THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL Broadway Melody FREED Brown!

1 Item Set or Lot of "THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL"; From the Hollywood Musical Comedy Motion Picture Movie Film Production "Broadway Melody"; by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown; Song Folio Sheet Music. Includes:

ITEM 1.) Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown; "THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL"; From the Hollywood Musical Comedy Motion Picture Movie Film Production "Broadway Melody"; Complete Sheet Music; Piano / Vocal; Miller Music Corporation Song Folio No. 504;

From the M-G-M Production "Broadway Melody"; THIS WAS THE FIRST SOUND FILM TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE !!!;

Small Format;

English Throughout;

Front Cover Artwork has text;

Preprinted Front Cover Price of $ .75;

Inside Front Cover is the first page of music;

No Title Page or Table of Contents;

The Wedding of the Painted Doll; Lyric by Arthur Freed; Music by Nacio Herb Brown;

1 Tune;

6 pages of music with lyrics;

Inside Rear Cover has last page of music;

Rear Cover has ad for "Song Folios of the Stars";

Published by Miller Music Corporation; New York, New York; Copyright 1929, 1957;

Condition Very Good for age and the fact that it was "on display" for some time; Covers Show Storage Wear; Pages Clean, Tight and Unmarked; NOTE: OOPHS - This morning sheet got in a fight with a tape dispenser on my desk, strip along top front edge is damaged as a result......., My apologies;

The primary item was part of the collection of Henry J. Hauschild Jr., who billed himself as a “Physiognomist – Bibliopolist – Cognoscente di Eccellentissimo”, and was the very proud owner of the world famous "Nose Gallery” at “The Oldest House” in Victoria, Texas. Henry Senior founded the Hauschild Music Company which was later owned by his 8 children and eventually the four brothers before being closed in 1980; After the Opera House Restaurant failed, the space became the Bible Book Store and later Opera House Antiques; This item was part of the leftover inventory of the Music Store and at one time was on consignment at the Bible Book Store;

"Musicologist and historian, Delmer Rogers, longtime member of the staff of the Department of Music at the University of Texas, is of the opinion that the Hauschild Music Company, founded in Victoria, Texas in 1891, was the second oldest institution to commercially publish sheet music in Texas. (Thos. Goggan of Houston being the first.) Also, his extensive research indicates that Hauschild's was the first in Texas to issues music with Spanish titles. About thirty were published, many by talented writers, and sold in large numbers. In addition, probing seems to prove that Hauschilds was the first to publish the efforts of several of the music-loving Germans of the area. Most interesting, too, is that the spritely composition, the Cowboy Rag offered in 1904 possibly was the purcursor of this genre of popular music." taken from "The Cognoscenti Collections";

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HISTORICAL NOTE: "The Broadway Melody (also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929 ) is a 1929 American musical film & the 1st sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the 1st musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929-1930. Today the Technicolor sequence is presumed lost & only a black & white copy survives in the complete film. The film was the 1st musical released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & was Hollywood's &st all-talking musical. The film was written by Norman Houston & James Gleason from a story by Edmund Goulding, & directed by Harry Beaumont. Original music was written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown, including the popular hit "You Were Meant For Me". The George M. Cohan classic "Give My Regards To Broadway" was also given its talkie debut in the film. Bessie Love was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The plot involves the romances of musical comedy stars, set against the backstage hubbub of a Broadway revue. Anita Page & Bessie Love play a vaudeville sister act who have come to New York for their big break on Broadway. Charles King plays the song-&-dance man whose affection for one sister (Harriet alias Hank) is supplanted by his growing love for the younger, more beautiful sister (Queenie). Queenie tries to protect her sister & derail the love triangle by dating a wealthy but unscrupulous "stage door Johnny." A silent version was also released, for there were still many motion picture theaters without sound equipment at the time. The film featured a musical sequence for "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" that was presented in early two-color Technicolor (red & green). Color would quickly come to be associated with the musical genre, & numerous features were released in 1929 & 1930 that either featured color sequences or were filmed entirely in color, movies like On With the Show (1929), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), Sally (1929), The Life of the Party (1930), & others. Music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed except as noted: "Broadway Melody"; "Love Boat"; "You Were Meant For Me"; "Wedding of the Painted Doll"; "Boy Friend"; "Truthful Deacon Brown", music & lyrics by Willard Robison; "Lovely Lady"; "Give My Regards to Broadway", music & lyrics by George M. Cohan. The Broadway Melody was a substantial success. It was the top grossing picture of 1929, & won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Historically, it is often considered the 1st complete example of the Hollywood musical. However, the film has since come to be seen as weak, cliché-ridden, & overly melodramatic. Even in 1929, the creaky stereotypes of backstage show biz were something less than fresh. Most believe that the primary reason for its success in the Academy Awards was due to the films with which it competed being equally unimpressive. Filmsite.org describes the 1929 Oscars as follows: "The films nominated for this year's awards were some of the weakest films in the history of American cinema, reflecting the chaos of the transition from silents to sound films." Three more movies were later made by MGM with similar titles, Broadway Melody of 1936, Broadway Melody of 1938 & Broadway Melody of 1940, were released by MGM. Although not direct sequels in the traditional sense, they all had the same basic premise of a group of people putting on a show (the films also had recurring cast members playing different roles, most notably dancer Eleanor Powell who appeared in all three). The original movie was also remade in 1940 as Two Girls on Broadway. Another Broadway Melody film was planned for 1942 (starring Gene Kelly & Eleanor Powell) but production was cancelled at the last minute. Broadway Rhythm, a 1944 musical by MGM, was originally to have been titled Broadway Melody of 1944. Academy Awards: Wins: Best Picture. Nominations: Best Actress - Bessie Love (lost to Mary Pickford for Coquette); Best Director - Harry Beaumont (lost to Frank Lloyd for The Divine Lady). No nominations were announced prior to the 1930 ceremonies. Love and Beaumont are presumed to have been under consideration, & are listed as such by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a Jewish American lyricist & a Hollywood film producer. Freed began his career as a song-plugger & pianist in Chicago. After meeting Minnie Marx, he sung as part of the act of her sons, the Marx Brothers, on the vaudeville circuit, & also wrote material for the brothers. He soon began to write songs, & was eventually hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For years, he wrote lyrics for numerous films, many set to music by Nacio Herb Brown. In 1939, after working (uncredited) in the role of associate producer on The Wizard of Oz, he was promoted to being the head of his own unit within MGM, & helped elevate the studio to the leading creator of film musicals. His 1st solo credit as producer was the film version of Rodgers & Hart's smash Broadway musical Babes in Arms (also 1939), released only a few months after The Wizard of Oz, & in itself not a very distinguished film because it gutted most of the original stage score. But it did star Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland, & was so successful that it ushered in a long series of "let's put on a show" "backyard" musicals, all starring Rooney & Garland. However, Freed did bring an outstanding amount of talent from the Broadway theaters to the MGM soundstages including Vincente Minnelli, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Roger Edens, Kay Thompson, Zero Mostel, June Allyson, Nancy Walker, choreographer Charles Walters, orchestrators Conrad Salinger, Johnny Green, Lennie Hayton, & many others. He also helped shape the careers of stars including Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Lena Horne, Jane Powell, Esther Williams, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Cyd Charisse, Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen, & many others. He brought Fred Astaire to MGM after Astaire's tenure at RKO & coaxed him out of semi-retirement to star with Garland in Easter Parade. His team of writers, directors, composers & stars produced a steady stream of popular, critically acclaimed musicals until the late 1950s. He allowed his directors & choreographers free rein, something unheard of in those days of committee-produced film musicals, & is credited for furthering the boundaries of film musicals by allowing such moments in films as the fifteen-minute ballet at the end of An American in Paris (1951), after which the film concludes moments later with no further dialogue or singing, & he allowed the musical team of Lerner & Loewe complete control in their writing of Gigi (1958). Two of his films won the Academy Award for Best Picture: An American in Paris & Gigi. On the night that An American in Paris won Best Picture, Freed received an Honorary Oscar, & his version of Show Boat (1951) was also up for two Oscars that year, though it lost both to An American in Paris. But what is now his most highly regarded film, Singin' in the Rain (1952), won no Oscars whatsoever. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Freed left MGM in 1970 after failing for almost a decade to bring his dream project, a biopic of Irving Berlin, Say It With Music, to the screen. He died three years later surrounded by his family.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Nacio Herb Brown (February 22, 1896 – September 28, 1964) was an American writer of popular songs, movie scores, & Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s. Ignacio Herb Brown (some sources indicate his birth name was Ignacio Herbert Brown) was born in Deming, New Mexico. In 1901 his family moved to Los Angeles, where he attended Manual Arts High School. His music education started with instruction from his mother, Cora Alice (Hopkins) Brown. Brown 1st operated a tailoring business (1916), & then became a financially successful realtor, but he always wrote & played. After his 1st hit "Coral Sea" (1920) & 1st big hit, "When Buddha Smiles" (1921), he eventually become a full-time composer. He joined The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) in 1927. In 1928 he was hired to work in Hollywood by MGM & write movie music for the new medium of sound film. For his film work, he often collaborated with lyricist Arthur Freed. This collaboration produced Singin' in the Rain. He appeared in the MGM variety film The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Brown also worked with Richard A. Whiting & Buddy De Sylva on Broadway Musicals such as Take a Chance. Along with L. Wolfe Gilbert, Nacio wrote the music for the popular children's Television Western, Hopalong Cassidy which 1st aired in 1949. Nacio Herb Brown died in San Francisco, California, aged 68. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Brown was married five times, each ending in divorce. His 1st was Ruby Porter with whom he had one child, followed by a marriage to Jeanne Lochart. In the 1930s he was briefly married to actress Anita Page. This marriage was followed by another brief marriage, to Beffie Kellogg. Brown's final marriage was to Georgeann Morris, with whom he had two children. Published songs & music: All I Do Is Dream of You; American Bolero; Broadway Melody; Broadway Rhythm; Doll Dance; Eadie Was a Lady; I've Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin'; Love Is Where You Find It; A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder; Make 'Em Laugh; Our Big Love Scene; Pagan Love Song; Paradise (1931); Singin' in the Rain; Sweetheart Darlin'; Temptation; Wedding of the Painted Doll; When Buddha Smiles (1921); You Are My Lucky Star; You Stepped Out of a Dream.";

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