Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 February 17

= February 17 =

1940's film
I'm trying to remember the name of a film. It is set in Germany very shortly after the end of the war, and I think was actually filmed there at the time - huge piles of rubble, city half-destroyed. It is a British or possibly American, film. There is a small blond boy living in the rubble, somehow he gets "adopted" by an American, or possibly British, soldier. I think there was also a romance between the soldier and a German woman working for the Red Cross or the UN. Not a lot to go on I'm afraid! DuncanHill (talk) 02:57, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Found it - The Search. DuncanHill (talk) 03:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

StuRat (talk) 04:01, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Nolan Ryan
What were Ryan's four pitches that he used? I seem to remember that he had a fastball, curveball, circle-change, slider. I want to confirm this and I've looked without success. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.225.133.60 (talk) 09:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

The ultimate source for that information is ""The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers", which details what pitches every pitcher threw. I don't have access to a copy, but it should be easy to locate one via a public library. That said, I think it's an exaggeration to call Ryan a four-pitch pitcher. In his prime, he basically relied on two pitches: one of the best fastballs in baseball history, and a better-than-average curveball which was also his change-up. His fastball had such velocity and movement that he did not require a third pitch. He may have thrown a circle change from time to time, but it was never a key part of his arsenal. I don't recall ever reading about Ryan throwing a slider. --Xuxl (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Title Of A Sampled Piece.
Hi guys. I've been trying for years to find a particular piece of music. To me, it sounds like something from the 1930s and invokes images of skyscrapers and such being built. The only two places I've ever heard it are sampled in the techno song "Special Offer" by Oforia, and in the "Krusty Krab Training Video" episode of Spongebob Squarepants. (And no, it's not the Eye of the Tiger-esque music from that episode.) I've been unable to find any sources on Google regarding the sampling in either works, so any information at all would be greatly appreciated. Side note: Since Spongebob Squarepants frequently uses the Associated Production Music library, it's very possible that it's a piece that Oforia licensed and sampled with permission, but I am unable to verify this without going through hundreds of samples on the APM website, and the collection is not available to purchase for personal use. Anyway, does anybody have any thoughts? Thanks! - Caleb Osment (talk) 11:49, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is just a wild guess, since I'm unfamiliar with the two instances of the music's use that you cite, but could it be Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse," which was frequently used in Warner Brothers cartoons of the 1940s to back scenes of industrial activities? You can hear it here. Deor (talk) 13:28, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice guess, but I'm very familiar and a fan of Raymond Scott, and it is most certainly not Powerhouse. I actually asked this same question on Last.fm, and someone guessed exactly the same song! Powerhouse is more conveyer belts in my opinion. I'm almost convinced that the piece of music I'm looking for is from the Associated Production Music library. Thanks for guessing though! - Caleb Osment (talk) 08:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Django's rhythm gutarist?
Who was Django Reinhart's rhythm gutarist on the album Djangology?--GreenSpigot (talk) 17:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're referring to the album consisting of recordings made in Rome in 1949, there apparently was no guitarist other than Reinhardt. Aside from him and Stephane Grappelli, the only musicians were Gianni Safred (piano), Carlo Pecori (bass), and Aurelio de Carolis (drums). See here. Deor (talk) 20:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It should also be noted that many of Django's work was done live, and without overdubs. He was quite capable of creating what sounded like two guitars playing at once, that is he could intersperse a melody line into a rhythm sequence, quite adeptly.  And don't forget that he could do that with a partially paralyzed fretting hand.  Seriously, the dude did stuff that should have been physically impossible for a guitarist with full use of his hands...--Jayron32. talk . contribs  04:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * One time on Market Street, San Francisco, I heard some good blues guitar played by someone with two fingers. —Tamfang (talk) 06:07, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Copyright issues in producing a TV show
How can I show clips of recent music videos produced as a news item without infringing on copyright. Many shows routinely do that. Is there a limit? Sometimes they seem to play the entire video. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.138.213 (talk) 19:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not sure, and the Ref Desk doesn't give legal advice, but I think it might be that the large corporations (like News Corporation, or Fox) would make a deal with the artist/producer to be able to air it. Thanks,  Genius  101 Guestbook  21:38, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Take a look at Fair use. 152.16.253.109 (talk) 21:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I know that if you are showing a clip of something for the purpose of critique or analysis, and you put the name of the show and it's production company up with the clip, then you aren't infringing copyright. Maybe this is what the shows you're thinking of are doing. I know Charlie Brooker does this on his Screenwipe programme.91.111.91.7 (talk) 21:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Melody identification
Hello, I've got this melody in my head, and was hoping someone could put a name to it – it's so well-known I'm sure someone can!

Cheers. Cycle~ (talk) 22:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note – the line before the first crotchet is the cursor, not a bar line – hooray for Cubase score editor! Cycle~ (talk) 22:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's The British Grenadiers. Ka renjc 00:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Aha! Thank you very much – I knew it had to be pretty "British"; there's a variation on it in the score to The Italian Job! Cycle~ (talk) 01:05, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * And of course an excerpt is played at the start before a segue to the normal theme in the fourth series of Blackadder. Britmax (talk) 09:46, 19 February 2009 (UTC)