The $200,000 offered for the recordings would equate to nearly $2.7M in 2017.
This film series is based on the radio program "The Whistler" that aired on the CBS radio network from May 16, 1942 to September 22, 1955.
The signature whistle at the beginning of each of the Whistler movies was provided by Dorothy Roberts, backed by the theme's composer Wilbur Hatch and his orchestra.
There was a real Jenny Lind, but there are no known recordings of her. Born in 1820, she was a world-renowned Swedish opera singer, dubbed "The Swedish Nightingale". At the height of her fame she toured the U.S. from 1850 to 1852 under the auspices of famous showman P. T. Barnum that reportedly made close to $1M. Lind gave most of her earnings to charity. She passed away November 2, 1887. A 1930 fictionalized film about Lind, A Lady's Morals (1930) was made by MGM.
The fifth of eight "Whistler" films released by Columbia from 1944 to 1948.