Friday, November 8, 2024

Music History - November 1929

 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)

(Wikipedia)

- 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

(Wikipedia)

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