Martin sighting in old movie

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kydave	Martin sighting in old movie	Lead	[-]
(07/03/09 8:40 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None "I Shot Jesse James" (1949) was just on TCM and during one scene a bar troubador (Robin Short) was singing the new hit about the dirty coward Bob Ford, who shot Mr. Howard (Jesse's hideout name). He sang it, unfortunately to Bob Ford... Anyway, he was playing what I'm pretty sure was the old Martin which the OM-18GE reproduced. It looked like a Martin headstock and body, but had the banjo tuners. He was really playing the guitar in the movie and he played the entire song, so there are some pretty good looks at the guitar. Has anyone else seen this? Kentucky Dave's Martins: 00-28H (2006 Custom); SP000-16R (1999 Special Edition); 0000-28H (1999); D-28 (1971) myspace.davetrabue and beargrasscreek Piraticus 13:7 , , <> ^^^
shade tree picker		#1	[-]
(07/03/09 9:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I haven't seen that one yet, but there's always the chance they'll show it again. i really like TCM Kent D-15 (2007) some old-growth plywood thing
MikeHalloran		#2	[-]
(07/03/09 10:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yesterday, I saw an episode of "Maverick" where the saloon singer was playing a brand new D-18. A little anachronistic Mike Halloran '49 00-28G, '03 000C-16SGTNE, '03 000-15S, Backpacker Mandolin, '60s Style 0 uke, '67 D12-35, '75 D-35S, Cowboy X, Cowboy II (I think that's all the Martins) Many Guilds, Gibsons and Goyas
djeffcoat1		#3	[-]
(07/03/09 10:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In the 1944 Bogart-Bacall movie "To Have and Have Not", in one scene in the club a musician backing up Hoagy Carmichael is playing a Martin tenor guitar. In another scene, he is playing a Martin D-28. DJ
andybordikk		#4	[-]
(07/04/09 8:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	James Cagney plays his Martin in the movie "Oklahoma Kid" (1939) of course, the guitar is totally an anachronism. (-)ab
Carped35		#5	[-]
(07/04/09 8:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Re Anachronistic Guitars in Hollywood: It was very jarring to see the current model Martins played by "Johnny Cash" in the smash hit bio-pic a few years back. They could have at least used vintage series models with open back tuners instead of the mini Schallers.
geeterpicker		#6	[-]
(07/04/09 9:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Of course only guitar players notice or are jarred by such things. Most people just see the shape and recognize it as a guitar. I got a kick out of Marilyn Monroe hauling that little slothead parlor guitar on a raft in the raging River of No Return. Brian
37AJHogger		#7	[-]
(07/04/09 10:28 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Buddy Holly film with Gary Busey, who later cracked his skull while riding a motorcycle, was also guilty of using inacurate guitars. I really enjoyed the movie, but as everyone knows, Buddy was the original Strat man, not Telecaster, and certainly not a late 70's Tele to boot! It might be a guitar nut thing, but it was so obvious to even a non guitar person, that it makes me wonder if it would have been a big deal if they used late 70's cars in the movie?
TChristianHD28		#8	[-]
(07/04/09 10:59 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When a guitar shows up on the screen, my wife and daughters turn to me, waiting to hear if it is a Martin. Chris "Fear The Dreads!" HD-28, D-18, LX-175, LXM, Tele, Dano, Alvarez
tonguy		#9	[-]
(07/06/09 1:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In the movie "Amanda and the Alien" (please don't ask how I know this), Michael Dorn (before he became Worf) plays a police officer. When interrogating a coffee-house musician, Dorn's character grabs the guitarist's dreadnaught guitar and asks, "Is this a Martin?". When the guitarist shakes his head no, Dorn's character smashes the guitar to smithereens. Tony (Forum intro - page 11) Say hello to my little friend... Mr. Slots Street Name - J-Bang (Just Buy A 'Nuther Guitar) My cure for GAS - my wife asking, "Which one(s) are you selling to get that?"
MichaelM		#10	[-]
(07/06/09 1:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	tonguy wrote: In the movie "Amanda and the Alien" (please don't ask how I know this), Michael Dorn (before he became Worf) plays a police officer. When interrogating a coffee-house musician, Dorn's character grabs the guitarist's dreadnaught guitar and asks, "Is this a Martin?". When the guitarist shakes his head no, Dorn's character smashes the guitar to smithereens. I always liked Worf.... Michael . e E
ES335td		#11	[-]
(07/06/09 1:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Groucho Marx plays a real 16" Gibson L-5 while romancing a lady on a boat ride in the movie "Horse Feathers". At the end of the song, he throws the guitar in the lake..but it's thankfully a prop that goes overboard
kydave		#12	[-]
(07/06/09 1:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Who's Worf? I like his cop character's thinking... even if a bit on the radical side. Kentucky Dave's Martins: 00-28H (2006 Custom); SP000-16R (1999 Special Edition); 0000-28H (1999); D-28 (1971) myspace.davetrabue and beargrasscreek Piraticus 13:7 , , <> ^^^
rgoetz2002		#13	[-]
(07/06/09 2:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	kydave wrote: Who's Worf? I like his cop character's thinking... even if a bit on the radical side. Character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is Klingon officer serving on the Enterprise. Rob HJ-38 Stefan Grossman (#49) Harmony H-162 (setup for slide)
Todd Stuart Phillips		#14	[-]
(07/06/09 3:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In Rio Grande there is a scene were several calvary troopers come to serenade their CO's wife. I remembered them having pearly 12-fret guitars (at least some effort to have historically accurate ones) and I finally got it on DVD and was able to freeze it and nope, did not look like Martins and they were 14-fret OM style guitars anyway. Or at least the most visible one was. Wayne Henderson House Concert Spoon's Martinfest 08 Journal Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss Last Edited By: Todd Stuart Phillips 07/06/09 4:45 PM. Edited 1 times.
Pickax		#15	[-]
(07/06/09 3:38 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In John Ford's Rio Grande, a group of regimental musician's (Sons of the Pioneers) come up and play for John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Ken Curtis (with the Sons of the Pioneers before his Gunsmoke fame) sings a beautiful rendition of "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen. As he sings, two of the regimental musicians appear to be playing Martin Guitars.
Todd Stuart Phillips		#16	[-]
(07/06/09 4:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That was the one I meant, not Rio Bravo. They are not Martins, as I assumed they would be. Wayne Henderson House Concert Spoon's Martinfest 08 Journal Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss
ES335td		#17	[-]
(07/06/09 4:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Maybe they're Larson's - OM-type body and bling....
chapleau		#18	[-]
(07/08/09 10:14 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In Cool Hand Luke, isn't Harry Dean Stanton (Tramp) playing a D-18 most of the time? I haven't ever rented it to check with freeze frames, and they don't have enough close-ups. Richard in Neenach, California Three great reasons to teach? June, July, and August.
D41SpecialCustom		#19	[-]
(07/09/09 9:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Darn I just looked for Amanda and the Alien on Netflix no luck can, anyone help?
Mac Mechanic		#20	[-]
(07/09/09 3:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Todd Stuart Phillips wrote: That was the one I meant, not Rio Bravo. They are not Martins, as I assumed they would be. Well, in Rio Bravo, there is some guitar playing, by Ricky Nelson (not playing a Martin, and although it's a beat-up sothead, I don't imagine any steel-string would be a period guitar). Dean Martin starts the number, so it's definitely a Martin sighting in an old movie... Paul I may be wrong, but I'm not far from it...

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