Larry Adler sang Gershwin tunes with an orchestra and Adler adding harmonica solos. Adler appeared in five movies, including "Sidewalks of London" (1938), in which he played a harmonica virtuoso named Constantine. His other film appearances were in "Three Daring Daughters" (February 12, 1948) playing himself; "Music for Millions" (December 8, 1944) playing Larry; "The Singing Marine" (July 3, 1937) playing Larry; and "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (October 6, 1936). He was a prolific letter writer, his correspondence with "Private Eye" becoming popular in the United Kingdom. Adler wrote an autobiography—entitled "It Ain't Necessarily So"—in 1985, and was food critic for
Boston Musical Instrument Company Boston Musical Instrument Company The Boston Musical Instrument Company was an American manufacturer of brass band instruments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries located in Boston, Massachusetts. Elbridge Wright was an apprentice to Samuel Graves at his original woodwind shop which had been founded in the 1820s outside of Boston. At the same time Wright was with Graves, James Keat, who had apprenticed to hais father Samuel in England around the turn of the century, introduced the Graves firm to brasswind instrument manufacture. Wright learned from both Graves and Keat before setting out on his own. In 1869,