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  • #281570
    Anna
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    Happy New year, all!
    I just watched the movie “Red Notice” and saw a lovely pedal harp. I think it may have been a Salvi, not sure. Is it just me, or does anyone else get excited when there is a harp in movies?

    #281572
    balfour-knight
    Participant

    We love to see harps in movies! We just saw one in an old Poirot episode!

    Happy New Year,
    Balfour and Carol Lynn

    #281573
    Anna
    Participant

    I haven’t seen that. I love to find them, too! Every time there is a fancy scene with a ball or dancing guests, I hope there is one. 🙂

    #281576
    balfour-knight
    Participant

    Hello Anna,

    There was also a harp in one of the Christmas Carol (Dickens) movies we watched this season! We watched several versions, so I’m not sure which one, but you can watch for it.

    We are enjoying the snow we got last night here in the mountains of western North Carolina, on this, the 10th Day of Christmas! It is so beautiful!

    Best to you,
    Balfour

    #283586
    Molly
    Participant

    I recently saw a harp in one of the earlier episodes of “The Nanny”! I was disappointed to see that the actor wasn’t actually playing it, bummer!! But it was still cool to see one 🙂

    #283587
    Anna
    Participant

    Isn’t that a shame? The acting gig could have actually gone to a real harpist.. oh well. I know Amy in Big bang theory also played one.

    #283710
    Molly
    Participant

    Seriously! Having a little bit of film acting experience, maybe actual harp playing would have been too distracting since it was meant to be background? Who knows. I could definitely tell that the actor had no experience though 🙁 Such a bummer to not see it at least pretending to be playing correctly, LOL.

    I never saw Big Bang but now I will have to check it out!

    #283921
    dancingpiper
    Participant

    There is a website, Bagpipes Go To the Movies, that lists a vast number of movies that include bagpipes in some way: actually played, in the background, in the sound track. I’ve wondered if there is one for harps as well. It’s surprising how often harps appear in cinema.

    #285740
    dancingpiper
    Participant

    My husband and I got A Fine Madness and The Four Daughters from the library. We haven’t watched the second one yet (will do that this evening with popcorn and ice cream :-D) but watched the first one last week. While Sean Connery did his usual excellent job of acting, the story just didn’t grab me. I admit to having limited (no) tolerance for folks getting away with poor behavior. The harping, however, was enjoyable and it’s always lovely just looking at the lines of a nice harp; that’s what kept me from leaving the room to go do something else (like play my harp). The Daughters movie blurb looks a lot more promising.

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