Music Trade Review

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SF;PTEMBER
15, 1923
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"LITTLE MISS BLUEBEARD" A HIT
New Frohman Show With Irene Bordoni­
Songs Are Published by Harms, Inc,
"Little Miss Bluebeard," the name of a new
show, with songs, recently opened at the Ly­
ceum Theatre, New York. It was written ?y
THE
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Song Written in Years
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Avery Hopwood, with acknowledgm e nts to the
Hungarian playwright, Gabriel Dr egely. The
songs are by Percy Graham Paul and E . Ray
Goetz, with music by Paul A. Rubins. It is pro­
duced by Charles Frohman, Inc., in association
with E. Ray Goetz, and was written around and
purposely for Irene Bordoni.
The show is exceptionally well received, the
various dramatic critics of the metropolitan
dailies giving it' quite large reviews and inva­
riably predicting its success. Miss Bordoni is
supported by a good cast, including Bruce Mc­
Rae, William Elville, Stanley Logan and others.
Among the songs in the show are the "Gon­
dola and the Girl," "I Won't Say I Will" (But I
Won't Say I Won't), "So This Is Love" and
"Who'll Buy My Violet." Undoubtedly, "The
Gondola and the Girl" is the hit of the piece, the
other musical offerings coming in for honorable
mention. Alexander Woolcott, of the New
York Herald, in speaking of the former song,
says: "But the high point of 'Little Miss Blue­
beard' was none of these. It was the gay, origi­
nal, amusing ballad called 'Gondola and the
Girl.' There is a legend in tinpan alley that
the first-nighters don't know a good lyric when
they hear one. Well, this is one." This num­
ber is published by Chappell-Harms, Inc. All
the other selections are published by Harms,
Inc.
NEW SONG BV VELLEN AND AGER
Clever Novelty Number to Be Featured in Big
Way by the Publishers
Watch for Record and
Music Roll Releases
Jack Yellen and Milton Ager, writers of
"Lovin' Sam," "Louisville Lou," and "Who
Cares':' have written another novelty song of
the colored type which is now being placed in
the programs of many vaudeville artists. Th e
song carries a clever lyric and a Milton Ager
melody, so it can be said it starts out auspi­
ciously.
This new offering, whi ch is already heard
along Broadway, is entitled, "Mamma Goes
Where Papa Goes, or P apa Don't Go Out To­
night." The professional and sales departments
of Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., the publishers,
a re quit e enthusiastic over this issue and arc
going to exploit it on a wide scale.
NEW "GREENWICH VILLAGE. FOLLIES"
Victoria Publishing Co. Bringing Out Score to
Which Louis A. Hirsch an{} Con Conrad Have
Contributed Several ' Numbers
. It is understood that the fifth annual produc­
tion of th e "Greenwich Village Follies," pro­
duced by the Bohemians, Inc., will shortly have
its New York premiere. Among the songs that
will be heard are several by the well-known
Louis A. Hirsch and the more popular Con
Conrad . What are selected as the big hits of the
show is entitled "Moonlight Kisses," "Cock-a­
Doodle-Doo," "Golden Trail," "I Am Thinking
of You," "Kama's Garden" and "Raisin' the
Roof." The Victoria Publishing Co. will pub­
li sh the score.
FEIST PURCHASES ORPHEUM NUMBER
"Oh, You Little Son-uv-er-Gun" Taken Over
From New England Publishing House
I.eo Feist, Inc., has purchased from the Or ·
pheum Music Co., Boston, Mass ., the New Eng­
land song and dance success, "Oh, You Little
Son-uv-er-Gun." This song has proved an active
seller in New England territory and has been
accepted for mechanical recording by most of
the leading talking machine record and musi c
roll manufacturing organizations who, undoubt­
edly, were waiting for the purchase of the num­
ber by some large publisher so that its merits
could be exploited on a wide scale and through­
out the country.
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