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Show 1 35 Pretty Girls I In Orchestra For I The Great Waltz' i I A professional orchestra composed of 35 pretty girls was the order '.handed Mickey Whalen, member of the musical-casting staff on "The Great Waltz," spectacular drama of the life and loves of Johann Strauss playing at the Cameo Theatre Sunday Sun-day and Monday, February 19 and 20. In three days he had rounded up the group, all attractive girls in their twenties and all accomplished Instrumentalists. In-strumentalists. The girls' orchestra was wanted to accompany Miliza Korjus, singing sing-ing "Tales of the Vienna Woods" in "The Great Waltz". They represented rep-resented the famous women's orchestra or-chestra which existed at Grunzing in the Vienna Forest during Strauss' days. Whalen found some of the musicians musi-cians in night clubs, some in vaudeville vaude-ville acts, some among screen extras who listed among - their qualifications qualifica-tions the ability to play an instrument. instru-ment. The group included twenty-one violinists, 'cellists ana viola players, four trumpeters, a quartet of wind-wood wind-wood players, two saxophonists, a trombonist, a tuba player, a pianist and a tap drummer. Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus comprise the trio of principals in "The Great Waltz." The picture was directed by Julien Duvivier. |