New: Cue Sheets from the Adele V. Sullivan Collection

We’ve just added 41 cue sheets from the collection of Adele V. Sullivan, a Colorado cinema accompanist whose papers are part of the Silent Film Music Collection at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Sullivan’s papers are unique in that her work bridged the transition to sound. She performed from cue sheets for silent and part-talkie movies, then became responsible for synching up phonographs with films. The cues for the phonographs are fascinating and we’ll be posting them soon.

For today, though, we’ve catalogued the traditional cue sheets from her collection, which include cues for a number of lost films such as The Chinese Parrot, Code of the Scarlet, The Magnificent Flirt, and Shanghai Bound.

The Ship from Shanghai

Title: The Ship from Shanghai

Author: Ernst Luz

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1930

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Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: Ernst Luz

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Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: 1IWzFIVSEL

The Magnificent Flirt

Title: The Magnificent Flirt

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1928

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Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

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Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: eCqCFBXZv5

The Love Doctor

Title: The Love Doctor

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1929

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Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

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Notes: “Talker” at head

Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: IVThFtLt18

The Lawless Legion

Title: The Lawless Legion

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1929

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Format: Cue sheet

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All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

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Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: 4AyWDbuZIC

Love Comes Along

Title: Love Comes Along

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1930

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Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

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Notes: “Talker” at head

Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: YRSXBNuqDj

Halfway to Heaven

Title: Halfway to Heaven

Author: James C. Bradford

Publisher: Thematic Music Cue Sheets, 1929

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Format: Cue sheet

Document type: Cue sheet

All authors/contributors: James C. Bradford

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Notes: “Talker” at head

Source: Silent Film Collection, Adele Sullivan materials, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

SFSMA ID: Q4NKYi0ysc