Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 4 - Page 52
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48
THE
"Where The
I&bash Flow;
The Lyric is a 6em, awl its
Fox Trot Melody wiakes i t
a dQlidkt to Dancers.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
everybody's
flaying Them!
::
l"
*You Caw't Go WroW Wth
SING
j\
LITTLE SONG
A SUNSHINE FOX TROT
i. Here's Miat To Do-
Yourself A little ~ '
Lights
Are
Low*
JJte Most Charwind
Waltz Hit of the YeaV
It was revealed in testimony taken before
Walter V. Douglas, Jr., as Special Master, that
the larger motion picture houses here and else-
where have been paying an annual license fee
Federal Court in Philadelphia Decides Against of ten cents a seat to the songwriter's organiza-
Thirty-one Local Motion Picture Houses in tion, and hotels, restaurants, cabarets and dance
Action Brought by Society
halls from $5 to $15 a month.
Rather than pay the fee, the smaller movie
PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 19.—Proprietors of
houses said they would play classical music or
motion picture theatres are required to pay no music at all. Some of the defendants con-
publishers a license fee for using copyrighted tended they had no control over the music their
music according to a decision of Judge J. Whit- pianists chose, and if the latter dashed off a
taker Thompson in Federal Court here to-day. sentimental tune at a crucial moment in a love-
The movie men were taken into court two making scene the employers were not respon-
years ago when they refused to pay a "per- sible.
forming right fee" of 10 cents a seat a year to
Furthermore, several of the defendants de-
the .music publishers, members of the Society clared they had been asked by the publishers
of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
to "plug," or popularize, current songs.
The songs alleged to have been played for
Judge Thompson dismissed these arguments
profit, thus infringing the copyright, have long in one of the three cases he heard personally
since passed from current fancy, but the issue before referring the others to the master with
survived. Judge Thompson decided in favor the statement that music selected because it is
of Irving Berlin and nine other New York music fitting and appropriate to the action of that por-
publishers, who were awarded $250 damages tion of the motion picture at that precise mo-
and $150 counsel fee from each of the thirty-one ment being shown upon the screen, and con-
Philadelphia motion picture proprietors.
tinuously changing with the theme of the motion
Eleven other suits were begun, but in some picture, is played for the additional attraction
of them the music publishers sued the wrong to the audience and for its enjoyment and
persons and there was no hearing in the re- amusement,
maining cases.
The decision of Judge Thompson was hailed
with much enthusiasm by the members of the
American Society of Authors, Composers, Au-
thors and Publishers, who said it was another
victory in a long string. It was stated that of
Send Your Stock Orders Now!
15,000 motion picture theatres, 7,000 were al-
The Sales Are Enormous!
ready operating under licenses from the Society.
200% PROFIT
Besides Irving Berlin the victorious music
publishers are T. B. Harms and Francis Day
and Hunter, the Broadway Music Corp., Jerome
H. Remick & Co., Leo Feist, Inc., Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., Inc., McCarthy-Fisher, Inc.,
and Waterson.
World Famous
McKINLEY 15
* MUSIC <
50 New Numbers and New
Catalogs NOW READY for 1924
WITH
STOCK
OKDKItS
('tuner reprints, satal>lr copyrights fur piano,
piano ducts, violin and piano music, musical
readings,
standard
songs,
saxophone
and
piano music.
Music perfectly tinkered.
paper
New title pames.
Write
for
Printed on the l»est
Samples and
liberal
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
"1501-1515 E. 55th St.
THE SO/VO AND DANCE HIT
Soii(
Publishers Win Suit
Against Movie Theatres
( \T\1.O(.S
DOODLE,,
DOO DOO'
lbs lively rhytVlWi avid catckn
doyus Made It iytstautlu popular
a
I'ltKK
JULY 26, 1924
CHICAGO
Beck and Rockwell Join
Clark & Leslie Staff
Former in Charge of Sales Department and
Latter Manager of Band and Orchestra Divi-
sion—Both Men of Wide Experience
MOONLIGHT
MEMORIES'
A NEV WALTZ HIT BY VINCENT R O S E ,
WRITER OF * LINGER AWHILE?WITH LYRICS
BY DOROTHY TERRISS, WHO WROTE *THREE ,
ObtOCK IN THE MORNING" AND ""WONDERFUL ONE*
Berlin Number "Lazy"
Proving Widely Popular
An Example of the Exploitation It Is Receiving
From the Dealers in Preemann's Window Dis-
play in Los Angeles
"What'll I Do?" is not the only success in
the catalog of Irving Berlin, Inc. There are
at least half a dozen other songs having good
sales. Particularly is this true of the song
"Lazy," written by Berlin and issued simul-
Featuring "Lazy"
taneously with "What'll I Do?" "Lazy" has not
attained the popularity of the above number,
but it closely rivals it in point of sales. This
is demonstrated by the fact that almost every
order for "What'll I Do?" brings repeat re-
quests for "Lazy" and its demand is also re-
flected in the prominence its title pages are
given on the music counters of the country.
When dealers give a number a window dis-
play the consumer can invariably be sure that
it is the type which has wide popularity. "Lazy"
has had many exclusive window displays given
it by dealers in various parts of the country. A
particularly effective display, shown herewith,
devoted exclusively to the title pages of this
Berlin success, was recently shown by Morse M.
Preemann, a well-known dealer of Los Angeles,
Cal.
Clarke & Leslie Songs, Inc., New York, have
recently made some important additions to their
staff, including Mort Beck, well known to the
trade throughout the country, who has taken
entire charge of the sales department, and Will
Rockwell, who, with fifteen years' experience
in the trade, joins the firm as band and orches-
tra manager, in which capacity he was connected
with M. Witmark & Sons for several years.
Incidentally Mr. Beck will leave on a trip to
the Pacific Coast territory in the course of a
CHICAGO, III.., July 24.—"Tia Juana," a serni-
few weeks.
blues number written by Larry Connally and
Gene Roderich, is proving to be one of the late
Consult the Universal Want Directory of hits of the Melrose Bros. Music Co., publishers.
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted The number is very popular with dance orches-
free of charge for men who desire positions. tras, as it was written especially for dancing.
"Tia Juana" a Hit
48
THE
"Where The
I&bash Flow;
The Lyric is a 6em, awl its
Fox Trot Melody wiakes i t
a dQlidkt to Dancers.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
everybody's
flaying Them!
::
l"
*You Caw't Go WroW Wth
SING
j\
LITTLE SONG
A SUNSHINE FOX TROT
i. Here's Miat To Do-
Yourself A little ~ '
Lights
Are
Low*
JJte Most Charwind
Waltz Hit of the YeaV
It was revealed in testimony taken before
Walter V. Douglas, Jr., as Special Master, that
the larger motion picture houses here and else-
where have been paying an annual license fee
Federal Court in Philadelphia Decides Against of ten cents a seat to the songwriter's organiza-
Thirty-one Local Motion Picture Houses in tion, and hotels, restaurants, cabarets and dance
Action Brought by Society
halls from $5 to $15 a month.
Rather than pay the fee, the smaller movie
PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 19.—Proprietors of
houses said they would play classical music or
motion picture theatres are required to pay no music at all. Some of the defendants con-
publishers a license fee for using copyrighted tended they had no control over the music their
music according to a decision of Judge J. Whit- pianists chose, and if the latter dashed off a
taker Thompson in Federal Court here to-day. sentimental tune at a crucial moment in a love-
The movie men were taken into court two making scene the employers were not respon-
years ago when they refused to pay a "per- sible.
forming right fee" of 10 cents a seat a year to
Furthermore, several of the defendants de-
the .music publishers, members of the Society clared they had been asked by the publishers
of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
to "plug," or popularize, current songs.
The songs alleged to have been played for
Judge Thompson dismissed these arguments
profit, thus infringing the copyright, have long in one of the three cases he heard personally
since passed from current fancy, but the issue before referring the others to the master with
survived. Judge Thompson decided in favor the statement that music selected because it is
of Irving Berlin and nine other New York music fitting and appropriate to the action of that por-
publishers, who were awarded $250 damages tion of the motion picture at that precise mo-
and $150 counsel fee from each of the thirty-one ment being shown upon the screen, and con-
Philadelphia motion picture proprietors.
tinuously changing with the theme of the motion
Eleven other suits were begun, but in some picture, is played for the additional attraction
of them the music publishers sued the wrong to the audience and for its enjoyment and
persons and there was no hearing in the re- amusement,
maining cases.
The decision of Judge Thompson was hailed
with much enthusiasm by the members of the
American Society of Authors, Composers, Au-
thors and Publishers, who said it was another
victory in a long string. It was stated that of
Send Your Stock Orders Now!
15,000 motion picture theatres, 7,000 were al-
The Sales Are Enormous!
ready operating under licenses from the Society.
200% PROFIT
Besides Irving Berlin the victorious music
publishers are T. B. Harms and Francis Day
and Hunter, the Broadway Music Corp., Jerome
H. Remick & Co., Leo Feist, Inc., Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., Inc., McCarthy-Fisher, Inc.,
and Waterson.
World Famous
McKINLEY 15
* MUSIC <
50 New Numbers and New
Catalogs NOW READY for 1924
WITH
STOCK
OKDKItS
('tuner reprints, satal>lr copyrights fur piano,
piano ducts, violin and piano music, musical
readings,
standard
songs,
saxophone
and
piano music.
Music perfectly tinkered.
paper
New title pames.
Write
for
Printed on the l»est
Samples and
liberal
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
"1501-1515 E. 55th St.
THE SO/VO AND DANCE HIT
Soii(
Publishers Win Suit
Against Movie Theatres
( \T\1.O(.S
DOODLE,,
DOO DOO'
lbs lively rhytVlWi avid catckn
doyus Made It iytstautlu popular
a
I'ltKK
JULY 26, 1924
CHICAGO
Beck and Rockwell Join
Clark & Leslie Staff
Former in Charge of Sales Department and
Latter Manager of Band and Orchestra Divi-
sion—Both Men of Wide Experience
MOONLIGHT
MEMORIES'
A NEV WALTZ HIT BY VINCENT R O S E ,
WRITER OF * LINGER AWHILE?WITH LYRICS
BY DOROTHY TERRISS, WHO WROTE *THREE ,
ObtOCK IN THE MORNING" AND ""WONDERFUL ONE*
Berlin Number "Lazy"
Proving Widely Popular
An Example of the Exploitation It Is Receiving
From the Dealers in Preemann's Window Dis-
play in Los Angeles
"What'll I Do?" is not the only success in
the catalog of Irving Berlin, Inc. There are
at least half a dozen other songs having good
sales. Particularly is this true of the song
"Lazy," written by Berlin and issued simul-
Featuring "Lazy"
taneously with "What'll I Do?" "Lazy" has not
attained the popularity of the above number,
but it closely rivals it in point of sales. This
is demonstrated by the fact that almost every
order for "What'll I Do?" brings repeat re-
quests for "Lazy" and its demand is also re-
flected in the prominence its title pages are
given on the music counters of the country.
When dealers give a number a window dis-
play the consumer can invariably be sure that
it is the type which has wide popularity. "Lazy"
has had many exclusive window displays given
it by dealers in various parts of the country. A
particularly effective display, shown herewith,
devoted exclusively to the title pages of this
Berlin success, was recently shown by Morse M.
Preemann, a well-known dealer of Los Angeles,
Cal.
Clarke & Leslie Songs, Inc., New York, have
recently made some important additions to their
staff, including Mort Beck, well known to the
trade throughout the country, who has taken
entire charge of the sales department, and Will
Rockwell, who, with fifteen years' experience
in the trade, joins the firm as band and orches-
tra manager, in which capacity he was connected
with M. Witmark & Sons for several years.
Incidentally Mr. Beck will leave on a trip to
the Pacific Coast territory in the course of a
CHICAGO, III.., July 24.—"Tia Juana," a serni-
few weeks.
blues number written by Larry Connally and
Gene Roderich, is proving to be one of the late
Consult the Universal Want Directory of hits of the Melrose Bros. Music Co., publishers.
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted The number is very popular with dance orches-
free of charge for men who desire positions. tras, as it was written especially for dancing.
"Tia Juana" a Hit
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