Talk:Springtime in the Rockies

Jack Benny look-alike in Harry James Orchestra

Harry James' band often included a small string section. One of the violinists was a dead ringer for Jack Benny. It couldn't have actually been Jack; that would be well known, and I have yet to turn up any other mention of it.

I've seen him in about three or four movies that feature the Harry James Orchestra. The best shot (complete with supercilious grin) is in Springtime in the Rockies (1942), at 16:39 into the film. And it isn't just me hallucinating; when I showed this to my family, they all gasped.

Can anyone verify this? I don't mean the resemblance (that's beyond doubt), I mean Harry James being known at the time to have done it.

BMJ-pdx (talk) 09:16, 27 May 2018 (UTC)