Looking at The little house in the meadowa detail is obvious, while at the time, no one had seen it! This concerns Michael Landon, the interpreter of Charles Ingalls. With hindsight, it is true that it was not really very discreet …
Series of the 1970s and 1980s, The little house in the meadow is one of those fiction that still work despite the passing time. Very regularly, she is also rebroadcast on French television. Nostalgia is such that a reboot will even see the light of day! Fans of the original series then made a special request for this new version, currently filming for Netflix. But if you happen to see episodes of The little house in the meadow, Perhaps you will notice this detail about the character of Charles Ingalls.
Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls) played the violin for real in The little house in the meadow ?
In different episodes of The little house in the meadowPatriarch Charles Ingalls plays the violin, especially during family meetings, to celebrate a marriage or simply during a party. But did the late actor Michael Landon, who played Charles Ingalls, really played the violin? The answer is no. To make believe that the actor was well in charge of his musical instrument, the melody was added after in postproduction, and not live during the shooting. The most attentive of viewers also noticed that the archet movements often did not correspond to the disseminated sound. On the Facebook page of fans of The little house in the meadowInternet users have just commented: “If you watch him play the violin, you can see that he does not play it. His bow does not move at the same rate as the song” or “Look carefully, because the bow does not often touch the strings.”
The little house in the meadow : Melissa Gilbert bought the violin to offer it to a museum
Even if Michael Landon did not really play the violin, this musical instrument became a real memory of the series, to the point that Melissa Gilbert, the interpreter of Laura, decided to buy it. The actress then donated it to Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum by Walnut Grove located in Minnesota. A museum that pays tribute to the Ingalls family and which notably presents accessories, costumes and original decorations of the successful series.
Article written with the collaboration of 6media.