In response to Pamela Robertson's query, four examples immediately come to mind: 1) Richard Attenborough making a record for his girlfriend in "Brighton Rock" (1948) 2) Susan Hayward playing jazz records on death row in "I Want to Live" (1958ish) 3) Mennschen am Sontag (1929) - a couple take a gramophone with them on a picnic - my memory is hazy but I seem to remember it belongs to, and is operated by, the female. 4) The Nazi animated short "Verwitterte Melodie" (1941) in which various animals and insects (some of them clearly Jewish stereotypes) dance around a gramophone which has been junked in a field. L. __________________________________ Leo Enticknap Postgraduate Common Room (newly renamed) School of English University of Exeter Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive Exeter Devon EX4 4QH United Kingdom email: [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]