Abominable Dr. Phibes (American International Pictures, 1971)

 

All the Light We Cannot See, Netflix (2023)

For additional screenshots and the more information on Debussy's "Clair de Lune," visit Phonographia's "All the Light."

Almost Famous, Columbia Pictures (2000)

Becky (1927)

 

The Big Chill (1983)

BlueBeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960)

Booby Dupes (The Three Stooges) (Columbia Pictures, 1945)

This is the first of two Phonograph in the Movie scenes in Booby Dupes.

WATCH Movie Clip for Curly's "Radio" in the Fish Truck

The final scene in Booby Dupes is the second Phonograph in the Movie scene with this one featuring the "Victrola" being connected to a propeller which powers the stooges to safety.

WATCH Movie Clip for "Saved by the Victrola" (Disclaimer)

Moe connects the "Victrola" to a propeller which powers them to safety.

Busy Bodies (Laurel and Hardy, MGM 1933)

Cadillac Records (2008)

Cast a Giant Shadow (1966 United Artists)

The City of Lost Children (1995 Sony Picture Classics, ©1995)

Colette (2018)

Dear Ruth (1947)

Diner (1982)

Diner, Ellen Barkin and Daniel Stern, Warner Bros., 1982.

Watch this scene on YouTube's senorrogers channel.

Ellen Barkin has played an LP and put it back in the wrong place and her husband Daniel Stern goes ballistic when he discovers her mistake. It's a painful scene to watch. Yes, it's interesting to know what's on the "B-Side" but Stern, despite his love for LPs and his record player, can't be a Friend of the Phonograph with his obsessive LP filing system which he thinks justifies his abusive behavior. A personal album filing system is clever and funny in High Fidelity but far from it in Diner).

One Factola that was discovered in the comments section written by Thomas Lynch who noted the following about the record played by Barkin:

What's really funny about this scene is the camera focuses on the label of the record playing- a turquoise Capitol label that would accompany a Gene Vincent or Tennessee Ernie Ford Capitol label LP. But what is playing? "Having Fun" by Memphis Slim, recorded for Chess Records, which would have been on a black label with silver lettering. Almost a perfect film moment.

 

 

The Durrells in Corfu (2016)

Keeley Hawes stars as Louisa Durrell, a widow here in their English home, who will soon move her dysfunctional family to Corfu, a sunny Greek island. Victor Talking Machine pictured but model is unknown.

 

Edison, The Man starring Spencer Tracy and Rita Johnson. (1940)

See "Edison in Hollywood: the Belated Infancy of the Phonograph" by Allen Koenigsberg, The Antique Phonograph, 2016, for an interesting article related to an anecdote about Edison's first-born son "which linked the birth of Thomas A. Edison Jr. with the advent of the phonograph, and the paternalistic scene is shown in the movie and on this Lobby Card."

 

Lobby Card courtesy Allen Koenigsberg from his article originally titled "Edison in Hollywood Or... �Of What Use is a [Pinched] Baby?� Ibid.

The Emperor's Waltz (1948)

Five Easy Pieces, Columbia Pictures (1970)

Flip the Frog, "The Office Boy" (MGM, 1932)

Gigot (1962)

Gents without Cents, (1944)

Ghost World (2001)

Go Go Amigo (1965)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)

The Immortal Voice (1923)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

It's a Wonderful Life (1947)

Juliet, Naked (1947)

 

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

"Quite a stack of records you've got here..." says private Detective Mike Hammer to the owner of the Caruso record Hammer snaps in two, an action he hopes will encourage some answers to his questions. Watch this movie clip courtesy of Graham Dunning and United Artists.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Little House on the Prairie* (1975)

Maestro (2023)

Shirley Ellis "The Clapping Song (Clap-Pat-Clap-Slap)" 1965

LISTEN to Shirley Ellis "The Clapping Song"

 

Man on the Moon (1999)

 

Jim Carey as Andy Kaufman singing the Mighty Mouse Theme Song on Saturday Night Live using 1960 RCA Victor portable record player. (Universal Film Company, Mutual Film Company, et al.)

See the "Mighty Mouse Theme Song and Andy Kaufman" for more details about this scene.

LISTEN to "Mighty Mouse Theme Song.

 

Children's record player as seen in original trailer for "Man on the Moon."

My Fair Lady (1964)

 

The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)

 

The Royal Tenenbaums, playing an LP in the tent (2002)

 

Running with Scissors (2006)

Running with Scissors (2006)

 

Sadie Thompson (1928)

Sadie Thompson - Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, United Artists Picture, 1928.

 

Safety First (1923)

 

 

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

 

Andy Dufresne sitting in the warden's office and playing a phonograph record of Mozart�s Duettino-Sull�aria from the Marriage of Figaro over the prison's loudspeaker system.

 

She Devil A Regal Films, Inc. Production, 1957.

A Regalscope Picture, 1957

 

The Signal (2024)

 

 

 

 

Removing the cover from the Golden Record, listening to "Hello," touching stylus to move it from its stuck groove, and listening to the rest of the record. (Courtesy Netflix, German TV Limited Series, Episode 4, 2024).

 

Song of Surrender (1949)

Song of Surrender- Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains and Macdonald Carey, Paramount Pictures, 1949

 

Songcatcher (2000)

WATCH First Song Caught clip - Songcatcher (Touchstone Pictures �2000)

 

WATCH Catching Grannie's Love Songs - Songcatcher (Touchstone Pictures �2000)

 

Disaster! Songcatcher (Touchstone Pictures �2000)

 

 

Son of Paleface (1952)

Son of Paleface (Bob Hope and Jane Russell, Paramount Pictures, 1952)

 

Stardust (2007)

Stardust - Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Paramount Pictures, 2007.

 

The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)

The Stationmaster's Wife, TV Movie directed by Rainer Werner Fossbinder, 1977

 

The Stenographer's Friend (1910)

WATCH The Stenographer's Friend, Edison Manufacturing Co., 1910.

 

Sweet Land (2005)

Sweet Land, � Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., 2005.

 

Tarzan the Fearless (1933)

Tarzan the Fearless, Buster Crabbe as Tarzan, A Principal Adventure Picture, 1933.

 

That Thing You Do! 1996, 20th Century Fox, 1996

 

They Can't Hang Me (1955)

Lobby card, A Vandyke Production, 1955

 

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ltd. , 1965. (Gramophone is on small table.)

 

Thunderbirds (1952)

Thunderbirds, with Gene Derek listening to gramophone in Army barracks, Republic Pictures, 1952.

 

Thunder Island (1963)

Thunder Island, 20th Century Fox, 1963

 

 

Tomorrowland (2015)

For additional Tomorrowland details and movie stills see Phonographia's The Eiffel Tower, an Edison Record and Tomorrowland.

 

Too Young to Love (1959)

Pauline Hahn got in with the wrong crowd and an older man in the 1959 British drama film Too Young to Love.

 

Toy Story 2 (1999)

WATCH Clip from Toy Story 2, Walt Disney Pictures, 1999.

 

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Two Sisters from Boston, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946

 

Two Sisters from Boston movie review, Life Magazine, May 13, 1946

 

Up (2009)

Gramophone in corner of room (Disney-Pixar, 2009)

 

A Very Long Engagement (1994)

A Very Long Engagement , Warner Bros., 1994

WATCH Movie Clip

 

Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)

Unaccustomed As We Are (MGM, 1929) Hal Roach presents Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, A Victor Recording - Western Electric System.

 

The Voice of the Violin (1915)

 

 

Edison Diamond Disc Louis XV A-375 Phonograph in the Edison Music Room at Orange, N.J. with Jack McLean, the violinist. (Note: Grill is not standard for this model).

For more details about this movie See Phonographia's "The Voice of the Violin."

 

 

The Wanters (1923)

 

 

Ad for The Swanson Portable, said to play an important part in the feature picture "The Wanters." The Talking Machine World, September 15, 1923.

 

The Talking Machine World, May 15, 1923.

 

 

The Winning Team (1952)

The Winning Team (Warner Bros., 1952)

 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966)

 

Without a Clue (1988)

Sherlock reading the paper after blowing up Dr. Watson's experiment and smoke is filling the room.

 

 

 

Women in Love (1969)

Women in Love - Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden, United Artists (1969)

 

Young Man With Ideas (1952)

Young Man With Ideas (MGM, 1952)

 

 

John Wayne with Edison Triumph Phonograph - Unknown movie

 

 

Television Shows

 

The Addams Family, ABC-TV Screenshot (1966)

Wednesday Addams (Lisa Loring) puts the needle on the Victor III's record and then dances. See original clip Season 2, Episode 29 on MGM Presents (� 1964-1965 Orion Pictures Corporation). April 1, 1966 on ABC-TV.

 

 

 

*Note: The Phonograph in the Movies list and its ephemera are a Work in Progress.

Additions, corrections and questions are always welcomed.