Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 24 - Page 49
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
twenty song numbers set to lively melodies by
A. Baldwin Sloane. Mr. Sloane may be said to
have done some of his best work in "The Sum-
mer Widowers," with due regard for his compo-
sitions in past unmistakable successes. One of
'SUMMER WIDOWERS" HITS MARK. the songs which gave the audience a "long, ecs-
tatic thrill" was "Those Were Happy Days,"
New Summer Review at the Broadway Theater which was a medley of famous old song hits
a Lively and Tuneful Production That Meets of the Weber and Field days.
Irene Franklin, famous for her "Red Head"
the Public Wants as a Hot Weather Musical
and other songs of the vaudeville stage, shared
Comedy
honors with Lew Fields, the producer, who played
"The Summer Widowers," the first of several his time-honored German comedian role. There
musical productions to be given on the schedule was plenty of cleverness among the other prin-
prepared for enlivening the hot months this year cipals, and a tuneful chorus of one hundred.
on Broadway, has been making good since its The music of "The Summer Widowers," like that
opening at the Broadway Theater last Saturday of its two predecessors, is published by Charles
night the claims previously made for it as the K. Harris.
logical successor of "The Midnight Sons" and
"The Jolly Bachelors." Big, gay, lively, melodi- TWO NEW PRODUCTIONS FOR FEIST.
ous and opuient are a few of the adjectives which
the critics have applied to this newest spectacle. "Cardland" and "$3,000,000" Are the Titles of
The production, incidentally, carried extrava-
Musical Comedies Whose Scores Will Be
gance a step farther than either of the predeces-
Published by That House.
sors named. It seems to be agreed that to claim
for it lucidity would be a bit of added extrava-
The "production" department which was es-
gance, although, as one writer has pointed out, tablished by Leo. Feist a few weeks ago as a
the production by this lack makes obeisance to separate and important branch of his business
that silly season to whose needs it is supposed to has already made progressive strides along the
minister.
lines laid down for it, under the personal direc-
The seven elaborate settings show the Board- tion of Felix F. Feist. The purpose of the de-
walk and Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City partment is to bring producing managers and
and a series of pictures of Riverside Drive apart- authors and composers into closer relations, and,
ments and Broadway roof gardens, where the of course, to increase the undertakings of the
"widowers" have a lively time with the "stay-in- Feist establishment by the bringing out and sale
towns." These are shown in the course of carry- of the music of various new musical comedies
ing out a light idea of gayety for married men from time to time. Several librettos have been
whose wives are away, rather than of developing accepted by producers and some well-known
a plot. In this respect, too, the piece is in full American composers are at work composing the
accord with what seems to be wanted for the scores. The last venture in this line was "A
summer. The book is by Glen MacDonough, Skylark," which was seen at the New York
who has used the lines as connecting links for Theater, this city.
Announcements by the department, through
Felix F. Feist, have recently been made con-
cerning two new musical productions which will
be put into rehearsal later this month or early
in July. One of these is "$3,000,000," mention of
which was made recently by The Review. It will
The following epigrammatic edi-
be produced by Charles Marks, former manager
torial appeared in one of our and producer for Richard Carle, and will t e seen
great weeklies:
at one of the houses controlled by Klaw &
Erlanger The book is by Edgar Allan Woolf,
the lyrics by David Kempner and the score by
"The high cost of living is
Anatol Friedland. The premiere is scheduled for
early in August in Atlantic City.
coining down. Beethoven's
The second production was announced this
Sonatas, in excellent edition,
week for the first time. It is to be "Cardland,"
now can be bought for ten
which unique title has been given to a fantastic
cents a copy."
extravaganza to be produced by Chas. H. Pope,
also on the Klaw & Erlanger booking. The book
was written by Chas. H. Brown, the author of
educational equipment growing almost of itself.
So it goes. Times have changed at last. Signs
point the way of the future, and music publishers
will do well to heed the warning.
EDITORIAL
It referred of course to
CENTURY
EDITION
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1 178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
A Hit of Hits!
EVERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT"
By OTTO HAUERBACH and KARL HOSCHNA
several successes, and the score by Paul Tietgens,
of "Wizard of Oz" fame.
NEW LIGHT POSSIBLE ON TITLES.
Property Rights in Such May Give Ground for
Suits in State Instead of Federal Courts in
Case of Infringements.
A question of using for a vaudeville production
a title nearly the same as that of a play con-
trolled by others was involved in the recent con-
troversy over "The Barnyard Romeo," an act pre-
sented this week a t the American Music Hall.
William Morris, Inc., had intended to call it
"Chanticlair," but changed the name after suc-
cessfully resisting the efforts made on behalf of
Charles Frohman to restrain the giving of the
production itself. It is now stated that there is a
possibility of the question of the right to use
the title "Chanticlair" being fought through the
courts. As music publishers are frequently at
odds with one another over the use of titles
this case presents points of interest to them.
If the Morris people take the matter through
the courts it is evidently their intention to carry
on the fight in the State courts, which have
nothing to do with the copyright law. Repeated
suits in the United States courts have indicated
that the copyright law does not contemplate a
copyright title on a particular word, and also
that it is extremely difficult to establish a copy-
right on a combination of words. The ground on
which such a suit may be fought in the State
courts is that a manager (and presumably a
music publisher) by taking a certain word for a
designation acquires a property right in it as a
title, which is entirely separate and distinct from
any copyright. A precedent or two along this
line would open new lines of procedure to music
publishers in the matter of the ever-vexing in-
fringement of song titles.
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character Songs.
A POSITIVE HIT!
A PROVED SELLER!
Orders poured in the very day after this
song was first sung at Hammerstein's
Victoria Theater.
-GOING STRONGER EVERY DAY!
PUBLISHED BY
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
Writers of the Bio Successas,
" T H E THREE T W I N S " and "BRIGHT EYES"
The
H E A D HAS HITS
(George W. Head, Jr.)
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
An Endless Chain of Sales of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING
CO.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
New York
reigning Musical Hit from
"MADAME SHERRY"
Now Playing at Colonial Theatre,
Chicago
Sung, Whistled and Hummed Everywhere
Greatly in Demand. Order Now
M. WITMARK & SONS, Publishers
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
PARIS
SONGS FOR EVERYBODY!
"PLAYTHINGS
THAT'S ALL"
By John W. Bratton.
11
MOTHER"
By Cooper & Frederics.
" I N THE SAME OLD WAY"
By Nat D. Mann.
"WHEN YOU DREAM OF THE GIRL YOU LOVE"
By Leo Edwards.
" G O O N , GOOD-A-BYE "
By Brown & Murphy.
VICTOR KREMER COMPANY
108-1 10 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
(Opposite Garrick Theatre>
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
twenty song numbers set to lively melodies by
A. Baldwin Sloane. Mr. Sloane may be said to
have done some of his best work in "The Sum-
mer Widowers," with due regard for his compo-
sitions in past unmistakable successes. One of
'SUMMER WIDOWERS" HITS MARK. the songs which gave the audience a "long, ecs-
tatic thrill" was "Those Were Happy Days,"
New Summer Review at the Broadway Theater which was a medley of famous old song hits
a Lively and Tuneful Production That Meets of the Weber and Field days.
Irene Franklin, famous for her "Red Head"
the Public Wants as a Hot Weather Musical
and other songs of the vaudeville stage, shared
Comedy
honors with Lew Fields, the producer, who played
"The Summer Widowers," the first of several his time-honored German comedian role. There
musical productions to be given on the schedule was plenty of cleverness among the other prin-
prepared for enlivening the hot months this year cipals, and a tuneful chorus of one hundred.
on Broadway, has been making good since its The music of "The Summer Widowers," like that
opening at the Broadway Theater last Saturday of its two predecessors, is published by Charles
night the claims previously made for it as the K. Harris.
logical successor of "The Midnight Sons" and
"The Jolly Bachelors." Big, gay, lively, melodi- TWO NEW PRODUCTIONS FOR FEIST.
ous and opuient are a few of the adjectives which
the critics have applied to this newest spectacle. "Cardland" and "$3,000,000" Are the Titles of
The production, incidentally, carried extrava-
Musical Comedies Whose Scores Will Be
gance a step farther than either of the predeces-
Published by That House.
sors named. It seems to be agreed that to claim
for it lucidity would be a bit of added extrava-
The "production" department which was es-
gance, although, as one writer has pointed out, tablished by Leo. Feist a few weeks ago as a
the production by this lack makes obeisance to separate and important branch of his business
that silly season to whose needs it is supposed to has already made progressive strides along the
minister.
lines laid down for it, under the personal direc-
The seven elaborate settings show the Board- tion of Felix F. Feist. The purpose of the de-
walk and Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City partment is to bring producing managers and
and a series of pictures of Riverside Drive apart- authors and composers into closer relations, and,
ments and Broadway roof gardens, where the of course, to increase the undertakings of the
"widowers" have a lively time with the "stay-in- Feist establishment by the bringing out and sale
towns." These are shown in the course of carry- of the music of various new musical comedies
ing out a light idea of gayety for married men from time to time. Several librettos have been
whose wives are away, rather than of developing accepted by producers and some well-known
a plot. In this respect, too, the piece is in full American composers are at work composing the
accord with what seems to be wanted for the scores. The last venture in this line was "A
summer. The book is by Glen MacDonough, Skylark," which was seen at the New York
who has used the lines as connecting links for Theater, this city.
Announcements by the department, through
Felix F. Feist, have recently been made con-
cerning two new musical productions which will
be put into rehearsal later this month or early
in July. One of these is "$3,000,000," mention of
which was made recently by The Review. It will
The following epigrammatic edi-
be produced by Charles Marks, former manager
torial appeared in one of our and producer for Richard Carle, and will t e seen
great weeklies:
at one of the houses controlled by Klaw &
Erlanger The book is by Edgar Allan Woolf,
the lyrics by David Kempner and the score by
"The high cost of living is
Anatol Friedland. The premiere is scheduled for
early in August in Atlantic City.
coining down. Beethoven's
The second production was announced this
Sonatas, in excellent edition,
week for the first time. It is to be "Cardland,"
now can be bought for ten
which unique title has been given to a fantastic
cents a copy."
extravaganza to be produced by Chas. H. Pope,
also on the Klaw & Erlanger booking. The book
was written by Chas. H. Brown, the author of
educational equipment growing almost of itself.
So it goes. Times have changed at last. Signs
point the way of the future, and music publishers
will do well to heed the warning.
EDITORIAL
It referred of course to
CENTURY
EDITION
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1 178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
A Hit of Hits!
EVERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT"
By OTTO HAUERBACH and KARL HOSCHNA
several successes, and the score by Paul Tietgens,
of "Wizard of Oz" fame.
NEW LIGHT POSSIBLE ON TITLES.
Property Rights in Such May Give Ground for
Suits in State Instead of Federal Courts in
Case of Infringements.
A question of using for a vaudeville production
a title nearly the same as that of a play con-
trolled by others was involved in the recent con-
troversy over "The Barnyard Romeo," an act pre-
sented this week a t the American Music Hall.
William Morris, Inc., had intended to call it
"Chanticlair," but changed the name after suc-
cessfully resisting the efforts made on behalf of
Charles Frohman to restrain the giving of the
production itself. It is now stated that there is a
possibility of the question of the right to use
the title "Chanticlair" being fought through the
courts. As music publishers are frequently at
odds with one another over the use of titles
this case presents points of interest to them.
If the Morris people take the matter through
the courts it is evidently their intention to carry
on the fight in the State courts, which have
nothing to do with the copyright law. Repeated
suits in the United States courts have indicated
that the copyright law does not contemplate a
copyright title on a particular word, and also
that it is extremely difficult to establish a copy-
right on a combination of words. The ground on
which such a suit may be fought in the State
courts is that a manager (and presumably a
music publisher) by taking a certain word for a
designation acquires a property right in it as a
title, which is entirely separate and distinct from
any copyright. A precedent or two along this
line would open new lines of procedure to music
publishers in the matter of the ever-vexing in-
fringement of song titles.
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character Songs.
A POSITIVE HIT!
A PROVED SELLER!
Orders poured in the very day after this
song was first sung at Hammerstein's
Victoria Theater.
-GOING STRONGER EVERY DAY!
PUBLISHED BY
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
Writers of the Bio Successas,
" T H E THREE T W I N S " and "BRIGHT EYES"
The
H E A D HAS HITS
(George W. Head, Jr.)
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
An Endless Chain of Sales of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING
CO.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
New York
reigning Musical Hit from
"MADAME SHERRY"
Now Playing at Colonial Theatre,
Chicago
Sung, Whistled and Hummed Everywhere
Greatly in Demand. Order Now
M. WITMARK & SONS, Publishers
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
PARIS
SONGS FOR EVERYBODY!
"PLAYTHINGS
THAT'S ALL"
By John W. Bratton.
11
MOTHER"
By Cooper & Frederics.
" I N THE SAME OLD WAY"
By Nat D. Mann.
"WHEN YOU DREAM OF THE GIRL YOU LOVE"
By Leo Edwards.
" G O O N , GOOD-A-BYE "
By Brown & Murphy.
VICTOR KREMER COMPANY
108-1 10 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
(Opposite Garrick Theatre>
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