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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted by Fred B. Diehl
Four New Theme Songs Just Released
for Sound Pictures by Witmark
entury
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WITMARK & SONS, New York, whose the firm has sent out postcard announcements
i V l • r e c e n t affiliation with Warner Bros., Inc. of the song with a reduced reproduction of the
for purposes of exploiting the Witmark
SHEET MUSIC
theme song catalog brought the firm to the
is the message we are sending to
foreground a month or two ago, have just
millions of people every day
issued four important new theme numbers.
through the medium of 31 Best
Three of the songs are designed for First Na-
American Magazines directing the
tional Vitaphone productions as follows: "Gio-
readers to go to their dealers for
vanna, To Thee I'm Calling," for "Love and
copies.
the Devil," starring Milton Sills, with lyric by
Richard Kountz and music by Josef Pasternac;
HOOK-UP
"I'm Thirsty for Kisses, Hungry for Love," a
recent Witmark publication, specially selected
as a fine theme number for "Why Be Good?'
starring Colleen Moore, and "Lady Divine,"
theme for Corinne Griffith's new vehicle, "Di-
Fifteen cents a copy for the
vine Lady," with lyric by Richard Kountz and
Best existing Edition is the
Nathaniel Shilkret.
reason why "CENTURY" is
The fourth new theme song release is "I've
Never Seen a Smile Like Yours," written by
Best selling Edition.
Justin Johnson and Eddie Frazier for t\u-
United Artists' talking and singing production,
"Alibi," featuring Roland West. The Witmark
firm is embarking on a lively promotional cam-
235 W. 40th St., New York City
paign with these songs and has prepared win-
dow material streamers and many dealers harve
A New Witmark Release
Skinner Prize Winners
taken advantage of this service for tie-ups with title page of the number, which is bringing
local showings. In the case of "Lady Divine," advance orders in large quantiti.es.
First prize in the $300 contest conducted re-
Century Music Pub. Co.
Robbins Has Three Songs
in "Broadway Melody"
The Robbins Music Corp., New York, has
been fortunate in securing three songs from
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer photoplay, "The
Broadway Melody," now playing at the Astor
Theatre in New York, which is considered one
of the quickest film successes of the year. The
fact that seats are on sale eight weeks in ad-
vance and that hundreds are being turned away
each night augurs well for its success, when
released nationally. The outstanding songs in
"The Broadway Melody" are "You Were
Meant For Me," "Broadway Melody" and
"Love Boat," and are sung repeatedly through-
out the picture. These numbers have already
been widely recorded, and are being played on
the air by most of the leading orchestras.
Headed by a highly competent cast which in-
cludes Bessie Love, Charles King and Anita
Page, the picture is the first all-talking, all-
THE SCOOP OF THE SEASON
TOM GRISELLE'S
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$10,000 Victor Prize Winner
"Two American
Sketches"
A—NOCTURNE
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B—MARCH
Our pride in the acquisition of this Modern
American musical gem is pardonable when
it is considered that 77 firms entered their
bids for publication rights, and that Mr.
Griselle's composition attained first honors
over 200 compositions which participated in
the competition. And so—
AGAIN ROBBINS LEADS
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ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION •
799 Seventh Avenue. New York
singing and all-dancing effort which convinced
the public and cinema experts alike that this
type of production would be the entertainment
of the future.
Joe Davis Back From Trip
Finds Catalog Strong
Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Music Pub
lishing Co., New York, returned to his New-
York offices this week, following a ten-day trip
to the Middle West. Mr. Davis visited the
trade in Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and
Detroit and found" Triangle songs selling well
in these localities. The most popular of his
numbers were as follows: "Susianna," "Wed-
nesday Night Waltz," "You Can't Take My
Metn'ries From Me," "Dusky Stevedore," "My
Blue Ridge Mountain Home," "I Ain't Got No-
body and Nobody Cares For Me," and "Presi-
dent Hoover March." What looks like a sure-
fire hit for Joe Davis is his new comedy son*.;
entitled "It Ain't No Fault of Mine," which he
wrote in conjunction with Spencer William*.
The song has ten very funny verses and
choruses, and there is an additional sheet for
acts and orchestras that has fifty verses and
choruses. W. C. Polla has made a remarkable
dance orchestration and Mr. Davis feels that
the song can't miss. He has some of the great-
est orchestras lined up to feature the song.
cently by the Skinner Organ Co., through the
National Association of Organists, for an orig-
inal organ composition was awarded to Zoltan
Murthy of Flushing, 1.. 1. Mr. Murthy's "J'as-
sacaglia" in D minor wa> selected by the
judges, Samuel I'aldwin, Citorge Fischer, of
Xew York, and Roland Diggle of California.
Second pri/c was given to W. E. Howe.
Another Sensational Hit
in THE WITMARK
BLACK & WHITE
SERIES
Made Marches Popular
CHICAGO, 111., March 18.—Several marches, com
posed by Carl Mader, former band leader of the
131st Infantry Band, Thirty-third division, arc-
in big demand by school and college bands and
are being handled here by Lyon & Healy, Inc.,
and Carl Fischer, Inc. Mr. Mader is also the
publisher of the marches, which include "Lucky
Slim" (Colonel Lindberg March); "33rd Divi-
sion March," "Chicago Police Band March,"
"Chicago World's Fair March" (Centennial
Celebration, 1933); "108th Medical Regiment
March" and "Army, Navy and Marine March."
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Can be had a$ followt
SOLO—4 keys, At) (eb to eb) Bb C and D
DUET—2 keyi, Bb and D
OCTAVO—Two Part, Three Part, F « u Part,
Male, Female and Mixed Voicei
Instrumental foz Piano
Th« Dream Melody (Intermezzo) Waltz
Violin and Piano, Cello and Piano, Violin, C«llo a*4
Plaao
VOCAL ORCHESTRA, DANCE ORCHESTRA, Waltz,
BAHD
M. WITMARK & SONS, NEW YORK