# First theremin in sci-fi?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-theremin-in-sci-fi/700050>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-theremin-in-sci-fi/700050 "2014-10-01T03:25:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-theremin-in-sci-fi/700050/21 "2014-10-02T10:00:33Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> Mystery Solved. It was a Honeggenot.\*
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> - Which sounds even funnier than it looks.

Its name does, too! 😉

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-theremin-in-sci-fi/700050/22 "2014-10-02T13:37:00Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> … _[DVD Savant Review: La fin du monde (The End of the World) (1931)](http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2376fin.html)_

Incidentally, that’s an excellent and perceptive review of the movie.

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-theremin-in-sci-fi/700050/23 "2014-10-02T19:01:34Z")

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> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> Its name does, too! 😉

That’s what I meant, and if you just whooshed me, I hope you get fleas.

😃

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