Vysotskii & old ballads (cont.)
Robert A. Rothstein
rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU
Mon Jul 31 17:57:42 UTC 2006
I forgot to mention two more or less exact quotes from "Dve gitary" in
the Vysotskii song:
1. A na gore stoit ol'kha,
A pod goroiu vishnia...
2. A v chistom pole vasil'ki,
Dal'niaia doroga.
And since Professor Hill cited Deanna Durbin singing Russian songs in
the 1943 Hollywood film "His Brother's Butler," let me add a mention of
Norma Shearer singing along to a jukebox version of "Kak stranno"/"How
Strange" (also known as "My tol'ko znakomy") in the 1939 film "Idiot's
Delight" (with Clark Gable as her audience in a diner). She apparently
also sang "Ochi chernye" in that film, but I don't remember it.
More examples of Russian songs in American movies, anyone?
Bob Rothstein
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