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The Silent Film Music Collection, 1908-1930 an Inventory of Holdings at the American Music Research Center The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 An inventory of holdings at the American Music Research Center American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 Descriptive summary Title Silent film music collection Date(s) 1908-1930 Identification COU-AMRC-84 Creator(s) Hamack, Claire H. Sullivan, Adele V. Repository The American Music Research Center University of Colorado at Boulder 288 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 Location Housed in the American Music Research Center Physical Description 10 Linear feet 10 boxes Scope and Contents Music from the silent film era, including cue sheets, film scores, folios, and incidental music from two Colorado organists, Claire H. Hamack and Adele V. Sullivan. Administrative Information Arrangement Provenance of individual collections is preserved. Arranged by title. Access The collection is open for research Usage Restrictions Copyright is not held by the American Music Research Center. Requests to publish materials should be directed to the copyright holder. Acquisition history Donated by Claire H. Hamack and Adele V. Sullivan Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Silent film music collection, University of Colorado, Boulder - Page 2 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 Index Terms Access points related to this collection: Personal names Hamack, Claire H. Sullivan, Adele V. Corporate names American Music Research Center Subject headings Motion picture music -- Scores and parts Silent film music -- Scores and parts - Page 3 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 Detailed Description Collection of Claire H. Hamack Cue sheets Box Folder 1 1 Black Diamond Express Warner Brothers 1 2 Blazing Barriers Arrow 1 3 Bluff Paramount 1 4 Brothers Under the Skin Goldwyn 1 5 Classified First National 1 6 Dance Magic Halperin 1 7 Dangerous Age First National 1 8 Dawn of a Tomorrow Paramount 1 9 Desert’s Toll Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 1 10 Dove United Artists 1 11 Experience Paramount 1 12 Fair Co-Ed MGM 1 13 Fine Manners Paramount 1 14 Flower of the Norah Vitagraph 1 15 Fool’s Awakening Metro 1 16 George Washington, Jr. Warner Brothers 1 17 Guilty One Paramount 1 18 Hands of Nara Garron 1 19 Hunchback of Notre Dame Unidentified 1 20 Irish Hearts - Page 4 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 Warner Brothers 1 21 It Made You When You Made Me Cry Unidentified 1 22 Kid Boots Paramount 1 23 Latest From Paris MGM 1 24 Let’er Buck Unidentified 1 25 Lodge in the Wilderness Tiffany 1 26 Long Chance Universal 1 27 Lost at Sea Tiffany 1 28 Lucky Horseshoe William Fox 1 29 Man Crazy First National 1 30 Mare Nostrum MGM 1 31 Men of Steel First National 1 32 Music Master William Fox 1 33 My American Wife Paramount 1 34 New Klondike Paramount 1 35 Night Life of New York Paramount 1 36 Old Home Week Paramount 1 37 Palace of Pleasure William Fox 1 38 Primitive Lover First National 1 39 Rush Hour De Mille 1 40 Sign of the Claw Unidentified 1 41 Slave of Desire Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan 1 42 Smilin’ Through First National 1 43 Son of His Father - Page 5 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 Paramount 1 44 Splendid Crime Paramount 1 45 Stella Dallas United Artists 1 46 Texas Streak Universal 1 47 They Like ‘em Rough Metro 1 48 Thief of Bagdad United Artists 1 49 Thundergate First National 1 50 Torment First National 1 51 Underworld Paramount 1 52 Waltz Dream MGM 1 53 Wheel William Fox 1 54 When Knighthood Was in Flower Paramount 1 55 Wild Oranges Goldwyn 1 56 World’s Applause Unidentified 1 57 You’d Be Surprised Paramount 1 58 Zander the Great MGM Film scores Box Folder 1 59 White Sister Henry King 1 60 Cross Roads of New York Mack Sennett 1 61 Don Juan Warner Brothers 1 62 Monsieur Beaucaire Paramount Folios Box Folder 2 1 Bosworth Film, Play Music Series (Book 2) - Page 6 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 2 2 Charles L. Johnson Picture Show Music 2 3 Jacob’s Piano Folio of Concert Miscellany (Dignity, Poise) 2 4 Jacob’s Piano Folio of Oriental, Spanish, and Indian Music 2 5 Komedy Kartoons Theatre Organ Series 2 6 Film Folio (Moods, Motives for Movies) 2 7 Photoplay Organist by World Foremost Composers 2 8 Sam Fox Concert Orchestral Folio No. 1 (Original High Class Compositions) 2 9 Sam Fox Library Orchestra Folio, No. 2 2 10 Sam Fox Library Orchestra Folio, No. 5 2 11 Sam Fox Moving Picture Music by J. S. Zamecnik, Vol. 1 2 12 Sam Fox Moving Picture Music by J. S. Zamecnik, Vol. 2 2 13 Sam Fox Moving Picture Music by J. S. Zamecnik, Vol. 3 2 14 Shapiro-Bernstein’s De Luxe Organ Folio of Musical Comedy Hits and Popular Songs Mood and atmosphere music Box Folder 3 1 Adagio Cantabile (Quiet, Serious, Reflective) 3 2 Agitato (Sudden danger) 3 3 Andante Dramatics, No. 62 (Suppressed dramatic emotion) 3 4 Andante Melodiso 3 5 Appassionato (Tschaikowsky’s Romeo and Juliet) 3 6 Appassionato Dramatico (Dramatic fervor) 3 7 Argument (Dispute between 2 or more persons, board of directors – serious or comedy) 3 8 Bacchanale de Montmartre (Cabaret, orgy, riotous scene) 3 9 Battle Music 3 10 Caravan (Oriental) 3 11 Carnival Grotesque (Clowns, villages, peasants or fantastic gatherings) 3 12 Crafty Spy 3 13 Cynical Scherzands (Scheming, cynical character) 3 14 Dance Diabolique (Savage, native war dances, tumult, storms) 3 15 Dramatic Tension (Sorrow, deep emotion, tragic situation) 3 16 Elegy 3 17 Essence Grotesque (Mysterious scenes, grotesque comedy) 3 18 Fire Agitato (Fires, storms, tornadoes, earthquakes) 3 19 Flight (Chase, western scene, escape) 3 20 Frozen North (for vast spaces, mountains, snow, winter scenes) 3 21 Furious (Great confusion, riot, struggles) 3 22 Gaiety (Happiness, cheerful, festivals) 3 23 Humpty Dumpty’s Funeral March - Page 7 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 3 24 Hurry (Exciting scene) Agitated Hurry (Hurry to escape danger, to rescue) 3 25 Il Bacio (the Kiss) 3 26 In Despair 3 27 In Merry Mood (Light comedy) 3 28 Lament (Sad, solemn, pathetic) 3 29 Love’s Reward 3 30 Love Tragedy ( Pathetic scene with tragic ending) 3 31 Maestoso (Heroic scenes, processional, functions of state) 3 32 Military Hurry (Battle scene) 3 33 Misterioso – Burlesque (Parody, buffoonery, mockery) 3 34 Mysterioso (Stealth, gruesome) 3 35 Natoma (Dagger dance, Indian invocation) 3 36 On the Bosporous (Turkish intermezzo) 3 37 Oriental Dramatic Adagio 3 38 Oriental Sketches (Tea room) 3 39 Perpetual Motion 3 40 Plotting Foe (Mysterious, impending danger) 3 41 Poursuite Dramatique 3 42 Presto 3 43 Reproche d’Amour 3 44 Rest (Oriental) 3 45 Ruy Beis (Overture) 3 46 Screening Preludes (Entrance march, Chinese, pastorale) 3 47 Slient Sorrows 3 48 Sioux Serenade 3 49 Slimy Viper 3 50 Sounds from the Clouter (Religious) 3 51 Storm Music (Storms, earthquakes, eruptions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, typhoons) 3 52 Symphonic Color Classics (Tropical drama) 3 53 Tempest (Storms, hurries, agitato) 3 54 Thamara (Prelude) 3 55 Waltz – Scherzo Collection of Adele V. Sullivan Cue sheets for organ and piano Box Folder 4 1 Air Legion (Ben Lyon & Antonio Moreno) FBO 4 2 Almost Huma (Vera Reynolds) De Mille - Page 8 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 4 3 Bellamy Trial (L.Joy & B.Bronson) MGM 4 4 Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) MGM 4 5 Big Parade (John Gilbert) MGM 4 6 Bishop Murder Case (B.Rathbone, L.Hyams) MGM 4 7 Camille (Norma Talmadge First National 4 8 Chinese Parrot Universal 4 9 Code of the Scarlet First National 4 10 Dangerous Curves (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 11 Half Way to Heaven (Charles Rogers) Paramount 4 12 Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Lon Chaney) MGM 4 13 Lawless Legion First National 4 14 Love Comes Along RKO 4 15 Love Doctor (Richard Dix) Paramount 4 16 Magnificent Flirt Paramount 4 17 Marianne MGM 4 18 Modern Matrimony Unidentified 4 19 Navy Blues MGM 4 20 Pagan MGM 4 21 Patent Leather Kid First National 4 22 Ramona (Dolores del Rio) United Artists 4 23 Rough House Rosie (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 24 Rush Hour (Marie Prevost) De Mille 4 25 Saturday Night Kid (Clara Bow) Paramount - Page 9 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 4 26 Seven Days Leave (Gary Cooper) Paramount 4 27 Seventh Heaven William Fox 4 28 Shanghai Bound (Richard Dix) Paramount 4 29 Ship From Shanghai MGM 4 30 Show Girl First National 4 31 Stairs of Sand (Wallace Berry, Jean Arthur) Paramount 4 32 Sweetie Paramount 4 33 Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille) Paramount 4 34 Their Own Desire (Norma Shearer) MGM 4 35 Thirteenth Chair MGM 4 36 Vanishing American (Richard Dix) Paramount 4 37 Virginian (Gary Cooper & Walter Huston) Paramount 4 38 Welcome Danger (Harold Lloyd) Paramount 4 39 What Price Glory William Fox 4 40 Wild Party (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 41 Wolf Song (Gary Cooper & Lupe Velez) Paramount Cue sheets for phonograph records Box Folder 4 42 Air Legion (Ben Lyon & Antonio Moreno) FBO 4 43 Almost Huma (Vera Reynolds) De Mille 4 44 Bellamy Trial (L.Joy & B.Bronson) MGM 4 45 Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro) MGM 4 46 Big Parade (John Gilbert) MGM 4 47 Bishop Murder Case (B.Rathbone, L.Hyams) - Page 10 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 MGM 4 48 Camille (Norma Talmadge First National 4 49 Chinese Parrot Universal 4 50 Code of the Scarlet First National 4 51 Dangerous Curves (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 52 Half Way to Heaven (Charles Rogers) Paramount 4 53 Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Lon Chaney) MGM 4 54 Lawless Legion First National 4 55 Love Comes Along RKO 4 56 Love Doctor (Richard Dix) Paramount 4 57 Magnificent Flirt Paramount 4 58 Marianne MGM 4 59 Modern Matrimony Unidentified 4 60 Navy Blues MGM 4 61 Pagan MGM 4 62 Patent Leather Kid First National 4 63 Ramona (Dolores del Rio) United Artists 4 64 Rough House Rosie (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 65 Rush Hour (Marie Prevost) De Mille 4 66 Saturday Night Kid (Clara Bow) Paramount 4 67 Seven Days Leave (Gary Cooper) Paramount 4 68 Seventh Heaven William Fox 4 69 Shanghai Bound (Richard Dix) Paramount 4 70 Ship From Shanghai - Page 11 - The Silent film music collection, 1908-1930 MGM 4 71 Show Girl First National 4 72 Stairs of Sand (Wallace Berry, Jean Arthur) Paramount 4 73 Sweetie Paramount 4 74 Ten Commandments (Cecil B.
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