Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 1
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
March 2006
Page 26, 568:
Trees (Rasbach - Kilmer)
Page 28, 704:
Il Bacio - note spelling !
Page 30, 717:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Ball)
Page 31, 729:
Doin´ The Racoon (Klages - Coots)
Page 35, 770:
The Mooche (Duke Ellington)
Milenburg Joys (Melrose - Rappollo)
Page 41, 836:
12th. Street Rag (Bowman)
Page 41, 840:
Doin´ The Racoon (Klages - Coots)
Page 43, 870:
China Boy (Winfree - Boutelje)
Page 43, 872:
Complete tune listing as follows:
California Here I Come (De Sylva - Meyer - Jolson)
Memories (Kahn - Van Alstyne)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (Vernor - Stokes)
My Kinda Love (Alter - Trent)
Song of the Islands (King)
Page 46, 914:
Weary River (Silvers - Clarke)
Page 52, 997:
Japanese Sandman (Egan - Whiting)
Page 54, 1019-1020:
Get Happy (Arlen - Koehler)
Page 55, 1041-1042:
Then I´ll Be Happy (Brown - Clare - Friend)
Page 60, 1122-1123:
The Kiss Waltz (Dubin - Burke)
Page 63, 1155-1156:
My Sweet Tooth Says "I Wanna" (Young - Clare - Stept)
Page 66, 1179-1180:
I´ve Got A Feeling I´m Falling (Link - Waller)
Pahe 68, 1200:
I´ve Got A Feeling I´m Falling (Rose - Link - Waller)
Page 104, 1605-1606:
LISTED IN ERROR AS "1505-06" in TITLE INDEX !
September 1933
In Technicolor.
Cast includes: Mitchell & Durant, Barbara Rogers, Gordon Westcott.
Directed by Eddie Cline.
Page 118, 1700-1701:
July 1934
In Technicolor.
Directed by Roy Mack.
Page 118, 1702-1703 WC:
August 1934
Cast also includes: Betty Grable and Harry Seymour (he´s the singer in the
"Lookin´ ´Em Over" production number.)
Directed by Roy Mack.
Page 119, 1704-1705:
August 1934
In Technicolor.
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 119, 1706-1707:
November 1934
In Technicolor.
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 119, 1710-1711 WC:
June 1935
In Technicolor.
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 121, 1722-1823;
September 1934
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 129, 1784:
Don´t Let Your Love Go Wrong (Whiting - Schwartz - Johnson)
Page 132, 1800:
Il Bacio (Ardito)
Page 137, 1827:
Lady of Spain (Tilsey)
Page 143, 1880:
Cast includes: Tip, Tap & Toe, Orlando Robeson.
Directed by Roy Mack.
Page 151, 2000:
Blue Prelude (Jenkins)
Page 151, 2006:
Whispering (Schoenberger - Coburn - Rose)
Page 154, 2962:
Myra Johnson, not Henderson
Moonlight on the Ganges (Wallace - Ewing) - note correct title !
Page 154, 2070-2071:
Hotel a la Swing directed by Roy Mack.
Page 163, B122:
Joe Sodja, not "Soldier" !
Page 176, 2143:
When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo (Coslow - Spier - Fain)
Page 187, 2340:
Cielito Lindo (Padilla)
Page 355, The Performers:
Dixon, Jean
The statement that Jean Dixon´s films from 1929 [onwards] included The
Gang´s All There is erroneous.
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 2
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
March 2006
Page 41, 841:
Hello Sunshine Hello (Charles Tobias)
Page 42, 843:
Wedding Bells Are Breaking (Kahal - Raskin - Fain)
Page 81, 1387:
Selections in playing order:
Plantation Capers
Bugle Call Rag
Tiger Rag
My Man Is Gone (Gershwin - Gershwin - Du Bose)
Concentrating on You
Unidentified selection
NOTE: I have one Mabel Scott listed as vocalist for "My Man Is Gone".
Page 81, 1391:
First selection:
Black Maria - not "I´m Wild About Harry"
Page 98, 1558:
Sylvia (Clinton Scollard - Oley Speaks) - not "Syvia" !
Page 102, 1586:
Selections in playing order:
Underneath The Harlem Moon (Gordon - Revel)
I Would Do Anything For You (Hill)
My Headache (Razaf - Johnson)
Tony´s Wife
The Peanut Vendor (Sunshine)
Love Is The Thing (Washington - Young)
Blue Rhythm (Leslie - Mills)
Cast also includes: Eddie Mallory (conductor).
Page 118, 1696:
The Beat Of My Heart (Burke - Spina)
Pages 121/122, 1732-1733:
August 1935
Cast also includes: Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Dewey Robinson.
Page 127, 1770:
Cast also includes Harlan Lattimore (singer in "Ill Wind" production
number).
Page 142, 1867:
Selections in playing order:
Body And Soul (Green)
Mile A Minute
Easy Come, Easy Go (Green - Heyman)
(You Came To Me) Out Of Nowhere (Green - Heyman)
I Like Mountain Music
Ev´ry Day
When It´s Springtime In The Rockies
Good Old Mountain Music
How Can I Hold You Close Enough ? - note correct spelling of selection
Go Into Your Dance
Body And Soul (Green)
Page 143, 1880:
First selection:
I Would Do Anything For You
Page 154, 2062:
First selection:
Jazznocrazy (Hudson)
Page 159, B14:
The "Goona Goo" (Young - Reser - Ahlert)
Page 245, 7042-7043:
October 1935
In Technicolor.
Page 245, 7071-7072:
November 1935
In Technicolor.
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 245, 7143-7144:
January 1936
In Technicolor.
Page 246, 7234-7235:
March 1936
In Technicolor.
Directed by Ralph Staub.
Page 246, 7238-7239:
March 1936
Page 247, 7363-7364:
April 1936
Directed by Murray Roth.
Cast also includes Harry Seymour, Leo White, Mary Treen.
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 3
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
March 2006
Page 15, 394:
Cecilia (Dreyer - Ruby)
Page 51, 972:
Dreyer - not "Dryer"
Page 55, 1041-1042:
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Burke - Dubin)
Page 61, 1128:
If I Had A Girl Like You (Dixon - Henderson - Rose)
Page 68, 1193:
Cheerful Little Earful (Gershwin - Rose - Warren)
Page 74, 1268:
It Looks Like Susie (Friend) - note correct spelling !
Page 80, 1367:
When We´re Alone (Jason - Barton) should read
Penthouse Serenade (Jason - Burton).
Page 83, the still of "Rambling ´Round Radio Row # 2" (sic)
is in fact from RARR # 3, but where´s the write-up of this short ?
Anyway, it features Harry Barris, Loyce Whiteman (female leaning over the
piano), Sylvia Froos, Burton Lane, Art Jarrett (first male leaning over the
piano), Benny Krueger and Rudy Wiedoeft.
NB: Film # 1632, listed on page 107, is not Rambling ´Round Radio Row #
3.
Pages 87 & 92:
There´s additional mixup regarding the stills from Rambling ´Round Radio
Rowand the #s they have got in the listing.
The still from # 5 of Harriett Lee belongs to # 6 on pages 88 & 89, 1473,
and the stills from # 6 belong to #7, page 89, 1474, according to the author
of the book.
Pages 89/90, 1479
Lois Whiteman should read Loyce Whiteman.
Page 93, 1501-1502:
When My Baby Smiles At Me (Maxwell - Munro - Sterling - Von Tilzer)
Smiles (Callahan - Roberts)
Page 94, 1506-1507:
Tiger Rag (La Rocca)
Page 104, 1607-1608 WC:
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet (Murphy - Wenrich)
Page 104, 1609-1610 WC:
October 1933
In Technicolor.
Cast includes: Frank McHugh, Kitty Kelly, Clarence Nordstrom, Robert
Barrat.
Directed by Eddie Cline.
Page 112:
And here´s another still from the undocumented Rambling ´Round Radio
Row # 3
- see page 83 for additional info. Benny Krueger and Rudy Wiedoeft.
Pages 115 & 116, 1689:
(Creamer - Layton)
Page 171, 2123 WC
Clarinet Marmalade (Shield - Ragas)
Page 174, 2114 WC:
Rosy Cheeks (Simons - Whiting)
Page 187, 2350:
Funiculi, Funicula - but the heading is correctly spelled !
Page 188, 3562:
Mississippi Mud (Harry Barris)
Page 191, 2592:
That Brand New Model of Mine: Gillespie - not Gillsepie
Page 192, 2600:
Lonesome Road (Shilkret - Austin), Red Hot Henry Brown (Rose).
Page 195, 2699:
Here Comes The Showboat (Pinkard - Rose)
Page 197, 2750:
Ten Little Miles From Town (Green - Stept)
Page 197, 2758:
Ten Little Miles From Town (Green - Stept)
Page 200, 2796:
Here Comes The Showboat (Pinkard - Rose)
Page 203, 3008:
First National musical drama starring Alice White, Fred Kohler Sr., Sally
Eilers, Marion Byron, Charles Delaney, Tom Dugan.
Page 206, 3351-3359:
June 1929
Pages 220-221:
Both stills are credited to one "Donald Goldenberg" !
Page 228, 5075:
his dog Bruno
Page 238:
Another still is credited to one "Donald Goldenberg".
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 4
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
March 2006
Page 166, B169:
Limehouse Blues (Furber - Braham) - not "Brahams"
Page 168, B201:
It´s The Talk of The Town (Symes - Neiburg - Livingston)
Page 169, B229:
I Cried For You (Freed - Arnheim) - not "Fried"
Page 170, B245-246:
Anytime´s The Time To Fall In Love (King)
Page 170, B256-257:
Flat Foot Floogie (Green - Gaillard - Stewart) - not "Gallard"
Pages 172-174, 2109:
Here´s a real "sleeper" !
Carolynne Snowden appears to be a "colored" blues singer, and she is
acc. by"colored" West Coast bandleader Harvey Brooks and "orchestra" sic !From the scant entry we know that at least bandleader Harvey Brooks,
whoplays the piano is present as well as Thomas Valentine on the banjo,
andHenry "Tin Can" Allen on the drums. If the "orchestra" is larger than
thisfirmly documented trio they are bound to be made up with members
who playedin "Harvey Brooks´ Quality Four" or "Paul Howard´s Quality
Serenaders" -check regular jazz discos for additional info !
Page 182, 2285:
Terriss - not "Terries" (real name Theodora Morse).
Page 194, 1692:
Bashful Baby (Friend - Silver)
Page 196, 2733:
Mary [What Are You Waiting For?] (Donaldson) - note correct title !
Page 201, 2285:
Sleepy Time Gal (Alden - Egan - Lorenzo - Whiting)
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 5
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
March 2006
Page 31, 726:
"Scups of Coffee" (Mann - Holiner - Nichols)
should read
"Scups of Coffee" (Holiner - Nichols), Mann is Mr. Holiner´s first name !
Page 37, 804:
(Meskill - Wendling - Hoffman)
(Healey - Kahal - Mc Hugh)
Page 46, 914:
Dynamite Johnson (Johnson - Bradford)
Georgia Is Always On My Mind (Johnston-Bradford-sic!)
might be the wellknown tune by Hoagy Carmichael.
"Jimmy Johnston" is actually pianist James P. Johnson.
Page 48, 919:
(Jolson - Rose - Dryer)
should read (Jolson - Rose - Dreyer)
(Muroe-Lewis) should read (Munro - Sterling - Lewis)
(Whitney) should read (Whiting - Robin).
Page 48, 924:
(Jolson - Rose - Dreyer)
Page 75, 1279:
Just A Crazy Song (Gilbert) should read
Just A Crazy Song (Smith - Williams).
Page 234, 5821 & 5824:
Inverted synopsises ?
Page 244, 6984-6985:
Mr. and Mrs. is The Name (Dixon - Wrubel)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Nolan)
Page 245:
Some of the "vacant" release numbers on this page probably belong to the
following 9 reels feature which is MISSING from the book:
October 1935 [month of release]
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Comedy-mystery, starring Warren William, Patricia Ellis, Genevieve Tobin.
Page 265, 9935:
Three Little Words (Kalmar - Ruby)
Birds Do It should read Let´s Do It (Porter).
Page 271, 525-526A:
In Technicolor.
Directed by Stanley Martin.
Page 273, 632-633A:
In Technicolor.
Directed by Jean Negulesco.
Page 279, 1150A:
Sweetheart Serenade
Directed by Jean Negulesco.
Page 284, 1322A:
Swimcapades (aka Silver Springs Swimcapades)
In Technicolor.
"Sports Parade" series.
Cast includes: Steve Accardi, Hymie Schwartz, The Three Herger Sisters.
Directed by André de la Varre.
Page 301, 1909A & 1910A:
A Farwell To ArmsThis is actually a reissue of the 1932 Paramount
feature, starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes, with remade title cards.
This feature was purchased by WB for re-making purposes; nothing
happened, then David Selznick purchased the rights from WB and the
result was a 20th. Fox release in 1957, starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer
Jones.
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 6
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
April 2006
Page 21, 492:
Moonlight and Roses (Daniels - Black - Lemare)
Page 21, 512:
That Night In Araby (Snyder) should read
The Sheik of Araby (Snyder)
Page 23, 531:
Roll On, Silvery Moon (Fisher)
Page 23, 532:
Tellin´ The Birds, Tellin´ The Bees How I Love You
shold read
How I Love You (Friend - Brown)
Page 49, 940:
Singaloo (Pollack - Mitchell) should read
Oh Sing A Loo (Brown - Mitchell - Pollack)
Page 112, 1664:
Scrap Dr. Liebman´s entry and re-write as follows:SELECTIONS: Sitting On A Lawn; St. Louis Blues (Handy); You´re Gonna
Lose Your Gal (Monaco - Young); When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Ball Graff - Olcott)
CAST: Harriett Lee; Frank Nowak, Jr, multi-instrumentalist [accordion,
clarinet, two saxophones, marimba]; Baby Rose Marie; Roy Atwell, "the
successful radio announcer" (sic) ; Morton Downey.
Page 123, 1756-1757:
Wabash Moon (Downey - Dreyer - Mc Kenny)
Page 123, 1758:
Tea at the Ritz (Gould)
Green Eyes (Menendez - Utrera)
Page 132, 1800:
Here Goes (Arlen) should read
There Goes A Fool (Koehler - Arlen)
Page 133, 1807-1808:
Pardon My Southern Accent (Malneck) should read
Pardon My Southern Accent (Mercer - Malneck)
Page 133, 1809:
Pop Goes Your Heart (Rubel) should read
Pop Goes Your Heart (Dixon - Wrubel)
Page 137, 1821-1822:
Life Begins With Love (Wireck)
should read (Cooper - Tobias).
Page 143, 1875:
Dance of the Paper Dolls (Tucker - Schuster - Siras) should read (Tucker Schuster - Schuster). "Siras" is probably a misspelling for Ira Schuster !
Page 144, 1913:
(Christian) Barnard was the world-famous doctor while
Felix Bernard was a less-famous composer. Thus:Winter Wonderland (Bernard - Smith).
Page 146, 1949:
Butterflies In The Rain (Reaves - Evans - Ewing - Tilsley)
Page 152, 2007-2008:
Wah Hoo (Friend) - note spelling!
Page 152, 2014:
I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze (Gordon - Revel)
Page 190, 2591:
Heaven Help A Sailor on a Night Like This (Duke - Dubin - Ruskin)
Page 447:
The Road Is Open Again 1584A (sic!)
but
entry 1584A is in fact Deep Valley, page 292,
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 7
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
April 2006
Page 18, 465:
Crazy Words, Crazy Tunes (Ager - Yellen)
Page 18, 476:
Susie´s Feller should read
I Just Wanna Be Known as "Susie´s Feller"
Tellin´ The Birds, Tellin´ The Bees should read
How I Love You (Brown - Fried)
Page 26, 562:
Tellin´ The Birds, Tellin´ The Bees How I Love You
should read
How I Love You
Page 31, 724:
(I Want A) Big Butter and Egg Man (Way Out In The West) (Armstrong Venable)
Page 31, 726:
Just Like A Melody Out Of The Sky (Donaldson) - note correct title!
Page 55, 1043:
Around The Corner (Kahn - Kassel) - note spelling!
Page 63, 1155-1156:
Rhythm King (Robinson - Trent)
Page 78, 1337-1338:
Nobody´s Sweetheart Now should read
Nobody´s Sweetheart (Erdman - Kahn - Meyers - Schoebel)
Page 89, 1474:
1932 edition of the Rhythm Boys included Ray Kulz, George MacDonald,
Al Dary and Jimmy Noel. No Bing Crosby.
Page 162, B98-99:
Lover (Chaplin - Rodgers) should read
Lover (Rodgers - Hart).
Vieni, Vieni (Koger et al.) should read (Konyn - Vallee - Scotto - Vantard).
Page 162, B100-101:
Vieni, Vieni (Koger et al.) should read (Konyn - Vallee - Scotto - Vantard).
Page 163, B104:
Vieni, Vieni (Koger et al.) should read (Konyn - Vallee - Scotto - Vantard).
Page 163, B121:
Bob White (Mercer - Hanighen) - note spelling!
Page 164, B133:
The Weekend of a Private Secretary (Mercer - Hanighen) - note spelling!
When You´re Smiling (Fisher - Goodman - Shay) should read (Fisher Goodwin - Shay)
Page 165:
The nice still of "The Bennett Sisters" actually belongs to release # 476,
listed on page 18 of the book - "Bennett Twins" and they have nothing in
common with "The Bennett Sisters Trio", release # B140, which this still
was planned to illustrate !
Page 166, B169:
Limehouse Blues (Furber - Braham) - note spelling!
Page 167, B175-176:
(Kernall-Cadman) should read (Kernell - Cadman)
Page 170, B251:
When Day Is Done (DeSylva - Katscher) - note spelling!
Page 170, B255:
Magison should read Magidson
Page 170, B260:
CAST INCLUDES: Tito and his Swingtette, Milt Herth Trio, - note spellings
!
Page 177, 2232:
Are You Happy should read
Happy Days Are Here Again (Ager)
Page 180, 2274:
Among My Souvenirs (Leslie - Nicholls) - note spelling !
Page 180, 2276:
Moonlight and Roses (Black - Daniels - Lemare) - note spellings !
Page 183, 2338:
Re-write SELECTIONS as follows:
Waters of the Perkoimen (Klickmann); Did You Mean It?
(Baker - Lyman - Silvers); Varsity Drag (De Sylva - Brown -Henderson)
Page 185, 2949:
Nobody´s Baby should read
I´m Nobody´s Baby
Page 193, 2627:
Over The Garden Wall (Hoffman - Kramer - Kurtz)
Page 193, 2640:
Woob-A-Ly Walk (Warren - Green)
Page 193, 2659:
The Show Is Over (Hoffman)
Page 193, 2662:
Georgianna (Akst - Lewis - Young).
Walter Donaldson wrote "Georgia"!
Page 200, 2814:
You Tell Me Your Dream
should read
Tell Me Your Dreams (Daniels)
Page 213, 3898:
Bubbles
Complete run-down:
I´m Forever Blowing Bubbles (Kenbroving - Kellette), instrumental over
opening credits.
My Pretty Bubbles (Jerome - Berg), vcl by unidentified girl in the garden.
Dream sequence: The Man in the Moon acts as M.C., introduces the
Vitaphone Kiddies who are an all-girl cast:
In The Land of Let´s Pretend (Clarke - Akst), vcl by The Gumm Sisters
Trio, the smallest one was later known as "Judy Garland".
"Little Dancing Moonbeam" = Pretty Like You (Jerome - Berg) vcl by
unidentified girl.
"My Little Star" = ?, tap-dancing.
"A Hot Little Comet" = Go Find Somebody To Love (Cleary - Magidson Washington), vcl by unidentified girl.
"A Little Whirlwind" = ?, acrobatic girl.
"Moon Step" = Lady Luck (Perkins), dancing, entire cast.
SCENES: Garden, stage.
Page 227, 4888:
Say A Little Prayer For Me (Gilbert - Nicholls) - note spelling!
Page 280, 1195A:
Corinne, Corinna - note spelling!
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 8
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
April 2006
Page 2, the still:
The caption: "Vitaphone set, Brooklyn studios, 1930"
SUGGESTION: Change the capition of this revealing still to the following:"The Vitaphone crew, on location, on an actual Brooklyn Street, 1930" ?
Page 9, upper still:
The caption: "Vitaphone set, Brooklyn studios, 1930".
COMMENT: This is "The Vitaphone crew", on location, in the Wintertime
(to judge from their clothing).
Page 40, the still:
The caption promises "Seger Ellis and his orchestra" but the SINGER
Seger Ellis is NOT seen, here´s the personnel of the orchestra: Fuzzy
Farrar, trumpet, Tommy Dorsey, trombone; Jimmy Dorsey, alto sax; Arthur
Schutt, piano, Al Duffy, violin; Eddie Lang, guitar; Stan King, drums.
Page 43, 870:
"Egon" should read "Egan".
Page 83, CORRECTION:
The still IS indeed from Ramblin ´Round Radio Row # 2, LtoR: Harry
Barris, "Miss Regan" (sic!), Art Jarrett, Loyce Whiteman, Burton Lane (r.n.
Burton Levy), Arthur Jarrett, Sr.
Page 84, 1447:
Rewrite as follows:
Humming To Myself (Fain - Magidson) - Art Jarrett vcl, acc by Burton
Lane, piano.
Music Hath Charms (Barris - Lewis) - Harry Barris vcl, acc. by own piano.
It Was So Beautiful (Freed - Barris) - Loyce Whiteman vcl, acc, by Harry
Barris, piano
Saxophone fooleries - Benny Krueger and Rudy Wiedoft.
Sun´s In My Heart (Freed - Baer) - Sylvia Froos vcl, acc by off-screen
piano.
NOTE: Loyce Whiteman´s first name is misspelled as "Lois" on the title
card.
Page 98, 1564-1565:
Rewrite as follows:SELECTIONS: "I´d Like To Sing A Torch Song" (Dubin - Warren); "Listen
To The Mocking Bird"; "Unter dem Doppeladler" (Wagner); "Sunny
Weather" (Hess); "Pettin´ In The Park (Dubin - Warren); "St. Louis Blues"
(Handy); "It´s The Little Things Like All Of You" (Hess).
NOTE: Lita Grey is addressed as "Miss Chaplin" in the film.
Page 124, lower still:
The caption: "Stepping Stars and others" (sic!).. The four girls and the
young male ARE "The Stepping Stars".
Page 117, both stills:
The captions of these stills have been inverted.
The upper still is indeed from "Mirrors" and shows Vera Van and The
Eaton Boys.
The lower still, also from "Mirrors", shows Vera Van atop a piano, Freddie
Rich conducting his orchestra, the trumpet player sitting at the left appears
to be Bunny Berigan !
Page 130, the still:
Sylvia Froos is the young girl seated at the piano, Georgie Price next to
her.
Page 143, 1885-1886:
On The Good Ship Lollipop (Clark-Whiting) should read (Clare - Whiting).
Page 209, the still:
Alice White is the girl standing next to the car and the young man in white
shirt, holding a script, is the film´s director, Mervyn LeRoy.
Additions & corrections to
"Vitaphone Films" by
Roy Liebman,
McFarland & Co, 2003,
Part 9
Compiled by Carl A. Hällström,
Uppsala, Sweden
April 2006
Page 19, 482:
Heading - rewrite as follows:- The Revelers "Well Known Victor Recording
Artists and Radio Entertainers" [Vocal quartet consisting of Franklyn
Bauer, Lewis James, Elliot Shaw and Wilfred Green, acc. by Frank Black
at the piano.]
SELECTIONS - rewrite as follows:
"Sing" [from "Betsy"] (Rodgers - Hart); "Just Around The Corner" (von
Tilzer - Singer); "Oh! Miss Hannah" (Jessie Deppen - Thekla
Hollingsworth).
Page 39, 818:
"My Pet" (Yellen - Ager)
Page 81, 1383-1384:
"Auf Wiedersehn" (Ager - Goodhart - Hoffman - Nelson).
Page 154, 2070-2071:
Cast includes - rewrite as follows:
Eddie Foy, Jr.; The Mullen Sisters; Lane, Tree & Edwards; Marcia Wayne;
Nina Tinova & Dimitri; John Guy Simpsel.
Directed by Roy Mack.
Page 182, 2292:
"San" should read (McPhail - Michels), NOT Mitchell.
Page 183, 2328:
"There Is A Cradle in Caroline" (Ahlert - Lewis - Young).
Page 194, 2692:
"Bashful Baby" (Friend - Silver), NOT Handman.
Page 213, 3901:
Dorothy Mackaill should read Dorothy Revier.
Page 213, G3901
Die Maske Fällt - note correct spelling !
This IS the German version of The Way of All Men, starring Lissy Arna,
Anton Pointer.
Page 238, 6170:
Hollywood Newsreel
Rewrite as follows:
SYNOPSIS: "Intimate glimpses of your favorite stars behind the scenes of
Movieland" - sic! = title card.
Complete run-down of movie:a) Columbia University of New York City football team visits the Wonder
Bar-set at WB Studios in Hollywood. Original material with Ginger Rogers,
Dick Powell, Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez, Busby Berkeley
and the chorus girls.
b) "Gold digging in the hills" - straight version. Original material with Dick
Powell, Margaret Lindsay and Guy
Kibbee.
c) Joan Blondell, recovering from a recent illness, sends regards.
d) Hugh Herbert and "his best friend" (Elmer, the sheep) in an amusing
out-take from "The Merry Wives Of Reno".
e) Hal Le Roy, Donald Woods, Frank McHugh and Pat Ellis fool around in
front of a still photographer.
f) Composers Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain hard at work on the hit tunes
for WB feature "Harold Teen":
"How Do I Know It´s Sunday", vcls by Kahal & Fain, Sammy Fain at the
piano.
"Two Little Flies On A Lump Of Sugar", vcls by Pat Ellis &
Hal Le Roy, Sammy Fain at the piano.
"Simple And Sweet", vcl by Sammy Fain, tap-dancing by Hal Le Roy, Fain
at the piano.
Directed by George R. Bilson, please note correct spelling of this
prominent WB-director!
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In Technicolor.
Directed by B. Reeves Eason.
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