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the whistling scene...elsewhere?

posted 17 years ago by Mielkeway8
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in my us history class, we only saw the singing part...the only part with sounds because it was groundbreaking and whatnot

anyways, when i saw the part where he is doing that whistling thing usi9ng his fingers, i knew i had seen it someplace else

im thinking a commercial

can anybody help?

questions? comments? concerns? expressions of love?

[–] dcbfest 17 years ago

There is a scene in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas where Lorraine Bracco's character is watching it on television while the FBI is searching her house.

[–] tedmccarron 10 years ago

Brother Bones did a similar whistling routine in his minstrel show. You can see it on YouTube.

[–] laurence01 8 years ago

Possibly "The Jolson Story"

Let Zygons Be Zygons.