Zasu Pitts Sheet Music

Zasu Pitts with Guy Kibbee and Edward Everett Horton.

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Harry Langdon Sheet Music

 

 

 

This sheet music for the song Lulu was written and published by Harry Langdon. On the back of the sheet is a self portrait character that Harry drew in pencil and then autographed. The signature reads: From one of your admirers Mr. Murray continued success sincerely, Harry Langdon P.S. you too Hilda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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YOU MAY BE FAST, BUT YOUR MAMMA'S GONNA SLOW YOU DOWN

This is the sheet music shown in ANOTHER FINE MESS.  Although it looks like something that was done as a gag, it was something that was beigng sold in stores at the time that film was made.                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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YOU NASTY MAN Sheet Music

 

 

Alice Faye sang YOU NASTY MAN in her first movie, GEORGE WHITE SCANDALS, and her picture is on the sheet music. Pictures of costars Jimmy Durante and Rudy Vallee are on it as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Don't ever do that!" as well as "You nasty man!" were catchphrases of  comedian Joe Penner.

Alice Faye went on to great success and still has a following today. But Penner's popularity didn't last.


Alice Faye:
http://www.alicefaye.com/

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Sheet Music For EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU

This time we look at some sheet music for a song that was in the movie HORSEFEATHERS.

 

 

 

 

 This version has Thelma Todd on the cover.

 

The Marx Brothers took turns singing the song to her in the movie. 

 

 

 

And this version doesn't have Thelma Todd on the cover.

 

 

 

 

 

But this is the one I have all the pages for.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here we have the Marx Brothers singing it in the movie.






HORSE FEATHERS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_Feathers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023027/

http://www.marx-brothers.org/marxology/horse.htm





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Thelma Todd Sheet Music

This is a story about sheet music with Thelma Todd on the cover, as sometimes happened in the thirties.










SMILE WHEN THE RAINDROPS FALL has Charley Chase, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, and the Our Gang Kids as well as Thelma Todd on the cover.

EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU was the song the Marx Brothers all sang to Thelma Todd in the movie HORSE FEATHERS. So not surprisingly, her picture is on the cover of this sheet music.

 

 

 

 

 

This version doesn't have Thelma Todd's picture on it.

 

 

Incidentally, Paramount's use of the name "Famous" for the "Famous Studios" animation studio  is related to their use of the name for their sheet music division.

 

 

 

 

 SITTING PRETTY

 

 

That of course is Ginger Rogers on the cover, although you can see Thelma Todd's name listed at the lower left.

 

 

 

BOTTOMS UP

 

 

Pat Patterson on the cover, Thelma Todd's name also appears at lower right. "Movietone" was Fox, they also had "Movietone news".

 

 

 

 

 Some sheet music for COCKEYED CAVALIERS.

 

 With Wheeler and Woolsey on the cover, and Thelma Todd's name listed at lower right.

 

 

 

 

 

Then there was some sheet music Thelma Todd had in CHICKENS COME HOME.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girl on the cover of this version could be Thelma Todd,

 

 which might seem to be appropriate since it's her sheet music. Although I think this version was made for the film.









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