VINCENT LOPEZ and His Orchestra, "Beyond the Blue Horizon" Paramount 1932

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Published 2013-09-15
Released(?) April 26, 1932, reviewed by Mordaunt Hall August 22, 1932; here is Vincent Lopez doing a lovely version of this song. Note that the footage is lifted from Paramount's 1930 film "Monte Carlo" where "Beyond the Blue Horizon" is performed by Jeannette MacDonald. The short opens with "I've Been working on the Railroad." This was recorded off-air in 1979 to Open-Reel EIAJ. The tape is now in very ragged condition so I do apologize for the dropouts, but I've never seen another copy of this film.
All Comments (21)
  • @JTrost1234
    Only 6,000 views? This is a masterpiece. Much better than today's music.
  • @osocool1too
    Still fresh after 85 years...good quality music never dies.
  • @Paladin1873
    As a kid I used to listen to an LP which featured a version of this song as the title theme, complete with train engine, track, and whistle noises
  • @joshuatrost8062
    Northwest Airlines brought me here. They used this song in their commercial in 1978. I always loved this song since then.
  • @david11978
    A very nice interpretation. Jeanette MacDonald sang this in 'Monte Carlo' 1930, and it was also the song that ended the film, when she sang it with Jack Buchanan.
  • @cz247
    What wonderful days!
  • @singinjohnny
    Since I was a child, I always wondered why my mother associated this song with a train. She never elaborated why. But seeing this now has finally clarified why she had the association! She likely saw this in between double features at a movie theater in her youth. Thanks ever so much for uploading this and solving the mystery for me!
  • @VTMCompany
    Always enjoyed gazing at those multi-runged telegraph/telephone polls alongside railroad tracks. In large cities way back when, they reached high as the sky.
  • @caroltenge5147
    sensational. Surely one of the greatest gifts on youtube!
  • @libertytree3209
    I put an excerpt of this song at the end of my father's remembrance video. It was perfect.
  • @joecro8463
    One of my favorite songs. Thanks for posting!
  • @georgemcclinchy796
    I believe the great Jay Andres said Vincent was the first band to do a live radio broadcast which took place in 1921! Cool!