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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted by Fred B. Diehl
"Dance of the Paper Dolls"
"Fox Movietone Follies"
Now Ha$ Acting Version
and "Broadway" Open
The opening of the "Fox Movietone Follies"
and "Broadway" in New York during the past
week, fired the opening gun in a campaign by
DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., New York,
on the feature numbers of both musical pro-
ductions, which are published by this firm. The
former production opened at the Roxy Theatre
in New York on May 25, on which date it
was simultaneously given its national release.
Like "Broadway," the songs in this musical
comedy in film form were all written by the
trio consisting of Archie Gottler, Con Conrad
and Sidney Mitchell, all of whom are song-
writers of established ability. The outstanding
songs in "Fox Movietone Follies" are as fol-
lows: "Walking With Suzie," "That's You
. Baby," "The Breakaway" and "Big City Blues."
"Broadway" opened auspiciously on May 27
at the Globe Theatre in New York. This is a
Universal production, starring Evelyn Brent,
Merna Kennedy and others. The principal
songs in the comedy are "Hittin' the Ceiling,"
"The Chicken or the Egg," "Hot Footin' It,"
"Sing a Little Love Song" and "Broadway."
Material has been prepared by DeSylva, Brown
& Henderson to assist music dealers in tying
up with the hit songs in both productions at
the time of local showings.
Rudy Vallee Singing
Many Feist Numbers
An interesting folder has been issued recently
by Leo Feist, Inc., 'New York, urging dealers
to tie up with Rudy Vallee, leader of the dance
orchestra called the Connecticut Yankees, who
has become an outstanding figure in the enter-
tainment world. The folder includes a fac-simi-
le of the title-page of the Feist song, "I'm Just
a Vagabond Lover," of which Rudy Vallee is
co-author, and which is being featured by him
on his programs. A reduced reprint of a full-
page advertisement in Variety, describing some
of the triumphs of this popular orchestra leader,
is contained in the leaflet. Some of the other
Feist songs being sung by Rudy Vallee are
"Honey," "My Dear," "Blue Hawaii" and "No-
body's Fault But Your Own."
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ROBBINS Music CORPORATION
799 Seventh Avenue. New York
A rare opportunity for music dealers to make
new sales contacts with dancing teachers,
schools and amateur entertainers in their vicin-
ities is now offered by the firm of M. Witmark
& Sons, New York. Complying with a flood
of requests, this firm has prepared a special
acting version of the "Dance of the Paper
Dolls," the phenomenal novelty song success
written by John Tucker, Joe Schuster and John
Siras. The lyrics of the song in the regular
printed edition have been rewritten to suit the
action of a fantastic musical novelty by Irving
Whitman.
The skit is particularly suited for
dancing school exhibitions and complete in-
structions are provided for the production of a
very striking form of entertainment that is
bound to please both young and old.
The acting version is entitled "At the Dance
of the Paper Dolls" and provision is made for
an elaborate or simple production, as required.
Special dances may be introduced ad libitum.
The orchestra score, employed for the more
ambitious presentations, has been especially
adapted from the famous Arthur Lange orches-
tration and provides for the vocal renditions
and dance specialties, so that the difficult task
of rearranging from other orchestrations is
eliminated. It also contains a fully indicated
conductor's part, covering the musical produc-
tion, thus insuring a smooth and successful per-
formance.
Songs That
Really Sell
Outstanding Sellers in Our
Popular Catalog
POPULAR SONGS
MY 8IN
MEAN TO MK
RECOLLECTIONS
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO CALL
YOU MY SWEETHEART
ANYTHING TO HOLD YOUR BABY
I'M WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE
(Sitting in the Moonlight Now)
SONGS FROM FILMS
MY TONIA (from "In Old Arizona")
CHRISTINA (from "Christina")
SALLY OF MY DREAMS
(from "Mother Known Best")
SONNY BOY (from "The Singing Fool")
SOME DAY, SOMEWHERE (from
"The Red Dance")
FROM "FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES"
WALKING WITH SUSIE
BREAKAWAY
THAT'S YOU BABY
BIG CITY BLUES
WHY CAN'T I BE LIKE YOU
THE PEARL OF OLD JAPAN
FROM "BROADWAY"
SING A LITTLE LOVE SONG
HITTIN' THE CEILING
HOT FOOTIN' IT
THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
BOUNCE A LITTLE BALL AT YOUR BABY
BROADWAY
De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc.
745 Seventh Ave.
New York City
MacDowell Club of N. Y.
Harms Has Very Strong
Offering Music Prize
Popular Catalog
The song, "Rainbow Man," featured by Eddie
Dowling, in the sound picture, "Sleepy Valley,"
looks like a "find" for Harms, Inc., New York,
publisher of the song number, according to
Henry Spitzer, sales manager of the firm. The
Harms catalog is now stronger than it has been
at any time during the past two years, Mr.
Spitzer stated to the Review this week. The
leading songs in the catalog are "Number
One" sellers in certain parts of the country.
Among them are ""I Kiss Your Hand Madame,"
"Lover Come Back to Me," "Jericho," "With a
Song in My Heart," "Desert Song," which has
been revived for the picture production of the
same name, and the hits from "Show Boat."
These songs have been given a new lease on
life with the release of the film production of
this play.
Youmans Writing for M-G-M
Vincent Youmans, well-known musical com-
edy composer and music publisher at 67 West
Forty-fourth street, New York, has been signed
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for talking picture
work and will leave for Hollywood in a few
weeks. When Mr. Youmans begins the super-
vision of his own new production, "Louisiana
Lou," at the Culver City studio, it will mark
the first time in the history of sound films that
a musical play has been produced for the
movies simultaneously with its Broadway stage
presentation.
"Louisiana Lou," for which Mr. Youmans did
the music, will open in Philadelphia on June 3,
and in New York shortly afterwards. Vincent
Youmans wrote the music for "No, No,
Nanette," which had a record-breaking run in
Chicago before coming to New York a few
years ago.
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A prize of $1,000 for an unpublished com-
position in one of the larger forms, orchestral,
choral or chamber music has been offered by
the MacDowall Club of New York City through
the generosity of one of its members. Any
composer, born or residing in the United States,
will be qualified to submit a manuscript in this
competition. Manuscripts will be received after
July 1 of this year, and the closing date of the
contest has been set for October 1, 1929.
Mftss Dorothy Lawton, of the Music Branch
of the iNew York Public Library, 121 East 58th
street, will receive the manuscripts, which
should be sent anonymously, insured to full
value, accompanied by a sealed' envelope, bear-
ing a mark of identification with the composer's
name and address. The judges will be Arthur
Bodanzky, Rubin Goldmark and Ernest Schel-
ling. The award will be announced January 1,
1930.
Kimberlin Selling Pianos
to Music Publishers
Several important installations of pianos in
music publishing studios have been made re-
cently by the Kimberlin Piano Co., 117 East
Thirty-fourth street, New York, of which J. I.
Kimberlin is proprietor. Six Clarendon pianos
were purchased recently from the Kimberlin
store by the Remick Music Corp., 219 West
Forty-sixth street, and Jerome Keit, head of
the Remick house, was so pleased with the in-
struments that he ordered five more for the
Chicago offices of the company. The deal
totaled nine Clarendon uprights and two Clar-
endon grands. Another similar transaction was
the placing of half a dozen new pianos in the
new publishing firm of Santry Bros., 755
Seventh avenue, New York.