1929
Highlights
American Record Corporation founded in 1929 through merger of multi-record companies ... Later acquisition - Columbia Phonographic Company
Joseph Meyer (1894 - 1987) ... Lady Fingers (1929) ... ("California Here I Come" was Meyer's most well known song, In historic Hollywood, the song was performed by "Lucy and Ricky Ricardo" & "Ethel and Fred Mertz" during their drive from New York to Los Angeles in support of "Ricky's" Hollywood opportunity.)
- History in 20th Century Film -
The Broadway Melody (1929) ... First sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture ... One of the early musicals to have Technicolor ... Sparked trend in color that led to screens in 1929-1930 ... Dialogue written by Norman Houston & James Gleason/Directed by Harry Beaumont/Main Cast - Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love ... Academy Nominations - Best Director, Best Actress (Bessie Love)
- Highest-Grossing Films in 1929 -
The Broadway Melody - $2,808,000
The Cock-Eyed World - $2,700,000
Gold Diggers of Broadway - $2,540,000
Sunny Side Up - $2,190,000
Rio Rita - $1,775,000
On with the Show! - $1,741,000
Say It with Songs - $1,715,000
Show Boat - $1,643,000
(I attended a stage performance in Chicago in 1998.)
The Desert Song - $1,549,000
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 - $1,527,000
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