MUSIC TO MY EARS
Full Cast and Movie Production Credits
MUSIC TO MY EARS
DIRECTED BY
Christopher P. Jacobs
STORY BY
Mark Landa
SCREENPLAY BY
Christopher P. Jacobs, Mark Landa, Jenny
Morris
PRODUCED BY
Christopher P. Jacobs
CO-PRODUCERS
Mark Landa, Jenny Morris
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christopher P. Jacobs
EDITING
Christopher P. Jacobs
EDITING ASSISTANT
Jenny Morris
CAST
BILL WARREN Paul
Kelly
BRENDA MONSON Lori Barrett
PEGGY BENTON Jenny
Morris
MOLLY MALLOY Karly
Anderson
TERRY MORRIS Chris
Hargreaves
MELANIE WARREN Marjorie Morris
ALLIE MATTHEWS Louise Pinkerton
PAT MATTHEWS Royce
GEORGE BAILEY Gordon Dexheimer
FRANKIE Betty
Gard
AMBER DONAHUE Wendy Honrath
ALISHA Ashley
Braxton
SARA
JOSH John
Grove
JIMMY Marc
Arnason
BESSIE SORENSON Lee Barnum
HUBERT SORENSON Michael Harvey
VIC George
Herda
KAYCI CeAnne
Reese
EMILY Caroline
Gray
MISS RED SHORTS Sara Anderson
BACKSTAGE CHORUS GIRL Jessica Gunderson
WENDY Allison
Wiese
MARK THE BARTENDER Mark Landa
TV REPORTER Mare
Thompson
TV NEWS CAMERAMAN Michael Hollarn
STREET MUSICIAN Greg "PeatMoss"
STREETWALKER Miranda
Mozinski
SOLDIER SINGER Mike Barrett
ADDITIONAL AUDITIONERS
Shane
Barrett
Ben
Danielson
Pene
Hargreaves
David
Henry
Carmyn
Juntunen
Joseph
Markel
Candice
Morgan
Thomas
Porath
CHORUS DANCERS
Sara
Anderson
Marc
Arnason
Mark
Blawat
Caroline
Gray
Jessica
Gunderson
Chris
Hargreaves
George
Herda
Wendy
Honrath
Leah
Juhl
Crystal
Karlstad
Chris
Knutson
Larissa
Miller
Edward
Morris
Miranda
Mozinski
Krystal
Pavlish
Kristi
Rokke
Allison
Wiese
PIT ORCHESTRA
Amy
Boese
Paul
Boese
Sara
Boese
Heidi
Cameron
Edward
Morris
DANCE DIRECTOR
Jenny Morris
CHOREOGRAPHY
Jenny Morris
"Red Rose Rag" dance number
choreographed and performed by
Jessica Gunderson and Krystal Pavlish
"Love Me" dance number
choreographed and performed by
Kelcy Landa and Jennifer Pasley
COSTUMES
The actors themselves
Christopher P. Jacobs and Jenny Morris
Red River High School Drama Department
Dance, Etc.!
Various clearance sales and one rental
SEAMSTRESS
Barbra Sexe
MAKEUP
The actors themselves
Sally Morris
Jenny Morris
SET DECORATION
Suellen Palya
Jenny Morris
Christopher P. Jacobs
SOUND
Boom operators and/or recordists:
Karly Anderson
Marc Arnason
Lori Barrett
Chris Hargreaves
Pene Hargreaves
Michael Harvey
David Henry
Christopher P. Jacobs
Paul Kelly
Mark Landa
Joseph Markel
Jenny Morris
Miranda Mozinski
Suellen Palya
Erin Puttbrese
GRIP/ELECTRIC
Lori Barrett
Mark Landa
Josh Anderson
Marc Arnason
PICTURE CAR
Royce Blackburn
DOG HANDLER
Sally Morris
LOCATION MANAGERS
Mark Landa
Loren Liepold
Suellen Palya
Ben Klipfel
Patrick Pearson
Jeff Kinney
Jon Bonzer
SONGS -- all in the Public Domain:
"Take Your Girlie to the Movies"
by Pete Wendling (music), Edgar Leslie and
Bert Kalmar (lyrics)
Sung by Louise Pinkerton, Ashley Braxton, Patrick
Pearson, Royce Blackburn,
with the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"The
by W. C. Handy
Performed by Kathy Fiedler on piano
Performed by Greg "PeatMoss"
Sung by Jenny Morris with Kathy Fiedler on
piano
Sung by Marjorie Morris with Kathy Fiedler
on piano
Sung by Lori Barrett with the MTME Ad Hoc
Studio Orchestra
"You Made Me Love You"
by James V. Monaco (music) and Joseph
McCarthy (lyrics)
Sung by Ashley Braxton with Kathy Fiedler on
piano
Sung by Paul Kelly with Suellen Palya on
music box keyboard
Sung by Paul Kelly and Lori Barrett with
Edward Morris on guitar
Sung by Paul Kelly and Lori Barrett with the
MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"For Me and My Gal"
by George W. Mayer (music), Edgar Leslie and
Ray Goetz (lyrics)
Sung by Paul Kelly and Lori Barrett with the
MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchstra
"Alice Blue Gown"
by Harry Tierney (music) and Joseph McCarthy
(lyrics)
Sung by Caroline Gray with the MTME Ad Hoc
Studio Orchestra
"I Wouldn't Give 'That' For the Man Who
Couldn't Dance"
by Irving Berlin
Sung by Karly Anderson and Jenny Morris with
Kathy Fiedler on piano
"Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me"
by Con Conrad (music) and Sidney Clare
(lyrics)
Sung by Jenny Morris and Karly Anderson with
Kathy Fiedler on piano
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"
by Harry Carroll (music) and Joseph McCarthy
(lyrics)
Sung by Ashley Braxton with Kathy Fiedler on
piano
"On the 5:15"
by Henry I. Marshall (music) and Stanley
Murphy (lyrics)
Sung by auditioner ensemble
Audition scenes accompanied by Kathy
Fiedler, piano
"Maybe That is Why I'm Lonely"
by George W. Meyer (music) and Joe Goodwin
(lyrics)
Sung by Jenny Morris with Kathy Fiedler on
piano
"The Oceana Roll"
by Lucien Denni (music) and Roger Lewis (lyrics)
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
Rehearsal scene accompanied by Kathy
Fiedler, piano
"Till We Meet Again"
by Richard A. Whiting (music) and Raymond B.
Egan (lyrics)
Sung by by Mike Barrett and Jenny Morris
with Suellen Palya on piano
"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
by Irving Berlin
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"Red Rose Rag"
by Edward Madden (lyrics) and Percy Wenrich
(music)
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"Love Me"
by Edward Madden (lyrics) and Albert Gumble
(music)
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
by Lewis F. Muir (music) and L. Wolfe
Gilbert (lyrics)
Performed by Kathy Fiedler, piano
"Take Me to the
by Pete Wendling (music), Edgar Leslie and
Bert Kalmar (lyrics)
Performed by Kathy Fiedler, piano
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
"My Hula Hula Love"
by Edward Madden and Percy Wenrich
Performed by the MTME Ad Hoc Studio Orchestra
Historic original orchestrations available
through the
"Mo’s Blues"
Composed and performed by
Recording courtesy of the Morris family
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Christopher P. Jacobs
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Suellen Palya
PIANO SOLOS
Kathy Fiedler
"Music to My Ears" Ad Hoc Studio
Orchestra:
Piano - Suellen Palya
Violin - Sara Boese, Heidi Cameron
Viola - Amy Boese
Cello - David Boese
Bass - Bob Cary
Flute - Heidi Cameron, Jared Johnson
Saxophones - Jared Johnson
Trumpet - Paul Boese
French Horn - Bruce Morlock
Guitar - Edward Morris
Drums - Mike Blake
Conducted by - Christopher P. Jacobs, Paul
Boese
SPECIAL THANKS TO
The
University of North Dakota Music Department,
Mike Blake, Gary Towne
Red River High School Drama Department, Dean
Opp
Crimson Creek Collegiate Players, Dick Nelson
Fire Hall Theatre, Jeff Kinney
Center for Innovation, Bruce Gjovig and
Christine Diers
Darksyde Productions, Jonathan Hardesty
HB Sound and Light, Pat Garry
Bonzer's
Made entirely on location in
using Sony digital camcorders (TRV-120 and
TRV-140)
and a Marantz PMD-670 digital audio
recorder,
edited and mixed with Final Cut Pro 5 Studio
suite
on a dual-processor Mac G5 with a Firewire
800 RAID,
output to a DVCAM digital master.
While loosely inspired by an actual
situation, all characters and events in this photoplay are fictitious. Any
resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.
An Akbar Production
A Co-Production of the
Copyright © 2006 by Christopher P. Jacobs
and the
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