts in the mid '70's with "Trail of the lonesome pine" and "Honolulu Baby" was on the reverse. On that record the dialogue was not removed. Your upload is a vast improvement. Last year visited the Laurel and Hardy Museum in Ulverston, birthplace of Stan Laurel. Thank you for uploading this gem.

[@otisourcat]

One of the high points in a favorite movie. It was fun to see the production number on it's own........ Great tune, ridiculous words.

[@johnnynoirman]

FANTASTIC JOB!

[@billsea24]

She was a cutie!

[@WolfulrichKarger-bd9yr]

Wonderful

[@roybo1930]

OH! MY GOD! I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS BACK! This is the BEST!

[@Myles0Harcourt]

Thanks for this. It's one of my favourite Laurel and Hardy Films, and it is great to find this song without the dialogue.

[@richie1578]

absolutely fabulous. Great to hear the tune without the dialogue. Thanks for posting- sheer joy.

[@markheenan5312]

“I think I’ve got a temperature, get me the thermometer” ... “What does it say?” “Wet and windy.” “Not the barometer, the thermometer!!!”

[@frackstonwilson685]

Love the pre Hays code stuff!

[@cobra4264]

Congratulation for posting and especially for finding this masterpiece.

[@alansmith4729]

Fantastic fun feel good music !!

[@Emilie-i1c]

Fantastic...

[@knibscratch]

Thank you so much for this posting

[@arfmiz7214]

great , thx for sharing

[@user-sh5ug2vs7q]

J aime ❤

[@jp15sil24]

thanks for sharing

[@J.M.O24499]

❤

[@ericjackson9256]

wow!!

[@novatodave]

GREAT FIND! It sounds FANTASTIC! Thanks for sharing. Your Next Assignment: Find the LeRoy Shields music tracks from all those Roach shorts.... Maybe? PLEASE?

[@LonesomePine369]

NICE!

[@mywebsitevideos1]

fab

[@nellololli8798]

Un CAPOLAVORO e ho detto tutto !

[@ThePilato92]

💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@hell0hkitty]

i wonder if the band were comprised of the old leroy sheilds orchestra?

[@robertchesnosky3508]

THE BEAUTIFUL HAWAIIAN GIRL WAS ACTUALLY FILIPINO.

[@fromthesidelines]

2:23- 2:50 also used under the reissue titles of "Night Owls".

[@rascal0175]

I wonder if this chic is still single. Maybe I’ll write her and use one if my 3 cent stamps.

[@robfriedrich2822]

It's always fine to see pre-production stuff. Was this movie one of the last produced in Vitaphone? I heard, later they made movies with optical sound track and supported some theaters with a Vitaphone version. Or could it simple be, that the music only was recorded on disc, because the better sound?

[@smilodon]

No, composer Marvin Hatley had a bunch of transcription discs made for him of this song and several others he'd written while working for Hal Roach back in the 30s when the original source material still existed. Randy Skretvedt, who wrote the definitive book on Laurel and Hardy's films, Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies, had these transferred to audio tape for him and released on record along with some new recordings of Hatley performing back in the early 80s.

[@artshifrin3053]

HI, THIS IS GREAT! I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T MIND BEING CORRECT ABOUT YOUR JARGON. YOU'RE USING "VITAPHONE" AS A GENERIC WORD FOR THE SYNCHRONOUS SOUND ON DISK PROCESS DEVELOPED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC / BELL LABS. IT WAS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC / BELL LABS. WESTERN WAS THE MARKETING & SALES COUNTERPART OF BELL LABS. WARNERS WAS THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION COMPANY TO LICENSE IT. WARNERS CREATED "VITAPHONE" AS ITS EXCLUSIVE TRADEMARK. OTHER STUDIOS ALSO LICENSED THE TECHNOLOGY FROM WESTERN, BUT COULD NOT (LEGALLY) USE THE VITAPHONE TRADEMARK. THE TECHNICAL COMPLEXITIES OF MAKING EDITS USING THE SOUND - ON - DISK HIGHLY INCENTIVIZED THE CONVERSION TO OPTICAL METHODS MERELY 4 YEARS AFTER "VITAPHONE" DEBUTED. BUT FOR A RELATIVELY HIGH % OF THEATER OWNERS THE CONVERSION WAS NOT FINANCIALLY JUSTIFIED. A WORK - AROUND WAS TO DUB OPTICAL MASTERS TO DISKS. THAT SERVICE, I THINK WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE LATE 30s. BY 1931 VICTOR HAD DEVELOPED A VINYL-LIKE PLASTIC THAT THE RCA SUBSIDIARY TRADEMARKED "VICTROLAC". THOSE PRESSINGS HAD THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING FLEXIBLE & THEREFORE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BREAK. ANOTHER OF ITS FINANCIAL ADVANTAGES WAS THAT THEIR SHIPPING COSTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.

[@history0793]

.............................." i gave nothing to say.........................................................................."

[@PAMAROSHOUSE]

who was the singer?

[@shoebeam]

Ty Parvis

[@arfmiz7214]

does anyone know the name of the girl which is dancing with ty parvis? thx

[@jamesadlam9875]

Charita Alden. She was a hula dance specialist who also appeared in a few other movies such as 'I Cover Chinatown' (1936).

[@timcarter8373]

@@jamesadlam9875 Who were the other dancing girls?

[@jamesadlam9875]

@@timcarter8373 Sorry, I have no information on the other dancers at present

[@LindaVanGalder-jt6yf]

@@jamesadlam9875 Charita died at age 55. But I cannot find how?

[@shoebeam]

Their names can be found if you look up the cast members of Sons of The Desert

[@jean-marielorek3203]

😅😅

[@davideperrina4464]

co,mplete?

[@David-kh3xp]

00:55 yuck!

[@markhilbert6573]

Art Deco. The last time anybody had style