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Anna Sten's Russian song?

posted 17 years ago by s-hill4
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In the middle of "Soldier of Fortune," former star ANNA STEN (47 years old in '55) plays an aging Russian lady, "Mme. Dupree," who becomes tipsy, climbs up on a table in Tom Tully's bar, and sings and dances a Russian song. Any chance one or another audio CD with Hugo Friedhofer's film music, or the audio CD with this film's soundtrack, would have mentioned the TITLE of Anna Sten's song? -- Steven P Hill, Univ. of Illinois. S (DASH) HILL4 (AT) UIUC (DOT) EDU .

[–] hobnob53 16 years ago

Mr. Hill:

Quoting the liner notes of the CD of the film's soundtrack, the song Sten sings is: "a Russian song identified as 'Spring Chicken (Ziplionok)' in the film's cue sheet."

The film's composer, Hugo Friedhofer, had no connection with this or the other songs sung in Tweedy's bar.

Hope this answers your question.