HIDDEN LIGHTS ILLUMINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (Aug, 1933)
HIDDEN LIGHTS ILLUMINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Musical instruments glowing in the dark with diffused light have been introduced to provide a novelty for theatergoers. As the musicians play, the moving light on their instruments offers a striking spectacle. This is enhanced by changing colors in the illumination, which is controlled from apparatus offstage. The photograph above shows how the scheme is applied to a violin, which is studded with concealed electric lights. The bow is also illuminated; a long tubular lamp serves as the frame. Trailing wires lead from the performers’ instruments to the switchboards where lights are managed.ac
Huh. I feel like this should make a comeback. I’m not sure I’d want to deface any of my instruments this way though.
Comment by fluffy — March 3, 2008 @ 11:35 am
And I thought Busby Berkeley came up with this for “Gold Diggers of 1935″! (see http://www.wetcircuit.com/wp-c.....s33-00.jpg)
Comment by Max — March 3, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
See them in action here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwVggiZpO10
Actually it was Gold Diggers of 1933 so he might have come up with it http://www.moviediva.com/MD_ro.....rs1933.htm
Comment by Firebrand38 — March 4, 2008 @ 9:39 am
“Huh. I feel like this should make a comeback.”
It was done in the sixties a couple of times, including by “THE ARCHIES” in a comicbook.
Comment by KHarn — March 9, 2008 @ 8:50 am