Film 46. 1 film reel (4:00 min.) : si., b&w : 16 mm, 1939 or 1940.
Takes place outside at “Journey’s End,” the Ormandys’ home in Gladwyne, on the Mainline outside of Philadelphia, PA (0:00). A garden party, for the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians, board members and supporters. Ladies in fancy hats. Gentlemen in suits and ties. A butler in a tuxedo. Men smoke in Adirondack chairs on the lawn (2:12). Among those present are Charles Gusikoff (0:20), Adrian Siegel (raising his glass (0:29) and later photographing Anna "Hanni" Elbogen (Forester) (2:04)); Herman Goldner waving to the camera (0:49); around the table, Marcel Tabuteau, oboe (1:01), Saul Caston trumpet (1:08), William Kinkaid, flute (1:24), behind them manager Alfred Reginald "Reggie" Allen (1:27), Jr.; Doris Gundert (Balant) with a friend (1:53); Steve Gundert (2:27); Hanni Elbogen in the doorway with the butler, Patrick Noonan (2:48); the Ormandys' chauffeur, Harry (2:58); a brief view of Eugene Ormandy (3:16); Rosa, the cook who came from Austria with the Ormandys, and a maid (3:21); bassoonist Sol Schoenbach walking toward the camera (3:29), Samuel Lifshey, violist (3:33). Orville Bullit and his wife Suzie Bullitt (on right) (3:40), and composer and Philadelphia Orchestra Board member Harl McDonald (3:50). The label has 1949 crossed out.
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