Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 17 - Page 56
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBER 25, 1924
THE TALKING MACHINE TRADE
F. K. Dolbeer Now on Southern Trip
Addressing Meetings of Victor Dealers
Period Vocalion Used
in New Feature Film
Conventions Being Held in Principal Points in Georgia and Florida Under the Auspices of Victor
Wholesalers—Addresses by F. K. Dolbeer, D. S. Pruitt and Park Willis, Jr.
Forms an Important Part of the Stage Setting
of "Dangerous Money," a New Famous
Players-Lasky Production Just Released
"L^ K. Dolbeer, sales manager of the Victor
* Talking Machine Co., planned a compre-
hensive trip through Georgia and Florida during
the current month of October. The high spots
of his trip will be at Atlanta, Jacksonville,
Miami and Tampa where he will address con-
ventions of Victor dealers from the territory
in and surrounding each one of these centers.
The other Victor jobbers who will speak at
these meetings include D. S. Pruitt, district
traveler, and Park Willis, Jr., factory expert.
The subjects covered by Mr. Dolbeer and the
other speakers will be along the line of what
constitutes good general merchandising policies,
special sales ideas that will make for prosperous
business during the holiday season and the
balance of the Winter, and elucidation of the
Victor factory ideals and the quality which
Marie Morrisey Now a
Brunswick Record Artist
A recent addition to the Brunswick Hall of
Fame is Marie Morrisey, contralto, who recently
signed a contract to make records for the Bruns-
wick Co. ' Her first record "Just A Wearyin'
For You" and "Coming Home" will be released
this month. Miss Morrisey is well known
throughout talking machine circles through con-
has been incorporated in the various Victor
products.
The meeting at Atlanta was held Monday,
October 13th, at the home of Charles Elyea,
1
head of the Elyea Co., Victor distributor located
in Atlanta. The meeting at Jacksonville will be
held on October 16th at the Hotel Seminole;
the one at Miami, October 21, at the Hotel
Ponce de Leon; the one at Tampa on October
24 at the Hotel Hillsboro. All the Florida meet-
ings were held under the auspices of French
Nestor, Victor distributor at Jacksonville, and
had large audiences.
Mr. Dolbeer and party traveled by motor
between the various convention cities and will
call on the dealers located in towns and cities
en route. He plans to return to Camden on
October 28.
Jones Entertains Prince
One of the features of the recent trip of the
Prince of Wales to Chicago was the entertain-
ment tendered him at the Saddle and Cycle
Club, where the orchestra of Isham Jones,
Brunswick recording artists, furnished the dance
music. Knowing the Prince's love for American
dance music, those arranging the program se-
lected Isham Jones and his aggregation as being
representative of the best band to be found in
the Middle West.
Art Gillham to Record
CHICAGO, I I I . , October 18.—Art Gillham, sales
manager for the Ted Browne Music Co., Inc.,
218 South Wabash avenue, has just signed a
contract with the Columbia Phonograph Co. to
record twenty-four numbers a year. "How Do
You Do."
When "Dangerous Money," the big new fea-
ture film released by the Famous Players-Lasky,
opens at the Rialto, October 19, a beautiful
early Italian period Vocalion will be an im-
portant part of the striking stage setting that
characterizes the film. Rebe Daniels, leading
woman in the production, plays the part of a
farm girl, "Cinderella," unexpectedly made an
heiress by an unusual turn of Fortune's wheel.
A trip to Italy follows. In the scenes laid in
this locale with every interior detail authentic
Italian in type, the seventeenth century Vocalion
in that period strikes a harmonious note.
Artists at Lyon & Healy
CHICAGO, III., October 18.—One of the entertain-
ing features presented by Lyon & Healy, Inc.,
this month in the Lyon & Healy concert hall
were the popular Duncan Sisters, who sang a
long selection of their songs. In order to deter-
mine their most popular publication, the recital
was announced several days in advance with an
offer to sing any of their compositions provided
request was made in writing. An autographed
copy of "Cicero Blues," the song which received
the most votes, was presented to all those who
suggested it and were present iu the audience
at the concert.
A. B. Sauer Go. Chartered
LORAIN, O., October 18.—The A. B. Sauer Music
Co. has just been organized to take over the
phonograph business of the George A. Clark
Co., of this city. The company will have a cap-
tal stock of $35,000, and its officers will be A.
B. Sauer, A. H. Pistcl, A E. Schneider and
S. L. Sauer, all of whom were former employes
of the (lark concern.
Masterworks Record Sets Are Announced
by the Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc.
New Sets Comprise Selected Numbers Recorded in Great Britain by the Columbia Gramophone
Co., Ltd., and Manufactured in This Country by the Columbia Co.—To Be Sold in Album Form
' I * HK Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc., lias just
announced the Columbia Masterworks sets,
comprising a series of specially selected num-
bers recorded in Great Britain by the Columbia
Gramophone Co., Ltd., and manufactured in
this country by the Columbia Phonograph Co.,
Inc. The records are being introduced to the
trade in album sets, and Columbia dealers
Marie Morrisey
throughout the country who have received sam-
cert work which has covered the entire country ples of the sets are keenly enthusiastic regard-
and also because of the fact that she has been ing their sales possibilities, and have congrat-
making records for other companies for a num- ulated the Columbia Co. upon the splendid qual-
ber of years. She is the wife of Roy Keith, ity of the recordings and the world-wide fame
formerly general manager of the New York and of the artists making the records.
Chicago Talking Machine Companies.
The records represent an important musical
development, for they make an appeal to the
thousands upon thousands of music lovers every-
where who appreciate and understand the musi-
HOUC.HTON, MICH., October 18.—The McLogan- cal masterpieces included in these Masterworks
Pearce Co. recently completed the moving of sets. All of the records in this series are twelve-
its stock and fixtures from the store formerly inch double face, and the various sets are pre-
occupied by the concern to its new storeroom, sented in handsome albums appropriately let-
opposite the Central Hotel on Fifth street, that tered in gold.
Masterworks set No. 1 features Beethoven's
city.
McLogan-Pearce Go. Moves
"Seventh Symphony" in nine parts on five dou-
ble disc records; set No. 2 is Beethoven's
"Eighth Symphony" in seven parts on four dou-
ble disc records; set No. 3 is Dvorak's sym-
phony "From the World" in ten parts on five
double disc records; set No. 4 is Mozart's
"Symphony No. 39 in E Flat" in six parts on
three double disc records; set No. 5 is Tschai'
kowsky's "Pathetic Symphony" in eight parts
on four double disc records; set No. 6 is Bee-
thoven's "Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus
131," in ten parts on five double disc records;
set No. 7 is Haydn's "Quartet in D Major, Opus
76, No. 5," in six parts on three double disc
records; set No. 8 is Mozart's "Quartet in C
Major, Opus 465," on four double disc records.
Masterworks sets Nos. 1, 2 and 4 are recorded
by Felix Weingartner, conducting the London
Symphony Orchestra; set No. 3 is recorded by
Hamilton Harty, conducting the Halle Orches-
tra; set No. 5 is recorded by Sir Henry J.
Wood, conducting the New Queen's Hall Or-
chestra; sets Nos. 6, 7 and 8 are recorded by
the Lenner String Quartet, of Budapest.
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBER 25, 1924
THE TALKING MACHINE TRADE
F. K. Dolbeer Now on Southern Trip
Addressing Meetings of Victor Dealers
Period Vocalion Used
in New Feature Film
Conventions Being Held in Principal Points in Georgia and Florida Under the Auspices of Victor
Wholesalers—Addresses by F. K. Dolbeer, D. S. Pruitt and Park Willis, Jr.
Forms an Important Part of the Stage Setting
of "Dangerous Money," a New Famous
Players-Lasky Production Just Released
"L^ K. Dolbeer, sales manager of the Victor
* Talking Machine Co., planned a compre-
hensive trip through Georgia and Florida during
the current month of October. The high spots
of his trip will be at Atlanta, Jacksonville,
Miami and Tampa where he will address con-
ventions of Victor dealers from the territory
in and surrounding each one of these centers.
The other Victor jobbers who will speak at
these meetings include D. S. Pruitt, district
traveler, and Park Willis, Jr., factory expert.
The subjects covered by Mr. Dolbeer and the
other speakers will be along the line of what
constitutes good general merchandising policies,
special sales ideas that will make for prosperous
business during the holiday season and the
balance of the Winter, and elucidation of the
Victor factory ideals and the quality which
Marie Morrisey Now a
Brunswick Record Artist
A recent addition to the Brunswick Hall of
Fame is Marie Morrisey, contralto, who recently
signed a contract to make records for the Bruns-
wick Co. ' Her first record "Just A Wearyin'
For You" and "Coming Home" will be released
this month. Miss Morrisey is well known
throughout talking machine circles through con-
has been incorporated in the various Victor
products.
The meeting at Atlanta was held Monday,
October 13th, at the home of Charles Elyea,
1
head of the Elyea Co., Victor distributor located
in Atlanta. The meeting at Jacksonville will be
held on October 16th at the Hotel Seminole;
the one at Miami, October 21, at the Hotel
Ponce de Leon; the one at Tampa on October
24 at the Hotel Hillsboro. All the Florida meet-
ings were held under the auspices of French
Nestor, Victor distributor at Jacksonville, and
had large audiences.
Mr. Dolbeer and party traveled by motor
between the various convention cities and will
call on the dealers located in towns and cities
en route. He plans to return to Camden on
October 28.
Jones Entertains Prince
One of the features of the recent trip of the
Prince of Wales to Chicago was the entertain-
ment tendered him at the Saddle and Cycle
Club, where the orchestra of Isham Jones,
Brunswick recording artists, furnished the dance
music. Knowing the Prince's love for American
dance music, those arranging the program se-
lected Isham Jones and his aggregation as being
representative of the best band to be found in
the Middle West.
Art Gillham to Record
CHICAGO, I I I . , October 18.—Art Gillham, sales
manager for the Ted Browne Music Co., Inc.,
218 South Wabash avenue, has just signed a
contract with the Columbia Phonograph Co. to
record twenty-four numbers a year. "How Do
You Do."
When "Dangerous Money," the big new fea-
ture film released by the Famous Players-Lasky,
opens at the Rialto, October 19, a beautiful
early Italian period Vocalion will be an im-
portant part of the striking stage setting that
characterizes the film. Rebe Daniels, leading
woman in the production, plays the part of a
farm girl, "Cinderella," unexpectedly made an
heiress by an unusual turn of Fortune's wheel.
A trip to Italy follows. In the scenes laid in
this locale with every interior detail authentic
Italian in type, the seventeenth century Vocalion
in that period strikes a harmonious note.
Artists at Lyon & Healy
CHICAGO, III., October 18.—One of the entertain-
ing features presented by Lyon & Healy, Inc.,
this month in the Lyon & Healy concert hall
were the popular Duncan Sisters, who sang a
long selection of their songs. In order to deter-
mine their most popular publication, the recital
was announced several days in advance with an
offer to sing any of their compositions provided
request was made in writing. An autographed
copy of "Cicero Blues," the song which received
the most votes, was presented to all those who
suggested it and were present iu the audience
at the concert.
A. B. Sauer Go. Chartered
LORAIN, O., October 18.—The A. B. Sauer Music
Co. has just been organized to take over the
phonograph business of the George A. Clark
Co., of this city. The company will have a cap-
tal stock of $35,000, and its officers will be A.
B. Sauer, A. H. Pistcl, A E. Schneider and
S. L. Sauer, all of whom were former employes
of the (lark concern.
Masterworks Record Sets Are Announced
by the Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc.
New Sets Comprise Selected Numbers Recorded in Great Britain by the Columbia Gramophone
Co., Ltd., and Manufactured in This Country by the Columbia Co.—To Be Sold in Album Form
' I * HK Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc., lias just
announced the Columbia Masterworks sets,
comprising a series of specially selected num-
bers recorded in Great Britain by the Columbia
Gramophone Co., Ltd., and manufactured in
this country by the Columbia Phonograph Co.,
Inc. The records are being introduced to the
trade in album sets, and Columbia dealers
Marie Morrisey
throughout the country who have received sam-
cert work which has covered the entire country ples of the sets are keenly enthusiastic regard-
and also because of the fact that she has been ing their sales possibilities, and have congrat-
making records for other companies for a num- ulated the Columbia Co. upon the splendid qual-
ber of years. She is the wife of Roy Keith, ity of the recordings and the world-wide fame
formerly general manager of the New York and of the artists making the records.
Chicago Talking Machine Companies.
The records represent an important musical
development, for they make an appeal to the
thousands upon thousands of music lovers every-
where who appreciate and understand the musi-
HOUC.HTON, MICH., October 18.—The McLogan- cal masterpieces included in these Masterworks
Pearce Co. recently completed the moving of sets. All of the records in this series are twelve-
its stock and fixtures from the store formerly inch double face, and the various sets are pre-
occupied by the concern to its new storeroom, sented in handsome albums appropriately let-
opposite the Central Hotel on Fifth street, that tered in gold.
Masterworks set No. 1 features Beethoven's
city.
McLogan-Pearce Go. Moves
"Seventh Symphony" in nine parts on five dou-
ble disc records; set No. 2 is Beethoven's
"Eighth Symphony" in seven parts on four dou-
ble disc records; set No. 3 is Dvorak's sym-
phony "From the World" in ten parts on five
double disc records; set No. 4 is Mozart's
"Symphony No. 39 in E Flat" in six parts on
three double disc records; set No. 5 is Tschai'
kowsky's "Pathetic Symphony" in eight parts
on four double disc records; set No. 6 is Bee-
thoven's "Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Opus
131," in ten parts on five double disc records;
set No. 7 is Haydn's "Quartet in D Major, Opus
76, No. 5," in six parts on three double disc
records; set No. 8 is Mozart's "Quartet in C
Major, Opus 465," on four double disc records.
Masterworks sets Nos. 1, 2 and 4 are recorded
by Felix Weingartner, conducting the London
Symphony Orchestra; set No. 3 is recorded by
Hamilton Harty, conducting the Halle Orches-
tra; set No. 5 is recorded by Sir Henry J.
Wood, conducting the New Queen's Hall Or-
chestra; sets Nos. 6, 7 and 8 are recorded by
the Lenner String Quartet, of Budapest.
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