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The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Home > Film: The Life of Vergie Winters > Theme: There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight > Instance: 0:12:17

Instance
Theme name:	There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Composer:	Theodore A. Metz
Start time:	0:12:17
End time:	0:13:25
Total duration:	0:01:08
Page #:	NIS
Measure #:	NIS
Scene:	not in score
Key:	G
Meter:	2/2
Tempo (bpm):	172
Instrumentation:	brass band

Description
On-screen:	People rallying for John Shadwell
Description:	At a rally for John Shadwell (who is running for Congress), we hear a brass band playing "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," a tune that was often used by politicians in the early part of the twentieth century; there is a brass band on screen

Tags
advance plot \| conversing \| crowd \| on-screen music \| popular song \| rally \| source music \| upbeat