Jimmy Stewart as accordionist

[Ffingers]

This just popped up on my feed:

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[Giovanni]

This just popped up on my feed:

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In one of his cowboy films he plays the accordion

 

[JeffJetton]

In one of his cowboy films he plays the accordion

Night Passage. Here's a longer clip of the scene. Note that, while he may or may not be playing the accordion heard on the soundtrack (I suspect not), it was obviously recorded separately--his fingers are not quite playing the same song.

Bonus appearance at the end from Ellen Corby, perhaps better-known as playing the grandmother on The Waltons... which had some nice accordion work on its soundtrack too.

Edited to add: A-ha! Per the notes at the end of the Wikipedia article I linked, Jimmy Stewart's "accordion playing was rerecorded by a professional during post-production".

 

[vivdunstan]

Many thanks @Ffingers for sharing this! He‘s one of my all time favourite actors, and learning that he was a keen accordion player too is just fantastic. Cheers!