Music for Man with a Movie Camera

For over a year film historian Richard Bossons has been collaborating with the composer Leo Geyer on a project to recreate the only known score for Dziga Vertov’s film Man with a Movie Camera. In 1995, film scholar Yuri Tsivian published his translation of a set of hand-written notes by Vertov detailing the accompaniment he wanted for his film. Tsivian also translated typewritten cue sheets, thought to have been based on Vertov’s notes, created by three composers–A Grin, N Vaisbain, and V. Jenczijevsky–commissioned by the state cinema organisation Sovkino to create a Conspectus–or cue sheet–for the 1929 premiere. Like cue sheets used in the West, this one contained small snippets of music from the ballet, symphonic, and opera repertoire, and it differs from Vertov’s notes considerably. Nonetheless, the cue sheets offer an important glimpse into Soviet silent film scoring practices, and Bossons’ and Geyer’s score will be a great contribution to the scholarship of silent film music.

Bossons and I have corresponded quite a bit about his project, and has given me permission to share what what he and Geyer have done so far. Bossons writes:

In 1995, Yuri Tsivian published his translation of two documents discovered in the Dziga Vertov archive in the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow, in Griffithiana No. 54 (October). Document 1 consists of hand- written notes by Vertov of a ‘Music Scenario’ for the accompaniment of his film.

Document 1 by Yuri Tsivian, showing Vertov’s intentions for music accompanying Man with a Movie Camera

The second document comprises typewritten cue sheets by three composers seemingly based on Vertov’s notes. Sovkino approved this ‘Musical Conspectus’ a week before the first screening of the film in Moscow so it was presumably intended for the orchestras in the two cinemas used for the premiere on April 9, 1929.

There have been many attempts to provide a score for Man with a Movie Camera, but this is the only documented accompaniment to the film. Surprisingly, it has not been recreated before now. Composer Leo Geyer and film historian Richard Bossons have collaborated to turn the cue sheets into a score to mark the 95th anniversary of the premiere in 2024.

Document 2 by Yuri Tsivian showing the music arranged by other composers for Man with a Movie Camera’s Moscow premiere

Bossons wrote a comparison between the musical cues suggested by the official composers and what Vertov wanted. One example:

SEQUENCE 2.

SEQUENCE DIGEST

Silent orchestra, the booth, the projectionist is ready, the film starts running.

SEQUENCE LENGTH: 35s

MUSICAL CHARACTER (movement, dynamics)

Silence, pause for the piano player, who must depict rhythmically the striking of a clock.

INDICATED PIECE

Complete pause.

VERTOV’S NOTES FOR SEQUENCE 2 (his Sequence 3)

  1. The silent orchestra. No music is heard. Only the tick-tock of a clock.

NOTES

Vertov doesn’t specify what should be used to create the clock sound. The Conspectus calls for a piano, which isn’t a suitable instrument to make this sound. As the Goskino #1 orchestra does not include a piano (not visible in the film) the clock is depicted by the sound of two different size wooden blocks.

 

SEQUENCE 3.

SEQUENCE DIGEST

The conductor waves his baton, the orchestra starts playing.

SEQUENCE LENGTH: 17s

MUSICAL CHARACTER (movement, dynamics)

Bravura.

INDICATED PIECE

Continue the last 6/8 from the Overture to ‘Giralda’.

VERTOV’S NOTES FOR SEQUENCE 3 (his sequence 4)

  1. [From the moment] the orchestra starts playing – up to [the end of the shot showing] the figure ‘1’ rising. Cheerful music welcomes the entrance of the figure ‘1’.

NOTES

The Conspectus ends the music before the ‘1’ starts rising. The beginning and end of this excerpt from ‘Giralda’ was arranged to suit the action of the conductor (though the timing is different to the unknown music being played by the orchestra).

Bossons wrote me recently to say that they had “managed to track down all the pieces except the Miceli and an unknown composer Dorsini.” For the missing works, they are using similar materials for the reconstruction.

We are following the Conspectus closely, but inevitably most of the suggested pieces are either too short (needing additional music ‘in the style of’), or too long (needing an appropriate excerpt to suit the film sequence, and a modified beginning and end). Even the Bodleian has been unable to source some of the more obscure pieces so Leo is having to compose music based on other scores by the composer (eg the Miceli at the end of Reel 1). Additionally, the Massenet, for example, had to be re-arranged to suit the action on screen as it was unsuitable otherwise.

“To avoid copyright on recordings,” Bossons writes, “we are scanning sheet music to get the notation electronically which is reflected in the sound quality (best to listen through headphones or via good speakers!). This means that we can readily obtain the scores for live performance and recording, which is our intention.”

We have completed Reel 1 and half of Reel 2 and I thought you might like to hear what we have done so far. Some of the timing needs to be adjusted, and the sound quality is due to the files being compressed for easier uploading. There is a possibility that we can record the score with an live orchestra in due course. So far, to our surprise, this attempt by three official composers (largely ignoring Vertov’s instructions) works quite well, and adds a period charm to the film. I hope you enjoy it, and I would welcome any comments!

You can listen to the reconstructed score here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Lv4gQWpUM.
Bossons writes, “Please note that This is a ‘working model’ based on the Lobster Films restoration of the film, and is not intended to be released. The score will be recorded by an orchestra and published with a new restoration of the film by Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam.”

I can’t wait to hear it!

Library of Congress silent film music digitized

SFSMA board member Paul Allen Sommerfeld has been leading this project to digitize the Silent Film Scores and Arrangements Collection at the Library of Congress! It’s a great new resource for silent film music. Here’s what the library writes:

About this Collection

Music and sound have always served an integral role in film, and the Silent Film Scores and Arrangements digital collection offers unique insight into that development. The collection includes over 3,000 items published or created for use in silent film accompaniment between 1904 – 1927. These items include scores written for specific films, cue sheets that compile melodies for use at certain moments in specific films, and stock music composed or arranged for general use in silent film. Scores and arrangements included in this collection include piano scores, full or reduced orchestral scores, instrumental parts, or just melodic incipits. The majority of the items come from music publishers based in the United States and Europe, but some arrived as copyright submissions by everyday citizens. Composers from the famous to the obscure (many used pseudonyms) appear throughout the collection.

Items in this collection came from copyright submissions, the Jack Butterworth collection, and a gift from Mrs. Charles Moore. Also included, courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), are microfilm scans of over 800 items physically held by the museum.

Some additional materials still protected by copyright are available to visitors onsite in the Library’s restricted Stacks website. They will be added to this digital collection as they enter the public domain.

CONTENT WARNING: Some titles and terminology used in this digital collection may reflect racist, sexist, ableist, misogynistic/misogynoir, and xenophobic opinions and attitudes that were deemed acceptable at the time of their publication.

Digitizing the Grauman Collection

I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA will be working with the American Music Research Center (AMRC) at the University of Colorado Boulder and the CU Libraries to digitize the Grauman Theatre Scores Collection and its 3,854 scores available online. This work is supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. As the AMRC digitizes and uploads pieces, SFSMA will create links to those works, thus helping SFSMA users find items in the CU online collection. I’ll post more details about this partnership as the project gets underway.

CU’s Press release (read original here):

AMRC to Preserve Grauman Film Score Collection
by Charles Wofford

Between 1900 and 1929, when Sid Grauman ran silent films with live orchestral accompaniment in his Hollywood “movie palaces,” he probably never imagined that the thousands of orchestral scores used by his musicians would be recognized as important Americana in their own right. A century later—with a $116,916 grant from the  (NHPRC)—the University of Colorado Boulder’s American Music Research Center (AMRC) is creating a comprehensive digital archive of the Grauman Theatre Scores Collection.

In collaboration with CU Libraries and the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive, the 3,854 scores of the collection will be digitized in multiple high-resolution, full-color formats and made available online at no charge to the public. An additional 192,700 preservation images will help preserve the particularities of the scores, such as handwritten markings from musicians and conductors. “[The Grauman Silent Film Scores Collection] is one of the most important collections anywhere,” says AMRC Director and Professor of Musicology Susan Thomas. “Because of the Grauman Theatre’s centrality in Los Angeles and U.S. film history, these scores can be considered foundational documents—not only for the cultural history of the United States, but also for the sonic construction of U.S. identity in the 20th century.”

The musical representations found in the Grauman collection inspired film composers of the following generation, such as Max Steiner and Alfred Newman; they, in turn, influenced famous film composers from Jerry Goldsmith and Henry Mancini to today’s superstars, including John Williams, Hans Zimmer and others. The collection was donated to the AMRC in 2019 by Rodney Sauer. A pianist, accordionist and director of the Monto Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Sauer drove the roughly 5,000 pounds of sheet music from Los Angeles to his Louisville, Colorado, home in 2013, narrowly averting catastrophe in the 2013 Boulder County floods. “I want to use this music, I don’t necessarily want to own it,” Sauer previously stated in theColoradan Alumni Magazine.

The AMRC is partnering with Sauer to produce video tutorials to guide performance-oriented musicians on everything from genre selection to timing and period aesthetics. The AMRC is also working to produce music packets for K-12 musicians, especially high school orchestras, who will be able to create their own scores for specific films. “This project is not about moving the music from one dusty attic to another,” says AMRC Assistant Director and Archivist Jessie de la Cruz. “This archive will be a living part of the community.”

The Angel of Broadway

Title: The Angel of Broadway

Author: Rudolph Berliner

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Rudolph Berliner

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “Lead, Kindly Light” by Dykes
  2. Jerry looks at girl beside him: “Largo” from New World Symphony by Dvorak
  3. People walking in street: “Budding Spring” by Platzmann
  4. Band starts playing: “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah” by Steffe (direct cue)
  5. Taxi seen at curb: “Red Pepper” by Lodge
  6. Jerry gets in motor truck: “Just a Girl That Men Forget” by Garren
  7. After Gertie enters house: “Broadway” by Dubin
  8. Babe puts bonnet on: “Miss Mischief” by Kempinski
  9. People at tables seen: “Gold and Silver” by Lehar
  10. Girls come running in: “Roll ‘Em Girls” by Heath
  11. Shimmy dancer seen: “Ukulele Lady” by Whiting
  12. Babe and man in dressing room: “A Lesson in Flirtation” by Roberts
  13. Each night found: “Come to the Fountain” by Stebbins
  14. I bin a drunk: “I’m a Pilgrim”
  15. Band starts playing: “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” by Gottschalk (direct cue)

Note: The lyrics “Follow Me” were written to fit this composition.

  1. Doughnuts: “Potatoe Bug Parade” by Cobb
  2. Jerry seizes man: “Furioso” by Savino
  3. Babe and Jerry sit down: “Melodie” by Tschaikowsky
  4. Babe and Jerry outside door: “Pierrette Flirts” by Fresco
  5. So salvation Sal: “Soubrette” by Silbert
  6. She starts singing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” (direct cue)
  7. Six salvation girls turn showing backs: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine”
  8. Jerry and Captain Mary seen: Repeat No. 18 “Melodie”
  9. Girls dancing in café: “Ain’t We Carrin’ On” by Frisch
  10. You can’t mock God: “The Omnipotence” by Schubert
  11. Girl dancing in café: Repeat No. 11 “Ukulele Lady”
  12. Babe in dressing room: “Desire” by Siewert
  13. Night after night: “In Love” by Friml
  14. Old woman seen outside: “Ashes of the Past” by Leroux
  15. Christmas week: “Christmas Bells” by Rapee
  16. Jerry sees Babe: “Emotional Conflict” by Becce
  17. Bertha and waiter in offer: “Whims” by Savino
  18. Babe looks into mirror after Lonnie leaves: Repeat No 25 “The Omnipotence”
  19. ½ After Babe leaves room: Repeat No. 8 “Miss Mischief”
  20. Babe starts singing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” (direct cue)
  21. Man joins Jerry outside café: “Lure of Crimson” by Marquardt
  22. Girl seen dancing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine”
  23. Babe enters her room: “Disenchantment” by Bizet
  24. Babe knocks glass from Jerry’s hand: “Anger” by Casadesus
  25. Insert—Salvation Army ribbon: “Tragic Andante” by Savino
  26. Salvation Army girl appears in mirror: Repeat No. 25 “The Omnipotence”
  27. Babe leaves room: “Folly” by Franceschi
  28. Jerry seen in street: “Tragico, con moto” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
  29. Babe and man in motor: “Poursuite Dramatique” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
  30. Babe approaches dying girl’s bed: “Pathetique Symphony No. 6” by Tschaikowsky
  31. Jerry’s hand reaching for Gertie’s hand: Repeat No. 2 “Largo”

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: MxvowWdiPI

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Grant from the Victor Herbert Foundation

I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA has received a grant from the Victor Herbert Foundation to assist with the transcribing, cataloguing, and uploading of the Carl Braun Collection. We’re grateful for this assistance, which will enable us to have the Braun Collection fully posted to the Archive by the end of Summer 2021.

Countless individual pieces by and excerpts from larger works by Victor Herbert were published as music for silent film. Works by Herbert are also heavily referenced in cue sheets, in which arrangers would list each scene of the film and make a corresponding recommendation for a piece to play with it, providing the title, composer, and melody line. Herbert works like “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life,” “Punch and Judy,” and the “Habanera” and “Vaquero’s Song” from Natoma are already part of SFSMA’s collection; and works by Herbert appear on several cue sheets already in the Archive. The Braun collection contains numerous works by Herbert—so far we’ve located more than 40 individual pieces referenced in the Collection’s cue sheets. Many of these are used more than once in the same film, functioning as a film’s major themes.

 

Erno Rapee, Motion Picture Moods

I am delighted to announce that at last we have a beautiful and clean scan of Erno Rapee’s Motion Picture Moods. This was scanned by Rodney Sauer of the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, who generously donated his scan to SFSMA. You can now find the complete contents of this landmark reference for silent film accompaniment here. Because of the size of the book, we’ve had to break it into smaller components for downloading. If you want to combine these files into one large PDF, we recommend EasyPDF, a free resource.

The Avenging Rider

Title: The Avenging Rider

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “The Night Riders” by Axt
  2. The boundary line: “Destiny’s Call” by Jacquet
  3. A month later: “Symphonious Melody” by Mendelssohn
  4. Here’s another letter: “Mam ‘zelle Coquette” by Gilmer
  5. So you inherited a half interest: “Sarcasm” by Kempinski
  6. Tom and friends walk away: “Love Song” by Wright
  7. Insert—photograph of Miss Sally Sheridan: “Red Hair” by Snydor
  8. The round up: “Cheer-Up” by Kaufman
  9. Percival Doolittle: “Babbling Brook” by Golden
  10. Girls climb into carriage: “Ain’t We Got Fun” by Jones
  11. Carriage starts off: “Where Do We Go From Here” by O’Hara
  12. Horses start to run: “Dance of the Furies” by Gluck
  13. Sally falls into Tom’s arms: LOVE THEME, “Little Irish Rose” by Zamecnik
  14. What are you men doing here: “The Captive” by Savino
  15. Carriage drives up to house: “Flocons de Neige” by Bradford
  16. Girls appear in gym suits: “Spring Cleaning” by Bradford
  17. Bullying a girl, eh: “Turbulence” by Borch
  18. Look me over, Mr. Larkin: “Little Man” by Ball
  19. Sally alone musing: LOVE THEME, “Little Irish Rose” by Zamecnik
  20. Never had the long ranch: “Varsity Drag” by DeSylva
  21. They walk toward refreshment table: “Little Man” by Ball
  22. Tom enters room, Dancing starts: Varsity Drag” by DeSylva
  23. Sheriff enters: “Implorations” by Pasternack
  24. Sheriff falls from horse: “Emotional Agitato” by Savino
  25. Again on the hunt for evidence: “The Spectre” by Engleman
  26. Girls appear: “Flapperette” by Mills
  27. Sally close-up—walks toward Tom: LOVE THEME, “Little Irish Rose” by Zamecnik
  28. I’ve been looking for you, Meyers: “Ill at Ease” by Jacquet
  29. Flash to girls and outlaw: Allegro Misterioso” by Kempinsky
  30. Come, girls: “Flapperette” by Mills
  31. “Buddy” rising with hat: “Athalia” by Mendelssohn
  32. Girls dancing on grass: “Vanity” by Jackson
  33. “Buddy” strikes Gordon on head: “Sarabunde Perpetuelle” by Bradford
  34. Tom mounts horse: “Scherzo Serioso” by Lowitz
  35. We sure fixed him: “Around the Sundial” by Castillo
  36. Sheriff leaves with prisoner: LOVE THEME, “Little Irish Rose” by Zamecnik

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: Sx4xyIdFIt

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The Arizona Wildcat

Title: The Arizona Wildcat

Author: Michael P. Krueger

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Michael P. Krueger

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: THEME, “When I Look At You” by Jones
  2. The West where everything: “Junella” by Kahn
  3. Kids fighting in roadway: “”Elopement” by Carrozzini
  4. The greatest rodeo on earth: “Wild and Woolly” by Minot
  5. Here comes Virginia: “The Jolly Hunters” by Egener
  6. Virginia’s horse and carriage run away: “Hurry No. 2” by Langey
  7. You’re awfully brave, Tom: Repeat Theme No. 1
  8. Close-up of mail box: “One Sweet Letter From You” by Warren
  9. With the passing years: “Stampede” by Simon
  10. Tom Phelan: “Evening On the Ranch” by Stahlberg
  11. The fast and furious business: “The Cavalry Wiggle” by Brockenshire
  12. Cowboy is knocked out of barn: “Tex” by Stahlberg
  13. Mix gets off his horse: “Garden Whispers” by Herkan
  14. The Schuyler winter home: “Cupid’s Surprise” by Gross
  15. The beautiful day: Repeat No. 10 “Evening On the Ranch”
  16. Virginia and her aunt at railroad station: “Rodeo Love” by Raymond
  17. Stage coach horses run away: “The Flight” by Savino
  18. Stage coach in rapids: “Eccitamento” by Retlaw
  19. Mix saves Virginia: Repeat Theme No. 1
  20. A week later; “Kowboy Komedy” by Aborn
  21. Virginia gets on horse: “Horsie! Keep Your Tail Up” by Hirsch
  22. Change of scene to Virginia in stable: Repeat No. 4 “Wild and Woolly”
  23. Mix saves Virginia: Repeat Theme No. 1
  24. The next morning: “Sweet Lavender” by Wheeler
  25. You have been wonderful: Repeat Theme No. 1
  26. Weeks without word from Virginia: “Happy Moods” by Marquardt
  27. At the Schuyler home: “Dainty Blossoms” by Kahn
  28. An hour before the game: “Roxy and His Gang” by Krueger
  29. Mix gets hit on head: “Uneasiness” by Mendelssohn
  30. Polo game starts: Repeat No. 11 “Cavalry Wiggle”
  31. Mix gets up from under the horse in wagon: “Dance of the Furies” by Gluck
  32. Men fall off polo horses during game: “Burlesque on Chopin’s Funeral March” by Kempinski
  33. Mix seen riding down mountainside towards polo field: “Moaning Trombone” by Bethel
  34. As a shield for their: “Rhythmic Misterioso” by Damesek
  35. Flask-back to game: “The Booster” by Lake
  36. Insert of note: “An Argument” by Breil
  37. Virginia is at the Van Acker’s home—hurry up: “Excitement” by Breil
  38. After Van Acker is handcuffed: Repeat Theme No. 1

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: 8ZJBkbbE4c

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Arizona Cyclone

Title: Arizona Cyclone

Author: M. Winkler

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: M. Winkler

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. THEME: “Love’s Sweet Hour” by Otvos. In the event the above mentioned THEME is not in your Library or unknown to you, you may substitute: “A Place of Dreams” by Grass [or] “Love in May” by Beau.

    Contents:

     

    1. At screening: “Comedy Allegro” by Berg
    2. Wonder who owns: Theme
    3. Kathleen’s father: “Love Among Flowers” by Frommel
    4. My new foreman: “Sinister Theme” by Vely
    5. Meanwhile, Larry’s double: “Aeroplane Galop” by Winter
    6. I’ve got a hunch: “Burlesque” of Lucia Sextette by Kempinski
    7. Meanwhile, Hop-Toad: “The Crook” by Peele
    8. Ain’t forked a saddle in years: “Capricious Anette” by Borch
    9. Monkey fires shot: “Sinister Presto” by Bradford
    10. Run it your own way: “Dramatic Tension” by Levy
    11. Ah! Just in time: “Farcical Allegro” by Aborn
    12. Night found: “Cryptic Shadows” by Becce
    13. Drag him over there: “Phantom Visions” by Stevenson
    14. In that case suppose you: “Agitato Misterioso” by Peele
    15. Midnight—with the fearless: “Comedy Allegro” by Noyes
    16. Well, I’m back: “Dramatic Reproach” by Berge
    17. Morning in Hop-Toad: “Commotion” by Minot
    18. Larry escapes: “Galop No. 7” by Minot
    19. While at the Ranch: “Allegro Infernale” by Aborn
    20. You old buzzard: “Galloping Furies” by Rapee
    21. We’re after the Cyclone: “Allegro Infernale” by Aborn

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering; handwritten notes

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: emqQYhmve7

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Anybody here seen Kelly?

Title: Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly” by Harms
  2. France: “Yankee Doodle Boy” by Cohan
  3. Jeanette, I want to give you a picture: “The Rose of No. Man’s Land” by Caddigan
  4. Kelly and girls enter: “Burlesque on ‘Home Sweet Home’” by Kempinski
  5. You must come to America and be my wife: “K-K-K-Katy” by O’Hara
  6. Jeanette appears on stairs: “When Yankee Doodle Learns of Parlez Vous Francais” by Nelson
  7. Kelly enters room—sees Jeanette weeping: THEME, “Douce Fievre” by Y’Ener
  8. I’m such a famous man: “The Blarney Stone” by Engleman
  9. Mother enters: “Animal Cartoonix No. 2” by Aborn
  10. Tomorrow we entrain for home: “Home Sweet Home”
  11. Close-up of Jeanette: “I’m On My Way Home” by Berlin
  12. With the passing months: “Repeat Theme No. 7
  13. Officer on ship blows whistle: “Sarabande Perpetuelle” by Bradford
  14. Hand placed on her shoulder: “Hunkatin” by Levy
  15. Jeanette standing in park: “My New York” by Berlin
  16. Can’t you see this is: Repeat Theme No. 7
  17. Jeanette speaks to man: Repeat No. 1 “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly”
  18. Jeanette sees Kelly: “Mon Homme” by Yvain
  19. Dublin flats: “Mrs. Casey” by Hoschna
  20. Jeanette scrubbing window: Repeat Theme No. 7
  21. Jeanette kisses Kelly: Repeat No. 18 “Mon Homme”
  22. Kelly at wash stand: “Nellie Kelly I Love You” by Cohan
  23. Kelly sees prayer book: “Eilm Theme No. 7” by Roberts
  24. Jeanette hurries into kitchen: “Lucky in Love” by Hendersson
  25. Family row across court: “Spring Cleaning” by Bardford
  26. Marriage is like that: Repeat Theme No. 7
  27. Jeanette writing: Repeat No. 1 “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly”
  28. Inspector appears: “Repeat No. 14 “Hunkatin”
  29. Jeanette ducks under his arm: “Gigue” by Bradford
  30. Insert—writing paper: “Mon Homme” by Yvain
  31. Kelly enters: “Repeat No. 1 “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly”
  32. Insert—Do your feet hurt?: Repeat No. 30 “Mon Homme”
  33. Jeanette in room alone, very sad: Repeat Theme No. 7
  34. Knock at door: “Who’s Who?” by Morris
  35. How long do you think: “The Seething Mod” by Varnier
  36. Kelly sets for final knock-out: “Big Boy” by Ager
  37. Kelly picks up ring: “Dawn” by Savino
  38. Jeanette enters office: Repeat No. 14 “Hunkatin”
  39. They’re deporting your girl: “Hurry No. 33” by Minot
  40. Are you Jeanette: Repeat No. 1 “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly”

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: AHt5GJ0Qgq

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Annie Laurie

Title: Annie Laurie

Author: Ernst Luz

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz

OCLC Number:

Contents:

 

  1. At screening: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)

Segue: “Annie Laurie” (WHITE)

  1. Hurling defiance: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee (RED)
  2. Family runs from house with torches: “A Keltic Lament” by Foulds
  3. Stately and arrogant: “Bonnie Blue Bonnets” by DeVille
  4. For the festivities: “Annie Laurie” (YELLOW)

Segue: “Annie Laurie” (WHITE)

  1. Eh! And he thinks so too: “Bide-A-Wee” by Loraine
  2. Exterior scene after Lillian Gish breaks egg: Repeat No. 2 (RED)
  3. Creighton Hale walks to two girls at glass of water: “Defense of Honor” by Zamecnik (LIGHT BLUE)
  4. Two girls show at water: “Scotch Lullaby” by Von Kunits (GRAY)
  5. Men attack girl: Repeat No. 8 (LIGHT BLUE)
  6. Cattle driven through gate: “Keep Row” from Hielan Lassie by Hildreth
  7. Horseman stops dancers: Repeat No. 8 (LIGHT BLUE)
  8. For anxious weeks: Repeat No. 2 (RED)
  9. After argument girls meet at fence: Repeat No. 9 (GRAY)
  10. Enid goes back to Mac Donald: Repeat No. 2 (RED)
  11. With Campbell and Mac Donald: “Babbie Waltz” by Furst (from No. 1)
  12. Scotland’s fate: “My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet” by Asher (light and guitar)
  13. Lillian Gish cuts strings of guitar: “The Swing O’ the Kilt” by Ewing
  14. ‘Twas but a joke: “Annie Laurie” (YELLOW)
  15. The Camerons: Repeat No. 18 “Swing of the Kilt”
  16. Marchers stop and men shake hands: Repeat No. 17 (WHITE)
  17. Hold your tongues: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)
  18. Man sits on lion statue: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee (RED)
  19. We’ll be off: “The Bonnie Brier Bush” by Ellis
  20. Close-up of Enid and donkey at gate: “Scotch Lullaby” by Von Kunits (GRAY)
  21. Fade-out of scene at gate: “Mystic Romance” by Srawley
  22. Lillian Gish comes through gate: Repeat No. 22 (DARK BLUE)
  23. Man walks away from Lillian Gish and water shows: Repeat No. 19 (YELLOW)
  24. Man carries Lillian Gish across brook of water: Repeat No. 22 (DARK BLUE)
  25. Lillian Gish enters room where girl friend: “Repeat No. 25 (GRAY)
  26. Lillian Gish stands up from seat: “Rye Reel” by Lansing
  27. Lillian Gish walks to man: Repeat No. 25 (GRAY)
  28. Come along: “Annie Laurie” (YELLOW)
  29. Man lifts Lillian Gish in arms: “Annie Laurie” (WHITE)
  30. Man kissing Lillian Gish: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)
  31. Lillian Gish leaves man: Repeat No. 34 (WHITE)
  32. The Chieftains went into: “Belle of the Highlands” by Derwin
  33. Did you shoot: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee (RED)
  34. Call the Clan: “The Keel Row” by Ascher
  35. MacDonald has given the word: Repeat No. 34 (WHITE)

Segue: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)

  1. Ian MacDonald we are off: Repeat No. 34 (WHITE)
  2. I’m taking you home: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)
  3. Lillian Gish walks off screen: “Appassionato No. 2” by Axt
  4. Lillian Gish breaks from men: Repeat No. 42 (DARK BLUE)
  5. The Campbells’ hatred: Repeat No. 38 (RED)
  6. Fade-out of king: “Memories Eternal” by Torke
  7. Fade-out after title: “If they knew the truth”: Repeat no. 38 (RED)
  8. Fade-out as Ian MacDonald drinks: “Defense of Honor” by Zamecnik (LIGHT BLUE)
  9. Lillian Gish calls to lover: “Annie Laurie” (WHITE)
  10. I have no’ forgotten: Repeat No. 42 (DARK BLUE)
  11. Bring the pipers: “Highland Scotch No. 1” by Ascher
  12. Ian MacDonald stops pipers when Lillian Gish is seen at door: Repeat No. 42 (DARK BLUE)
  13. And if you do: Repeat No. 49 (WHITE)
  14. MacDonald exits: “Scotch Lullaby” by Von Kunits (GRAY)
  15. End of scene showing two girls after one snow scene: “Pomp and Circumstance” by Elgar
  16. So the Campbells were quartered: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee (RED)
  17. Shawl put over map: “Fascinating Night” by Renyi
  18. Map shows: “Repeat No. 56 (RED)
  19. Campbell snickers after title: “Donald Campbell, God will punish you”: “The Last Lullaby” by Baron
  20. Drink to: “By the Shrine of the Sun” by Elliott
  21. Fade-out of lovers in each other’s arms: Repeat No. 49 (WHITE)
  22. Wagon drives off screen: Repeat No. 56 (RED)
  23. Shot: “Hurry No. 2” by Levy
  24. Man on high cliff with torch: “Cynical Scherzando” by Axt
  25. Wagon upsets: “Defense of Honor” by Zamecnik (LIGHT BLUE)
  26. Lillian Gish show: Repeat No. 56 (RED)
  27. Lillian Gish moves and resumes journey: Repeat No. 65 (LIGHT BLUE)
  28. Beacon light is lit: “Johnnie Raw” by Remick
  29. Smash down the door: “Incid. Symphony No. 17” by Schertzinger
  30. Again the king ordered: “Pomp and Pageantry” by Schertzinger
  31. Ian MacDonald, will you accept this: “Annie Laurie” (DARK BLUE)
  32. Swords raised into air: “Annie Laurie” (YELLOW)

Segue: “Annie Laurie” (WHITE)

Proper orchestral rest period is Nos. 41 to 54 inclusive.

NOTE: The repetition of numbers in this cue sheet is simplified by the use of the “LUZ” SYMPHONIC COLOR GUIDE, sold by Music Buyers Corporation, 1520 Broadway, New York City. The color suggested for repetitions of numbers designates the Mood or Emotion, and is used as a code for such repetition.

The Music Buyers Corporation of 1520 Broadway, New York City, has printed an addition to the song “ANNIE LAURIE” in three distinct arrangements on one sheet.

No. 1—A light Polka arrangement

No. 2—A melodious arrangement for Love Theme

No. 3—A Dramatic Appassionata arrangement based on the melody “ANNIE LAURIE”

These interpretations of the well known ballad ‘ANNIE LAURIE” are very essential.

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering; handwritten notes

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: ZWoUwnDe3y

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Annapolis

Title: Annapolis (partial)

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

    1. At screening: “Boys of Annapolis” by Groman
    2. The chapel: “The Ensign” by Brown
    3. A few miles outside: “The Coquette” by Deppen
    4. Weighed, measured and examined: “The Butterflies’ Coquetry” by Voelker
    5. Bill and Herb start argument: “Gigue” by Grety-Mottl
    6. Goodbye “Bulge”: “Faunes et Bacchantes” by Razigade
    7. [cut off]
    8. Fall in: Repeat No. 1 “Boys of Annapolis”
    9. The plebe year begins: “On the Pier” by Goldman
    10. Maneuvers start: “Military Scene” by O’Hare
    11. Discipline: “Minnesota March” by Sousa
    12. Boys racking guns in armory: “La Fete du Hameau” by Gillet
    13. Why Mr. Curtis: “Around the Sundial” by Castillo
    14. Berry and Herb in sail boat: “La Petite Demoiselle” by Claypoole
    15. On the morning before the big dance: “Ambling Along” by Axt
    16. Trolley car stops: THEME, “My Annapolis” by Weinberg-Bibo
    17. Eagerly awaiting developments: “The Interrupted Rendez-vous” by Goublier

    [rest missing]

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

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The Angel of Broadway

Title: The Angel of Broadway

Author: Rudolph Berliner

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Rudolph Berliner

OCLC Number:

Contents:

    1. At screening: “Lead, Kindly Light” by Dykes
    2. Jerry looks at girl beside him: “Largo” from New World Symphony by Dvorak
    3. People walking in street: “Budding Spring” by Platzmann
    4. Band starts playing: “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah” by Steffe (direct cue)
    5. Taxi seen at curb: “Red Pepper” by Lodge
    6. Jerry gets in motor truck: “Just a Girl That Men Forget” by Garren
    7. After Gertie enters house: “Broadway” by Dubin
    8. Babe puts bonnet on: “Miss Mischief” by Kempinski
    9. People at tables seen: “Gold and Silver” by Lehar
    10. Girls come running in: “Roll ‘Em Girls” by Heath
    11. Shimmy dancer seen: “Ukulele Lady” by Whiting
    12. Babe and man in dressing room: “A Lesson in Flirtation” by Roberts
    13. Each night found: “Come to the Fountain” by Stebbins
    14. I bin a drunk: “I’m a Pilgrim”
    15. Band starts playing: “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” by Gottschalk (direct cue)

    Note: The lyrics “Follow Me” were written to fit this composition.

    1. Doughnuts: “Potatoe Bug Parade” by Cobb
    2. Jerry seizes man: “Furioso” by Savino
    3. Babe and Jerry sit down: “Melodie” by Tschaikowsky
    4. Babe and Jerry outside door: “Pierrette Flirts” by Fresco
    5. So salvation Sal: “Soubrette” by Silbert
    6. She starts singing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” (direct cue)
    7. Six salvation girls turn showing backs: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine”
    8. Jerry and Captain Mary seen: Repeat No. 18 “Melodie”
    9. Girls dancing in café: “Ain’t We Carrin’ On” by Frisch
    10. You can’t mock God: “The Omnipotence” by Schubert
    11. Girl dancing in café: Repeat No. 11 “Ukulele Lady”
    12. Babe in dressing room: “Desire” by Siewert
    13. Night after night: “In Love” by Friml
    14. Old woman seen outside: “Ashes of the Past” by Leroux
    15. Christmas week: “Christmas Bells” by Rapee
    16. Jerry sees Babe: “Emotional Conflict” by Becce
    17. Bertha and waiter in offer: “Whims” by Savino
    18. Babe looks into mirror after Lonnie leaves: Repeat No 25 “The Omnipotence”
    19. ½ After Babe leaves room: Repeat No. 8 “Miss Mischief”
    20. Babe starts singing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine” (direct cue)
    21. Man joins Jerry outside café: “Lure of Crimson” by Marquardt
    22. Girl seen dancing: Repeat No. 15 “Holy Ghost, With Light Divine”
    23. Babe enters her room: “Disenchantment” by Bizet
    24. Babe knocks glass from Jerry’s hand: “Anger” by Casadesus
    25. Insert—Salvation Army ribbon: “Tragic Andante” by Savino
    26. Salvation Army girl appears in mirror: Repeat No. 25 “The Omnipotence”
    27. Babe leaves room: “Folly” by Franceschi
    28. Jerry seen in street: “Tragico, con moto” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
    29. Babe and man in motor: “Poursuite Dramatique” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
    30. Babe approaches dying girl’s bed: “Pathetique Symphony No. 6” by Tschaikowsky
    31. Jerry’s hand reaching for Gertie’s hand: Repeat No. 2 “Largo”

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: CUMqM1bMvf

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Almost Human

Title: Almost Human

Author: Rudolph Berliner

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1927

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Rudolph Berliner

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “Charleston Hound” by Williams
  2. Well, my tale begins: “It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight” by Van Alstyne
  3. Came dawn and how!: “Curse of an Aching Heart” by Piantodoss
  4. A few months later: “The Baby Looks Like Me” by Murtagh
  5. Don’t cry mother: “Tears” by Reyer
  6. That night was terrible: “Someone Must Pay” by Willoughby
  7. During the next: “I Ain’t Got Nobody” by Graham
  8. Nurse takes child away: “Lonesome” by Bergman
  9. Man and dog seen: “Johnny on the Spot” by Roberts
  10. Child falls into water: “Hurry No. 21” by Langey
  11. Boy places girl on ground: “Romance” by d’Ambrosio
  12. Well we went to John’s: “Lovelight” by Adams
  13. My name is Mary: THEME, “Mary Lou” by Lyman
  14. She and Mr. John are: “Merry Playmates” by Howgill
  15. For a week: “Pollywog’s Frolic” by Rapee
  16. Mary and John seen: “Love in Arcady” by Wood
  17. I want to marry you: Repeat Theme No. 13
  18. You can ‘t do this: “Reproach” by Zamecnik
  19. So they got married: “Fairyland” by Huerter
  20. Dancers seen thru glass doors: “Who Wouldn’t” by Kahn
  21. Girl opens door comes outside: “Valse Charme” by Miles
  22. Mary see John and girl: “Quandry” by Schad
  23. Then instead of: “Letter of Farewell” by Godard
  24. So for the first time: “Sanctuary of the Heart” by Ketelby
  25. After this brilliant trick: “Regret” by Zamecnik
  26. Mother: “Eccitamento” by Retlaw
  27. A few months later: “A Little Peach” by Colin
  28. My boy I haven’t: “In the Clover” by Thurban
  29. Tha night after: “In the Middle of the Night” by Rose
  30. Servants carry trunks: “Swing Along” by Cook
  31. Mary and dog follow Hank: “Uneasiness” by Mendelssohn
  32. Policeman starts after Hank: “The Chase” by Smith
  33. John and Mother seen beside auto: “Step With Pep” by Kaufman
  34. Hank stops in front of John’s car: “Here I Am” by Henderson
  35. Mary’s dog I wonder: Repeat No. 4 “Baby Looks Like Me”:
  36. Mary arrives in wagon: Repeat Theme No. 13
  37. Three dogs seen watching: “For Your Boy and My Boy” by Van Alstyne

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: lYUFkyEf7y

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All at Sea

Title: All at Sea

Author: Ernst Luz

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1929

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “He’s the Last Word” by Donaldson
  2. Sailor pulls seat back off chair: “Are We Downhearted? No!” by Davis
  3. Sailors fight in aisle: “American National Melodies” by Asher
  4. Sailors sit down in seats: “Flirting Lovers:” by Kempinski
  5. Banana skin on floor: “O Mister” by Frey
  6. Sailor hypnotized: “Spring Song” by Mendelssohn
  7. If you could only cook: “A Breezy Evening” by Howgill
  8. This Marine says: “Panic” by Varnier
  9. Sailor lying on floor: “Midnight Parade” by Marquardt
  10. ‘Cause you’re in the Navy now: “The Simpleton” by Delille
  11. Play once and segue: “Parade of the Mummers” by Schoenfeld
  12. After three weeks: “Colonial Bogey” by Chappell
  13. Sailors halt—stack rifles: “Silly Billy” by Bendix
  14. Stop abrupt with crash as big gun is fired: “The Town Clown” by Lake
  15. There’s the Marine base: “Happy Moods” by Marquardt
  16. Either get us: “Merry Pranks” by Rapee-Axt
  17. The gobs gave: “We Love It” by Warren
  18. Dancers stop and sit down: “Rendez-vous Valse” by Rosey
  19. Woman hypnotizes sailor: “Burlesque on Lange’s Flower Song” by Kempinski
  20. Fireman turns on water in hose: “On the Track” by Bub
  21. What do you think: “Nuthin’ Doin’” by Chappell
  22. Sailor at girl’s door: “Love Bound” Rupp (WHITE)
  23. Crowd of sailors get into fire trucks: “The Speedway” by Bub
  24. Play once and segue: “Storm Galop” by Komzak
  25. Life net shown: “Allegro Buffonesco” by Kempinski
  26. Shake, old pal: Repeat No. 22 (WHITE)

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: qipAeaPQLJ

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The Albany Night Boat

Title: The Albany Night Boat

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “Fleurette” by Axt
  2. If the Hudson River night boat: “Underneath the Stars” by Spencer
  3. Search light flashes on yacht: “Sarabande Perpetuelle” by Bradford
  4. Betty in bed: “Batifolage” by Baron
  5. Flash-back to Steve and Ken at light: “Debutante” by Rapee-Axt
  6. How can I ever thank you: “The Evening Hour” by Kussner
  7. Where do you live?: “Princess Pat Fox-Trot” by Herbert
  8. Steve starts to play harmonica: STEVE THEME, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Green
  9. Steve worked on a fast schedule: “You’re the First Thing I Think of” by Stanley
  10. Betty appears: “When You’re Smiling” by Fisher
  11. At Sunday breakfast: “Persiflage” by Francis
  12. Luna Park: “Up and At ‘Em” by Pettis
  13. Come on. Let’s go: “Aerial Stunts” by Schulze
  14. Coaster stops: BETTY THEME, “The First Kiss” by Robinson
  15. They enter boarding house: “Garden Whispers” by Herkan
  16. Didn’t we have a wonderful time?: BETTY THEME, “The First Kiss” by Robinson
  17. It’s awfully late: “Flapperette” by Greer
  18. Steve, we’re going to be married: “Forest Murmurs” by Friml
  19. Wedding ceremony: “Together” by Henderson
  20. Steve kisses Betty: Repeat No. 7 “Princess Pat Fox-Trot”
  21. Enter cottage: “The Little White House:” by Hanley
  22. It’s a great bargain: “Amorous Adventure” by Bradford
  23. Why not rent me: Repeat No. 7 “Princess Pat Fox-Trot”
  24. What’s wrong Honey?: “Broken Dreams” by Spitalny
  25. When a husband helps in the kitchen: “I’m Sitting On Top of the World” by Henderson
  26. Betty sits on Ken’s knee: Repeat Betty Theme No. 14
  27. Steve enters—fakes pain in his side: “Second Misterioso a la Valse” by Savino
  28. After dinner: “Air de Ballet” by Massenet
  29. If you’re sick stay here: “Love Triumphant” by Joels
  30. Betty and Ken at light: Repeat No. 2 “Underneath the Stars”
  31. There’s breakers ahead: “Appassionato Lirico” by Berge
  32. Ken puts arm around Betty: Repeat Betty Theme No. 14
  33. Steve and Ken walking: “Third Misterioso a la Valse” by Savino
  34. Betty ironing—Steve enters: “The Spectre” by Engleman
  35. Is there anything I can do?: “Implorations” by Pasternack
  36. I’ve been crazy about you: “Appassionato No. 1” by Rapee-Axt
  37. All right. I’ll wait: “In the Depths” by Herkan
  38. Betty lying on floor unconscious: Repeat Betty Theme No. 14

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering; handwritten notes

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: YlidkPLr0i

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The Air Legion

Title: The Air Legion

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1916

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: AVIATOR THEME, “Across the Rockies” by Brown
  2. Lakeview: “Air Flight” by Zamecnik
  3. Plane hauled into hangar: Repeat Aviator Theme No. 1
  4. Sally enters room: “Gage d’Amour” by Janssen
  5. A few days later: “Butterflies” by Steinke
  6. I’m Chief Rogers: “Sunset” by Ancliffe
  7. That’s Dawson the field manager: “Little Flower Garden” by Breil
  8. For a week David waited: Repeat No. 5 “Butterflies”
  9. This is Sally’s garden: “Love Song” by Wright
  10. Come on out: “Polly” by Zamecnik
  11. Aviator whistling—injured: “Appassionato No. 1” by Kempinski
  12. Why not let Grayburn fly: Repeat Aviator Theme No. 1
  13. Motor starts: Repeat No. 2 “Air Flight”
  14. Sally at window: “By the Lake” by Lange
  15. On return trip: Repeat No. 2 “Air Flight”
  16. A sudden electric storm: “Furioso” by Savino
  17. I cracked up: “Comedy Allegro” by Ancliffe
  18. Steve lands safely: PAL THEME, “Wings” by Zamecnik
  19. I guess they think: “Dramatic Andante” by Kempinski
  20. That was cruel Sally: Repeat Pal Theme No. 18
  21. David’s constant appeals: LOVE THEME, “Underneath the Falling Leaves” by Sherman
  22. Bill has a bum ankle: “Melodic Agitato” by Savino
  23. I suppose you think it’s nice: “Gigue” by Bradford
  24. David beside plane: “Appassionato No. 3” by Axt
  25. David, I thought you might like to know: Repeat Love Theme No. 21
  26. I’ll make good: “Dilemma” by Savino (2nd. Move.)
  27. Sally and David together: Repeat Love Theme No. 21
  28. If you hurry: “In the Clouds” by Rapee-Axt
  29. Dave and Steve land safely: Repeat Aviator Theme No. 1
  30. I’m glad I’ll be in bed tonight: “Ill At Ease” by Jacquet
  31. David looks at faded flower: Repeat Pal Theme No. 18
  32. And Lakeview is broadcasting: “An Argument” by Breil
  33. Exterior: “Feroce ed Agitato” by Eggert
  34. Rogers and Grayburn have taken off: “Storm” by Eggert
  35. Plane lands safely: “Dramatic Tension” by Ancliffe
  36. I cracked up: Repeat Pal Theme No. 18
  37. A permanent route: Repeat Love Theme No. 21

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: h2TUdHHYlW

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The Air Circus

Title: The Air Circus

Author: Michael P. Krueger

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Michael P. Krueger

OCLC Number:

Contents:

    1. At screening: “Through the Air” by Rothafel
    2. The world is in the air: “Gamboling” by Bierman
    3. A little town: “Step On It” by Kaufman
    4. Aeroplane crashes: “Zigzag” by Ferber
    5. Two boys get into auto: “Hustle Bustle” by Delille
    6. Ann Blake—a gold star: “Mother of Mine” by Jolson
    7. Pictures seen on wall: “Daughters of the Revolution” by Lampe (trio)
    8. You want me to be: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”
    9. Picture of brother seen on wall: “Short Taps” – muted trumpet

    SEGUE: “In Despair” by Berge

    1. Young man runs in with baggage: Repeat “Hustle Bustle”
    2. Mother comes into room: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”
    3. Close-up of gold star: “Midsummer Night’s Serenade” by Albeniz
    4. Girl and boy seen: “Bye-Bye Pretty Baby” by Gardner
    5. Flash-back to mother and son: Repeat No. 12 “Midsummer Night’s Serenade”
    6. Son kisses mother good-bye: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”
    7. Boys leave in automobile: “I may Be Gone for a Long Long Time”
    8. California, here they come: “California, Here I Come” by Jolson (direct cue)

    Segue: “Razzle-Dazzle” by Lenzberg

    1. Sue—some of the best: “Sweet Sue—Just You” by Young
    2. Aviation field seen: “eagles of America” by Godfrey
    3. Young man picks up photograph: Use brass call of “Over There” – 4 bars muted – slowly

    Segue: “My Buddy” by Donaldson

    1. Flash-back to aeroplane: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    2. You’re just too late: “That’s a Lot of Bunk” by Henshaw
    3. I think I’ll name: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    4. The glory of flying: “Aeronaut” by Jackson
    5. In learning to taxi: “Taxi” by Kaufman
    6. Propellor[sic] cuts up aeroplane: “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Grieg
    7. Postman seen: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”
    8. Change of scene to aviation field: Repeat No. 24 “Aeronaut”
    9. Sue comes over to young man: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    10. All aeroplanes start off: ‘Air Thrills” by Sanders
    11. A boarding house: “Ten Little Miles From Town” by Kahn
    12. Boys see Sue: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    13. Young man grabs Sue: “That’s My Weakness Now” by Green
    14. Aviation field seen: Repeat No. 24 “Aeronaut”
    15. Speed! You go up: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    16. Aeroplane starts: “Motion” by Carbonara
    17. Change of scene to mother: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”
    18. After Mother is seen second time: “Flying Hurry” by Carbonara
    19. Aeroplane crashes: “Dramatic Tension” by Axt
    20. Fear of the air: Repeat No. 24 “aeronaut”
    21. I can’t go up, Speed: “The Crisis” by Pasternack
    22. Fight starts: “Help! Help!” by Kovacs
    23. Fighting boys see Jerry McSwiggin: “Funeral March of a Marionet” by Gounod
    24. McSwiggin walks away from boys: “Eccitamento” by Retlaw
    25. Change to two instructors outside of house: “Despondency” by Williams
    26. Solo day: Repeat No. 12 “Through the Air”
    27. Speed gets out of aeroplane: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    28. Speed looks up at aeroplane: Repeat No. 30 ‘Air Thrills”
    29. Hop up and do ti alone: “A Critical Moment” by Becce
    30. Buddy starts to fly the second time: “Symphonic Incidentals No. 9” by Marquardt
    31. Nose dive landing of aeroplane: “Solace” by Kay
    32. Change to jazz party: “Oh Baby Don’t We Get Along” by Henderson
    33. Change of scene to Buddy: “Darkness” by Brunelli
    34. Flash-back to party: “Don’ the New Low Down” by McHugh
    35. Speed comes out on porch: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    36. Mother arrives: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”

    Note: When mother enters house—play jazz record on phonograph to cover sequence

    1. Mother, I’ve failed: “Dolores” by Kay
    2. Flash-back to party: “Imagination” by Harms
    3. Clipped wings: “The Aeroplane” by Ring-Hager
    4. Everybody seen running: “Mess Call”
    5. Graduation day: Repeat No. 19 “Eagles of America”
    6. Landing gear of aeroplane falls: “Galop Dramatique” by Baron
    7. Buddy gets into aeroplane: “In the Clouds” by Rapee-Axt
    8. After Speed lands in parachute: Repeat No. 18 “Sweet Sue”
    9. Close-up of Buddy in aeroplane flying: Repeat No. 6 “Mother of Mine”

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering; handwritten notes

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: 12B9gXWjdC

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After the Storm

Title: After the Storm

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: “Ship Ahoy” by Frey
  2. It’s twenty five years: CAPTAIN THEME, “The Captive” by Savino
  3. I’m going ashore: “Singapore Sorrows” by Doll
  4. The Golden Crescent: “Oriental Dance” by Herbert
  5. Native draws dagger: “Disturbance” by Zamecnik
  6. It was a peach of a fight, Dad: “The Jovial Rogue” by Bradford
  7. Son, I bought you a little present: “The Gay Party” by Cafarella
  8. Deck of ship: “Chanson sans Paroles” by Heller
  9. We don’t carry passengers: Repeat Captain Theme No. 2
  10. A. Hop: “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” by Hall
  11. Captain, Joe and girl enter: Repeat Captain Theme No. 2
  12. Captain grabs Joss and throws it overboard: “Peek In” Cobb
  13. Native girl starts to climb rope: “Comedy Excitement” by Zamecnik
  14. Below decks: “Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming” from Gems of Stephen Foster by Tobani
  15. Hop in galley: “Otaki” by Bereny
  16. Captain enters: Repeat Captain Theme No. 2
  17. Captain leaves—Hop produces another Joss: “Chow Mein” by Hersom
  18. Under the magic: LOVE THEME, “Magic Love” by Bradford
  19. Hop enters galley: “Ching Chang” by Brooks
  20. That’s just a lot of junk: “Poppyland” by Kiefert
  21. Joan puts bridal veil; on: Repeat Love Theme No. 18
  22. Dad enters cabin: “The Spectre” by Engleman
  23. Sit down, both of you: “Entr’acte Lovelorn” by Wood
  24. About an hour later: “Overture Italienne” by Zereo
  25. I don’t know what they mean: “Poursuite Dramatique” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
  26. Molly O’Doone nursed me: “The Swan” by St. Saens
  27. I was sentenced to prison: “Lamento” from Pique Dame by Tschaikovsky
  28. Argument with Dad starts: ”Appassionato No. 2” by Axt
  29. Let’s go to: “Dramatic Allegro” by Savino
  30. On shore Martin Dane: “Storm Music” by Ketelbey
  31. Well if it ain’t: “Silent Night” by Rebikov
  32. We’ve got to find Joe: “Storm” by Eggert
  33. Dad, Joe and sweetheart standing on deck: Repeat Love Theme No. 18

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: HX22ZlF6C4

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The Adventurer

Title: The Adventurer

Author: Ernst Luz

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1917

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz

OCLC Number:

Contents:

    1. At screening: “Prelude to Heroical Love Drama” by Baron
    2. In the West Indies: “My Little Star” by Ponce (WHITE)
    3. A rich mine: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee
    4. One scene: Trumpet Call by Trumpeter
    5. The town: Repeat NO. 3 (RED)
    6. Fiesta day: “Havana” by Schonberger
    7. Bicycle on screen: “Bridal Paths” by Langford
    8. Marine gets back on bicycle: Repeat No. 2 (WHITE)
    9. My daughter Dolores: “Memories Eternal” by Torke
    10. Servant looks very serious: “La Fiesta” by Zamecnik
    11. Watch dial on screen: “Symphonic Incidentals No. 9” by Marquardt
    12. Your daughter is: “Cavatina” by Baron
    13. SOliders leave room with prisoner: Repeat No. 3 (RED)
    14. Forget about the wall: “Allegretto Burlesco” (Drigo’s Cinema Classics)
    15. Meanwhile at: “Tensive Allegro” by Aborn (LT. BLUE)
    16. This is Barney O’Malley: “Incid. Symphony No. 38” by Jensen
    17. Allow me to present my wife: “Novelletta” by d’Ambrosio
    18. Adios my love: “Recitative Heroique” by Rapee (RED)
    19. Girl leaves room through window: “Incid. Symphony No. 35” by Kempinski
    20. Stop with long drum roll as bicycle goes over cliff: Drum Roll by Drummer
    21. Two Americans stop rolling and eat chicken: “Sunset Meditation” by Biggs
    22. After girl’s father is dragged out of room: Repeat No. 18 (RED)
    23. Meanwhile Jim McLellan: “Frills and Frivolities” by Bath
    24. McCoy rides off on horse (Fade): “Tensive Misterioso” by Peele
    25. Girl seen seated on balcony: “My Little Star” by Ponce (WHITE)
    26. Not too angry: “Tensive Allegro” by Aborn (LT. BLUE)
    27. Girl in bed scolds, then opens door: Repeat No. 18 (RED)
    28. El Tornado pulls covers from bed: “Presto No. 27” by Lake
    29. End of flight: Repeat No. 26 (LT. BLUE)
    30. McCoy waves burning torch: “Hurry No. 3” by Lake
    31. Plotters get girl in carriage: “Galop Dramatique” by Baron
    32. Fade-out as McCoy is seen trying to stop runaways: “Zamona” by Loraine
    33. Man kicked out through window: “My Little Star” by Ponce (WHITE)

    Proper orchestral rest period is Nos. 13 to 20 inclusive.

    NOTE: The repetition of numbers in this cue sheet is simplified by the use of the “LUZ” SYMPHONIC COLOR GUIDE, sold by Music Buyers Corporation, 1520 Broadway, New York City. The color suggested for repetitions of numbers designates the Mood or Emotion, and is used as a code for such repetition.

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: C3hW0oTbZN

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Adoration

Title: Adoration

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

OCLC Number:

Contents:

  1. At screening: THEME, “Adoration” by Hajos
  2. Prince Sergei: “Cossack Lullaby” by Jiranek
  3. Insert—medallion of Princess Elena: Repeat Theme No. 1
  4. Ninette: “Polka” from The Bartered Bride by Smetana
  5. Car drives to curb: “Baker’s Boy and the Chimney Sweep” by Herbert
  6. Ninette in window flirting: Repeat No. 4 “Polka”
  7. Her highness has arrived sir: “Serenade” by Chaminade
  8. She turns and see Sergei: Repeat Theme No. 1
  9. They break—Sergei shows jealousy: ‘Chansonnette” by Huerter
  10. Insert—invitation: “Polonaise” by Tschaikowsky
  11. Aristocrats: “La Fille du Contrebandier” by Mouton
  12. Mud hurled by beasts: “Allegro Precipitoso” by Savino
  13. Flash to interior—orchestra starts: “Marche Russe” by Ganne
  14. Dancing starts: “Russian Life Waltz” by Katz
  15. You are the most beautiful woman: “Russian Romance” by Friml
  16. Sergei appears in doorway: ‘The Captive” by Savino
  17. Elena in boudoir: “Slavic Dance No. 10” by Dvorak
  18. Prince opens door: Repeat Theme No. 1
  19. Satchel being strapped: “Romance” by Rubenstein
  20. Rioting in street starts: “Furioso No. 4” by Bergunker
  21. Scattered remnants: “Ivano” by Amadei
  22. Elena as manniken: “Love Song” by Wright
  23. Elena meets old general on street: “Romanza senza Parole” by Micheli
  24. Entrance to Café Russe: “The Cossack’s Wedding Fete” by Krein
  25. Ivan, what’s all the bunk: “La Czarine” by Ganne
  26. Elena and general enter: “Nocturnal Tangier” by Godowsky
  27. I’m beginning to fear: “Film Theme No. 47” by Van Goens-Borch
  28. Flash to café: “A La Mode” by Rosey
  29. Hey, cavier!: “La Guapa” by Buisson
  30. Elena appears on stairs: “Dans la Montagne” by Fourdrain
  31. Sergei takes out pistol: “Valse Triste” by Sibelius
  32. You are not yourself: Repeat No. 11 “La Fille du Contrebandier”
  33. Elena rises from table: Repeat Theme No. 1
  34. Enter taxi: “Pain of Sorrow” by Bradford
  35. Flash-back to café: Repeat Theme No. 1
  36. Gambling house: “Valse Slave” by Savasta
  37. […] ress: “Rural Russia” by Levenson
  38. Sergie enters: Repeat Theme no. 1
  39. Lights extinguished; “Cossack Revels” by Tschakoff
  40. Sergei knocks tray from Elena’s hands: “Dance of Comedians” from The Bartered Bride
  41. Dancing starts again: Repeat No. 39 “Cossack Revels”
  42. Exterior—enter car: “Decevant mirage” by Gabriel Marie
  43. Sergei enters room: “Tragic Andante” by Savino
  44. A person about to die: “Lamento” from Eugene Onegin by Tschaikowsky
  45. Elena lying on couch: Repeat No. 22 “Love Song”
  46. Interior of Café Russe: “La Reine D’un Jour” by Mouton
  47. Sergei waiting with cab for Elena: Repeat Theme No. 1

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: 5Fd0vkLAhY

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Actress

Title: Actress

Author: Ernst Luz

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1916

Series:

Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz

OCLC Number:

Contents:

    1. At screening: “Suite Ancienne No. 1” by Hadley
    2. The sun was whining in London: “Incid. Symphony No. 42” by Danmaur
    3. Man enters room after title: “Rose, etc.”: “Minuet in G” by Beethoven
    4. Couple going down stairway: Repeat No. 2 “Incid. Symphony No. 42”
    5. Stop with crash at accident to coach: “The Bee and the Floweret” by Zamecnik
    6. Forbes left alone on screen: “Drink to Me Only Thine Eyes” by Marquardt (WHITE)
    7. There’s naught to do: “Happy Bohemians” by Axt (YELLOW)
    8. I want to thank you: “Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    9. What do you do: Repeat No. 7 (YELLOW)
    10. Arthur Gower lived: “Promenade” by Rapee-Axt
    11. I don’t blame you: Repeat No. 7 (YELLOW)
    12. Clear the stage: “Ballet Egyptian No. 1” by Luigini
    13. Prisoner on stage: Continue No. 12
    14. Girl lying on stage: “Ballet Egyptian No. 2” by Luigini
    15. Girl again lying on stage: “Ballet Egyptian No. 3” by Luigini
    16. Letter on screen: “Ave Aprile” by Culotta
    17. It’s my own fault: Repeat No. 7 (YELLOW)
    18. I would consider it: Repeat No. 3 “Minuet in G”
    19. Lovers in carriage: “Allegro No 1” by Minot
    20. Lovers run out of beer garden: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    21. Girl kisses lover at door: Repeat No. 19 “Allegro No. 1”
    22. Girl sits down on stairway: Repeat no. 6 (WHITE)
    23. On the stage: Repeat No. 3 “Minuet in G”
    24. And now I am sure: “Memories” by Blossom
    25. And now a few words: Repeat No. 7 (YELLOW)
    26. My only wish is: “Dramatic Adagio” by Berge (RED)
    27. Play sixteen bars and segue: “Scene d’Amour” by Baron
    28. At Cavendish Square: “Gavotte and Musette” by Raff
    29. I can’t even blow (anticipate organ grinder): “O Sole Mio!” by di Capua
    30. Girl falls on knees: Repeat No. 26 (RED)
    31. Why do you sit upon the floor?: “Minuet from G Minor Symphony” by Mozart
    32. Girl sneezes second time: “Scherzo Silhouette” by Marquardt
    33. Do we play whist: “Appassionato” by Norton
    34. Girl sits down at piano: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    35. Lovers at piano stop singing: Repeat No. 26 (RED)
    36. You must go: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    37. Girl begins to cry after lover exits: “Incid. Miniature No. 2” by Schertzinger
    38. Butler speaking to girl on sofa: Repeat No. 7 (YELLOW)
    39. They would come in: “The Chiffon Frock” by Carr
    40. Avonia dear: “The Afterglow” by Huerter
    41. Two men at jug of wine: “Agitato No. 5” by Axt
    42. Stop short as door begins to open: Repeat no. 26 (RED)
    43. Be gone: “Broken Vows” by Kempinski
    44. Girl saying good-bye to stage manager: “Heavy Desc. Agitato No. 1” by Luz
    45. Rose, you can’t go: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    46. Rose went back: “In Minor Mode No. 3” by DeKoven
    47. Trelawney enters room: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)
    48. Girl walks from window: Repeat No. 46 “In Minor Mode No. 3”
    49. Bill collector: Repeat no. 26 (RED)
    50. Have we no chairs: “One Fleeting Hour” by Lee
    51. As for Arthur: “Lament” by Herrmann
    52. You want to help her: “Perpetuum Mobile” by Rapee
    53. Fade-out as carriage drives off: “Gavotte in G” by Gluck
    54. Tom, I’m afraid: “Serenade d’Amour” by V. Blon
    55. Until our leading man: Repeat No. 3 “Minuet in G”
    56. Man in box stands up: Repeat No. 6 (WHITE)

    Proper orchestral rest period is Nos. 27 to 41 inclusive.

    NOTE: The repetition of numbers in this cue sheet is simplified by the use of the “LUZ” SYMPHONIC COLOR GUIDE, sold by Music Buyers Corporation, 1520 Broadway, New York City. The color suggested for repetitions of numbers designates the Mood or Emotion, and is used as a code for such repetition.

Notes: Cues transcribed by James Doering

Source: Carl Braun Collection

SFSMA ID: Oukof7sr9w

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