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Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 1 poster

Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 1 (1948)

We visit Martin Block at his studio desk at 11:30 AM at the height of his popularity as a disk jockey, when more than 400 radio stations carried his show. Block opens the show with Freddie Martin's first big hit, "Tonight We Love," an adaption of a Tchaikovsky piano concerto; he dedicates it to a listener in Wyoming, and we see her daydreaming as she listens. Then Keenan Wynn stops in for a chat, asking Block about being a DJ. Between bits of conversation with Wynn, Block plays three more Martin records, including "Cumana," and we see the band in action.

Release: 1948-02-14
Runtime: 11 min
Cast
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Martin Block
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Freddy Martin
Freddy Martin
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Freddy Martin Orchestra
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Barclay Allan
Self—Pianist
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Stuart Wade
Self—Vocalist
Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
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