PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s FRANKLYN BAUR [t]. Brooklyn, 1903-1950. Baur recorded a number of popular songs and ballads of the time (1923 to about 1931) for Brunswick, Victor and Columbia and a number of small labels as well. He was also a radio singer and had been the Firestone Hour’s leading male soloist from 1928 until 1930, when he was fired for unwisely refusing to sing for a Firestone company function gratis. (His radio payment was very high.) Hoping for a more serious career, Baur then went to France in 1931 for vocal study and made a concert debut at Town Hall on Dec. 5, 1933 in a program including music of Bach, Debussy, Loeffler and Brahms, among others. The reviews, at least those posted in a full-page Musical America ad in Feb. 10, 1934, mentioned his “unusual gifts of sensitivity and musicianship” as well as his “delicate precision of diction and intonation” (NY Times). There were enthusiastic comments quoted from other papers and journals as well, but apparently there were similarly remarks omitted that were less glowing. Added to the fact that it was the middle of the Depression, his new career didn’t take wings. As a popular singer Baur had been replaced by the newer voices of the period. He seems to have basically retired in the mid-1930s and returned to his family home in Brooklyn which he shared with his sister until his death at the age of 47. 2104. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1027-D [W144274-2/W144275-3]. WHEN LINDY COMES HOME (Cohan) / LINDBERGH: LIKE AN ANGEL YOU FLEW INTO EVERYONE’S HEART (Mills-McHugh). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. NORA BAYES [entertainer] 2336. 10” Purple ’08 Pats. Victor 60019 DAFFYDILS (Bayes-Norworth). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3277. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 70020. WHAT GOOD IS WATER WHEN YOU’RE DRY? (Paley). Just about 1-2. $15.00. BUD BILLINGS [singer, a.k.a. FRANK LUTHER] 2357. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22463. HELLO YOUNG LINDY / IT’S THE SAME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER (both Carson Robinson). Side two with CARSON ROBINSON [singer]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. RALPH BINGHAM [humorist]. Richmond, VA, 1860-Philadelphia, 1925. Referred to as “The Dean of Platform Humorists”, Bingham achieved fame as a school boy elocutionist and at the age of 14 made his first public appearance as an entertainer. His professional career included more than 7000 performances, many on the Chatauqua circuit. Having a “jovial and cheerful disposition”, he was often termed “the jolliest man in America”. As a writer for The Lyceum (Aug., 1922) wrote, “His humor is always as clean as the mountain stream and as refreshing as the rippling brook”. It wasn’t, however, without its racist elements, not unusual for the time. 3948. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 35490. THE BOY IN THE BLEACHERS (Comic Monologue) / MY POSSUM HUNT (Darky Story). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN [politician] 1073. 10” Blk. ’10 Pats. Victor 16168. AN IDEAL REPUBLIC / IMMORTALITY (speeches). Just about 1-2. $25.00. MARIE CAHILL [comedienne] 1423. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45370. IN A SHOE STORE (Gribble) / THE SYMPHONY CONCERT (Starling). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 1407. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45386. MAMMY VINY’S BIBLE LESSON / JEZEBEL (both Lynn Starling). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. EDDIE CANTOR [comedian] 4451. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22189. EDDIE CANTOR’S TIPS ON THE STOCK MARKET / MY WIFE IS ON A DIET (Bennett). Cons. 2. $12.00. BO CARTER [country blues singer and guitar MARIE CAHILL player]. Bolton, MS, 1892-Memphis, TN, 1964. Carter (born Armenter Chatman) was noted for his bawdy songs, but his output included various country and Delta blues pieces. He became partially blind in the 1930s but continued to work as a farmer and a performer, sometimes with his brothers. 2101. 10” Maroon elec. Okeh 8897 [W404926A/W404938B]. ANTS IN MY PANTS / RAM ROD DADDY (both Carter?). As new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 287 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s ELRY CASH [country singer and guitar player] 1412. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 15399-D [W148348-2/W148349-1]. MY OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME / WON’T YOU COME BACK TO ME (both Cash?). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JOSEPH CAWTHORN[E] [actor]. New York City, 1868-Beverly Hills, CA, 1949. His debut in show business was at the age of eight in New York. He later worked in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a “Dutch comic with a thick accent”. His Broadway debut appears to have been in 1898 in Victor Herbert’s The Fortune Teller. He was a Broadway stalwart until the later 1920s, when he left New York for California. There he continued his career in movies, appearing in over fifty until he retired in 1942. These included such films as White Zombie (1932), Love Me Tonight (1932), Naughty Marietta (1935), Gold Diggers of 1935, The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and Lillian Russell (1940). 4124. 12” Purple ’12 Pats Victor 70098. THE SUN- JOSEPH CAWTHORN SHINE GIRL: You Can’t Play Every Instrument in the Band (Cawthorne-Golden). Just about 1-2. $10.00. Hon. CHAMP CLARK (JAMES BEAUCHAMP CLARK) [U.S. Senator]. Lawrence- burg, KY, 1850-Washington, DC, 1921. Clark settled in Missouri and became a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1982-1921, and was Speaker of the House for a period as well. In 1912, when his recordings were made, he was the forerunner for Democratic candidate for U.S. President. He was, however, defeated by Woodrow Wilson during the Convention. 4393. 12” ’12 Pats. Victor ’12 Pats. 35218. PAYNE-ALDRICH BILL A HUMBUG; CLARK OPPOSED TO AUTOMOBILES AT PUBLIC EXPENSE / PRESIDENT TAFT’S LOST OPPORTUNITY (Speeches). The Clark records are probably the rarest of Victor spoken word recordings. Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. Just about 1-2. $100.00. Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK [explorer and physician]. Callicoon Depot, NY, 1865- 1940. Originally a surgeon in Admiral Peary’s Arctic Expedition (1891) and leader of expeditions to climb Mt. McKinley (1903-06), Cook claimed having reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908. This was denounced by Peary (he referred, “in his usual blunt manner”, to Cook as a “liar”) and was also rejected by scientists after study of the data submitted by Cook. Peary was, the next year, given credit for reaching the Pole on September 6, 1909. This recording, made July 2, 1909, was almost immediately deleted in favor of a disc made by Peary and is today extremely rare. 3726. 12” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 31755. HOW I REACHED THE NORTH POLE (Address). Heavily rubbed (probably sleeveless most of its 100+ years life) but it plays well except for a tiny bump about ¼” inch in from the rim which may require extra arm weight. I would grade it 5 because of its visual condition. $25.00. 4287. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 31756. Same as the preceding listing (item #3726) except a beautiful vinyl pressing. Only four vinyl copies were pressed, I was told, and then the master broke. Just about 1-2. $100.00. MARLENE DIETRICH [vocalist/actress] 2203. 10” PW (gold print) Victor V-6088 [BLR6035-II/BLR6129-II]. NIMM’ DICH IN ACHT VOR BLONDEN FRAUEN /ICH BIN VON KOPF BIS FUSS AUF LIEBE EINGE- STELLT (Friedrich Höllander). Both from film Der Blaue Engel. Conducted by the composer. Beautiful mint copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00. RUTH ETTING [vocalist] 2103. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 827-D [W142959-3/W142960-2]. JUST A BIRD’S- EYE VIEW OF MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (Donaldson-Kahn) / I’VE GROWN SO LONESOME THINKING OF YOU (Donaldson-Ash). Piano acc. Paul Hoefle. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GILBERT GERARD and RUSSELL HUNTING [descriptive talk] 1432. 10” Green acous. Davega 5046. HOW SANTA CLAUS MAKES HIS TOYS / HOW SANTA CLAUS DISTRIBUTES HIS TOYS (Gerard-Hunting). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 288 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s

CHARLES GORST [whistler and bird imitator]. Gorst toured the country in the early 1900s giving musical and nature presentations through his remarkable skill. Stated a publicity flyer, “The acme of his art …is his reproduction of bird songs … His love of nature, accurate ear, tenacious memory, and versatile whistle enable him to imitate—in fact to reproduce—bird songs with amazing accuracy. His accurate calls have elicted answers from peeping frogs, crickets, larks, whippoorwills, thrashers and many other birds; by night his hooting has called an owl to him from a distance, and at his peeping an angry hen has flown into his face.” 4248. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) acous. Victor 17735. SONGS AND CALLS OF OUR NATIVE BIRDS, No. 3 and 4. Two sides. The only such late issue of this (excellent surfaces) I’ve ever seen. Try playing it with your windows opened and see if there is a response from nature! Just about 1-2. $8.00. GENE GREENE [“The Rag-Time King”]: See Pathé section. EDGAR A. GUEST [poet]. Birmingham, England, 1881-Detroit, MI, 1959. Guest emi- grated to the U.S. with his family in 1891. He began work with the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter. In 1898 his first poem was published, and by the time of his death he had written around eleven thousand poems. His “sentimental, optimistic” style made his writing popular throughout the U.S. His great-niece, Judith Guest, is an author, particularly known for her novel, Ordinary People. 2352. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45258. MA AND THE AUTO / IT COULDN’T BE DONE; WAIT ‘TILL YOUR PA COMES HOME (all Edgar A. Guest). Just about 1-2. $10.00. THE HAPPINESS BOYS [BILLY JONES and ERNEST HARE] 2361. 10” Orth. Victor 22150. SERGEANT FLAGG AND SERGEANT QUIRT (Moll) / I CAN’T SLEEP IN THE MOVIES ANY MORE (Van Cleve). Just about 1-2. $8.00. RAYMOND HITCHCOCK [humorist] 3926. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55046. MR. HITCHCOCK’S CURTAIN SPEECH (Introduced in The Beauty Shop) / BURGLAR STORY AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING (Comic Monologue). Just about 1-2. $15.00. TAYLOR HOLMES [actor]. Newark, NJ, 1878- Hollywood, CA, 1959. Holmes was a noted American stage and screen actor. His Broadway debut took place in 1900 in the controversial play Sapho, which was closed by the NY Police Department for indecency after 29 performances. A trial the same year adjudged the play not obscene, and it returned to the boards for 53 more performances. Holmes subsequently appeared in 36 Broadway productions over the next 46 years. His film acting career began in 1917 and continued into the 1950s. Some of those in which he appeared that that might be remembered today are Kiss of Death (1947), The Egg and I (1947), Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1950), Beware, My Lovely (1952) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1952) 4119. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55218. THE SHOOT- ING OF DAN McGREW (Robert W. Service) / THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR (An- toine D’Arcy). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. TAYLOR HOLMES $15.00.

MAY IRWIN [entertainer/actress] . Canada, 1862-New York City, 1938. Irwin made her debut in a singing act with her sister in 1874. By the early 1890s she had become a leading vaudeville and musical theater singer. An 1896 film, lasting less than a minute and also featuring John C. Rice, was made of an excerpt from their 1895 stage hit, The Widow Jones. It was just a lingering kiss, but very popular at the time and the first filmed kiss in the history of cinema. Her “buxom figure” and “charming personality” helped her in sustaining a career that lasted until the late ‘teens. Wise investments made her a very wealthy woman in later years. –Information primarily from Wikipedia. 1399. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats Victor 17253. MAY IRWIN’S FROG SONG / CLARICE VANCE [entertainer]. I’M WISE (Williams). Just about 1-2. $15.00. JOSEPH JEFFERSON [actor]. Philadelphia, 1829-Palm Beach, FL, 1905. Born of parents in the theater, Joseph made his debut at the age of four. After the death of his father in 1842, he became a full-time actor to help support his family. He had his first major success in 289 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s 1858 with Laura Keene’s Company in Our American Cousin and was praised for his “naturalness and spontaneity”. In 1859 he made a dramatic version of the story of Rip Van Winkle and first gave it in Washington and then in 1861 in Australia. He brought a revised version of Rip Van Winkle to London in 1865, where it ran for 170 nights. While he appeared in other plays on occasion, it was his tremendous success with Rip Van Winkle that was the focal point of his career for his last forty years. The public never tired of hearing him in this role. How fascinating it is that we can still hear the voice of an actor born over 180 years ago and who was a stage success stage prior to Lincoln becoming President. 1119. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia A185 [1468-1/3829-1]. RIP VAN WINKLE: Scene in the Mountains / COLUMBIA QUARTET. YOU’RE THE FLOWER OF MY HEART, SWEET ADELINE (Armstong). Take two is more common and shorter in length. Take one, with more spoken material, runs quite close to the center. Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $40.00. 4241. 10” Blk. Note Columbia A390 [1469-1]. RIP VAN WINKLE” Rip Meets Meenie After Twenty Years / COLUMBIA QUARTET. COME RISE WITH THE LARK (White). Also a beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $40.00. AL JOLSON [entertainer] JOSEPH JEFFERSON 4174. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 17037. THAT HAUNTING MELODY (Cohan) / RUM TUM TIDDLE (Schwartz). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 2102. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 17068. BRASS BAND EPHRAHAM JONES (Goodwin-Meyer) / WALTER J. VAN BRUNT [t]. THAT SOCIETY BEAR (Irving Berlin). Cons. 2. $12.00. BERTHA KALICH [s/actress] Lviv, Ukraine, 1874- Flushing, Queens, NY, 1939. Kalich trained as both a singer and actress at the Lemberg Conservatory. When barely a teenager, she began a career as a leading artist in Yiddish dramas and musicals and became famous in several countries before emigrating to the U.S. in 1895. Here she began with Yiddish language productions of works such as Offenbach’s La belle Hélène but soon became respected as a Shakespearian interpreter in roles such as Desdemona, Juliette, and even Hamlet. As her career progressed, she became popular in American theater and as a silent film actress. Her career diminished in the later 1920s, a result of increasing blindness and her “emphatic emotionalism” which then “seemed a relic of another theatrical era.” Her reputation, however, kept her from being forgotten. Her funeral was attended by over 1500 admirers. She appears to have made only one record, this (below) as a very capable singer. 2022. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45485. SHULAMITH: Sabbath, Holiday and the New Moon (Goldfaden) / SAPPHO: Mother Dear (Gordon). Just about 1-2. $25.00. LA GOYA [female Spanish vaudeville singer (cupletista)]. Bilbao, 1892-Madrid, 1950. The most noted of BERTHA KALICH Spanish popular singers of the ‘teens into the ‘20s, La Goya was highly regarded throughout Spain. Her name was, according to one source, originally Aurora Jauffret (although the Gramophone matrix listings refer to her as Salud Ruiz). 4192. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45237 [18440u/ ? ]. CANCIÓN DEL RHIN (Valverde) / CAM- PANELLA-CANCIÓN NAPOLITANA (Padilla). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00 Sir HARRY LAUDER [comedian] 3046. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D544 [Ho4664af/Ho4666af]. I WISH YOU WERE HERE AGAIN / O’ER THE HILLS TO ARDENTENNY (both Lauder). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00. 4098. 12” Plum HMV C.4002 [Cc19426-I/2B3060-I]. SOMEBODY’S WAITING FOR ME / WE PARTED ON THE SHORE (both Lauder). Radio station copy. Quiet pressing. Inner margin (removeable) crayon markings. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 290 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s JULIA MARLOWE [actress] 3106. 12” Red “A” plate Vla 74706. JULIUS CAESAR: Brutus and Portia, Act 2, Scene 1 (Shake- speare). VrBk. With E(DWARD) H(UGH) SOTHERN [actor]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. Rev. J. W. MEYERS [MYERS] [speaker] 1504. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 16466. BANJO SONG [“DIALECT RECITATION”] (Dunbar) / FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE QUARTET: ROLL JORDAN ROLL. Nice copy. Few lt. mks., 2. $10.00. 3379. 12” Blk. Victor 35097. WHEN MALINDY SINGS (Paul Lawrence Dunbar) / FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE QUARTET. OLD BLACK JOE (Fos- ter). Just about 1-2. $12.00. MINIATURE CONCERT. The first issued Victor electri- cal recording. Festures Billy Murray, Henry Burr, Rudy Wie- doeft, Frank Banta, Monroe Silver, etc. JULIA MARLOWE 3944. 12” Blk. EE Victor 35753. A MINIATURE CON- CERT BY “THE EIGHT POPULAR VICTOR ARTISTS”. Two sides. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. BILLY MURRAY [comedian - vocalist] 3043. 12” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 35034. KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE (Morse) / FRANK C. STANLEY and BYRON G. HARLAN [speakers]. SCENE IN A COUNTRY STORE (Stanley). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. GEOFFREY O’HARA [singer/com- poser]. Chatam, Ontario, Canada, 1882-St. Peters-burg, FL, 1967. O’Hara left Canada in 1904 for New York, where he joined Lew Dockstader’s Minstrels. Subse- quently he appeared as a baritone in operetta in Daily’s Theater in New York. In addition to being a vocalist, Mr. O’Hara was a composer of over 500 popular and art songs, hymns and choral pieces, some recorded at the time by performers as varied as Billy Murray (K-K-K Katy) and Enrico Caruso (Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know). In 1913 he was appointed by the U.S. Department of the Interior to record the tribal songs and mu- sic of American Indian tribes. He began GEOFFREY O’HARA [2nd from left) supervising American with the Blackfoot Indians (example below). Indian recordings Later he taught and was notably a lecturer. I met him when he gave an assembly program for our high school. This resulted in a very pleasant chat and a signed photo, his kindness even more enthusiastic when he realized that I had recordings of a number of his compositions and that I was fully aware of who he was. 4441. 10” Blk. Victor 17635. NAVAJO INDIAN SONGS (Tom-Tom acc.) / GLACIER PARK INDIANS [BLACKFOOT TRIBE]. GAMBLER’S SONG. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ROBERT E. PEARY [explorer]. Cresson, PA, 1856-1920. After previous attempts to reach the North Pole, Peary and his team did so on April 6, 1909, although Frederick A. Cook had claimed to have arrived at the same goal a year earlier. Time has supported Peary’s claim. He was evidently a complex personality, described from various sources as “One of the most intelligent, bold, and able, most driven, possibly the most successful and probably the most unpleasant man in the annals of polar exploration.” The record below and an Edison cylinder are the only two sonic documents of him and are of obvious historic importance and interest. 3714. 12” Purple Victor “B” plate 70012 [C-8528-4]. THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (Speech). Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 3017. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl. 70012 [C-8528-4]. DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (Speech). Includes a number of Peary clippings. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 291 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s 3665. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55096 [S8/3160f]. THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (Speech) / Sir ERNEST SHACKLETON [explorer]. A DASH FOR THE SOUTH POLE (Speech). Side one is an S/8 transfer (an acoustic dub), the case with all blue label issues of this. Still, the sound is excellent. Just about 1-2. $40.00. PICCADILLY PLAYERS dir. Mel Morris 1524. 10” Blk. lateral elec. Edison 14035 [N.993-C/N.983-A]. SOMEDAY SOON (Duncan- Fischer) / PHIL SPITALNY’S MUSIC. I WANT TO MEANDER IN THE MEADOW (Tobias-Woods). Just about 1-2. $35.00. COLE PORTER [composer/pianist/singer] 4397. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 24766. YOU’RE THE TOP [from Anything Goes] / THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. LOWBOROUGH-GOODBY (both Cole Porter). Self-accompanied. Superficial rubs, but nothing to indicate that it won’t play as new. Side one 2-3. Side two 3. $12.00. H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES 3901. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 35746. SPORTSMANSHIP (speech) / Lieut. R.G. EVANS dir. Lieut. R.G. EVANS dir. COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND. GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES (Richards). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3043. 12” Blk.acous. Victor 35746. Same as preceding listing (item # 3140). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00. ADA REEVE [actress]. London, 1874-1966. A star of the music hall, vaudeville and musical comedies, Reeve also gained a great following in Australia, South Africa and the U.S. At the age of 70 she began a career in motion pictures that continued until she was in her 80s. 1520. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18136 [Ho1806al/ Ho1807al]. FOOLISH QUESTIONS (Hone) / FATHER’S LITTLE MAN (Elton). Just about 1-2. $12.00. JIMMIE RODGERS [singer/guitarist] 4188. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 21636. MEMPHIS YODEL / LULLABY YODEL (both Rod- gers). With guitar. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. WILL ROGERS [humorist] ADA REEVE 1070. 10” acous. Blue Victor 45347. TIMELY TOPICS / A NEW SLANT ON WAR (Monologues). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2105. 10” acous. Blue Victor 45369. WILL ROGERS NOMINATES HENRY FORD FOR PRESIDENT / WILL ROGERS TELLS TRAFFIC CHIEFS HOW TO DIRECT TRAFFIC (Monologues). Few very minor lbl. rubs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2362. 10” acous. Blue Victor 45374. WILL ROGERS TALKS TO THE BANKERS / WILL ROGERS’ FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH (Monologues). Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00. ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY 3951. 12” Blk. Hist. No. 2 SS HMV 09308 [Ho3479af]. GAS SHELL BOMBARDMENT [Actual Record taken on the front line- France, near Lille – Oct. 1918]. As new (as the grading indicates). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $30.00. THEODORE ROOSEVELT [U.S. President] 2705. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS Vla 34249-A/35249-B [C12407-1/C12408-1]. MR. ROOSE- VELT PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO PENROSE AND ARCHIBALD / THE ABYSSINIAN TREATMENT OF STANDARD OIL (Speeches). Two single-sided pressings. Fascinating historical documents. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2703. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS Vla 35250-A/35250-B [C-12409-1/C-12410-1]. WHY THE BOSSES AND TRUSTS OPPOSE THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY / THE FARMER AND THE BUSINESS MAN (Speeches). Two single-sided pressings. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 4288. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS Vla 31872. THE POWER [LIBERTY] OF THE PEOPLE (Speech). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 292 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s

RIA ROSA [Neapolitan Singer]. Naples, 1899-New York City, 1988. Ria Rosa (born Maria Rosaria Liberti), active in the general period of 1920-1940, was one of the major interpreters of Neapolitan popular songs and with her touring company Italian melodramas as well. Her first performances were in Naples in 1915 when she was just sixteen, and she was immediately recognized for her interpretive qualities, which included her “dark, powerful and very dramatic voice”. She first performed in New York in 1922, there becoming particularly successful with the Italian-American community. She traveled to and from Naples frequently until settling permanently in New York in 1937. Internet sources 2106. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 14467-F [W110090-2/W110706-2]. CANTANO L’EMIGRANTE / DORGE DORMIRE (both E. A. Mario). As new. Just about 1-2. $12.00. CARL SANDBERG [author, poet, singer] 4247. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 20135. NEGRO SPIRITUALS (arr. Sandberg) / THE BOLL WEEVIL (arr. Sandberg). With guitar. Cons. 2. $20.00. 1367. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 20135. Same as preceding listing (item #4247). Superficial lt. rubs, 2-3. $15.00. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON [author, wildlife artist, Boy Scouts founder]. South Shield, England, 1866 – near Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1946. Of Scots-Canadian ancestry (raised in Canada and later a naturalized U.S. citizen), Seton became a noted naturalist. He was an early force in the development of the U.S. Boy Scouts, founding the organization in 1910 based on Lord Baden-Powell’s work in England, and became its Chief Scout. Baden-Powell had, in turn, been heavily influenced by Seton’s writing. Upon his twenty-first birthday, Seton’s abusive father presented Ernest with a bill for all the expenses connected with his childhood and youth, including the fee charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid his father but never spoke to him again. 3922. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55136. THREE SIOUX SCOUTS [THE VOICES OF THE NIGHT - AN INDIAN STORY with BIRD and ANIMAL CALLS]. (Seton). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00. Sir ERNEST SHACKLETON [explorer] 3665. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55096 [3160f/S8]. A DASH FOR HE SOUTH POLE (Speech) / Commander ROBERT E. PEARY [explorer]. THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (Speech). While side two is an S/8 transfer (an acoustic dub), this is the case with all ERNEST THOMPSON SETON blue label issues of this. Still, the sound is excellent. Just about 1-2. $40.00. E. H. SOTHERN [actor]. 3805. 12” Red Vla 74703. HAMLET: Hamlet’s Speech to the Players (Shakespeare). Just about 1-2. $7.00. STUDIO STUNTS. A demonstration record of the Columbia “Viva-Tonal” electrical recording process, featuring Jones & Hare, Arnold Brilhart, The Singing Sophomores, Shannon Quartet, etc. 3937. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia [W98296-9/W98316-2]. STUDIO STUNTS. Two sides. Small lbl. stkrs. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT [U.S. President; Supreme Court Justice] 1052. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 5558. IRISH HUMOR (Spoken Commentary). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 3678. 12” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 31709. FUNCTIONS OF THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION (Speech). Rec. 5 Aug. 1908. One rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00. 3875. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 31719. Same as preceding listing (item #3678) but later vinyl pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3090. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 31710. WHAT CONSTITUTES AN UNLAWFUL TRUST (Speech). Just about 1-2. $35.00. 293 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s 3876. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 31871. PEACE (Speech). rec. 1 Oct. 1912. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3761. 12” Blk. Victor 35256. LABOR AND CAPITAL / WHO ARE THE PEOPLE? (Speeches, delivered September, 1912). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $25.00. ALF. TAYLOR [Speaker, Ex-Gov. of Tennessee] and his OLD LIMBER QUARTET. Carter Co., TN, 1848-Johnson City, TN, 1931. After studying law, Taylor was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Jonesborough, Tennessee. His first political post was as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1874. He subsequently was elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1895 and finally a Republican Governor of Tennessee from 1921-1923. Taylor first ran for Governor in 1886 against his brother, who won. On the 1920 campaign trail, Taylor travelled with a four-piece quartet (consisting of three of his sons and their friend), and told the story of "Old Limber," a foxhound who, in spite of his old age, could still outrun the pack, The rare record below, based on this story, probably had only regional issue. 1063. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19451. PHA- ROAH’S ARMY GOT DROWNDED (Spoken: Jubilee Incident to a Fox Chase in the Appalachian Mount- ains) / QUARTET ONLY. BROTHER NOAH BUILT AN ARK (composer?). Just about 1-2. $25.00. ELLEN TERRY [actress] 1462. 10” Red “A” Plate Pats. Victor 64194. MERCHANT OF VENICE: Mercy Speech, Act IV (Shakespeare). Text label on verso. Mint first issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4089. 12” Red “C” Plate Pats. Victor 74239. HAMLET: Ophelia’s Mad Scene (Shakespeare). Text label on verso. Very lt. rubs. 2. $15.00.

SOPHIE TUCKER [comedienne] ELLEN TERRY (age 16) 1424. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22049. SOME OF THESE DAYS (Shelton Brooks) / MOANIN’ LOW (Dietz-Rainger). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. VAN and SCHENK [comedians] 1470. 10” Blue Columbia A3770 [80667-2/80668-2 ]. YOU TELL HER-I STUTTER (Friend) / WAY DOWN EAST IN MAINE (Donaldson). Small lbl. stkrs. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

CLARICE VANCE [entertainer]. Ohio, 1870- Napa Valley, CA, 1961. Born Clara Etta Black, Vance was a noted vaudeville singer. She was over six feet tall and had a voice that easily projected over the vaudeville orchestras of the period. She frequently sang dialect songs and displayed a “radiant and very droll wit”. She was married to Mose Gumble, head of Remick Music, but they divorced in 1914. Her next husband, 16 years her junior, committed suicide in 1928 after his services as a film screen scenario writer were terminated. Little is known of her after 1914. She was said to have appeared in small film parts. From 1944-1950 she lived in a “dilapidated wooden rooming house” in San Francisco and then resided in a Napa Valley mental hospital from 1951 until her death. She was buried in the Potter’s Field section of the St. Helena Cemetery in Napa Valley, CA. –Information primarily from Wikipedia. 1399. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats Victor 17253. I’M WISE (Williams) / MAY IRWIN [actress/ CLARICE VANCE comedienne’]. MAY IRWIN’S FROG SONG. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 294 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s [RICHARD HORATIO] EDGAR WALLACE [author]. London, 1875-1932. Born into poverty, he left school at twelve and joined the army at 21. He gained employment as a war correspondent and began writing thrillers, which found ready publication. He slowly developed a career as an internationally noted author. Leaving England in 1931 for Hollywood, he became a script writer for RKO studios and died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes during his initial drafting of the film King Kong. He wrote in many genres, over 18 stage plays, 957 short stories and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films were made of his works. - Wikipedia 1522. 10” Blk. Australian PW Columbia 01352 [WA7885/WA7886]. THE MAN IN THE DITCH (Edgar Wallace). Two sides. Read by the author. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 4191. 10” Blk. Eng. PW Columbia 5026 [WA7886/WA7886]. Same as preceding listing but later (PoW) British pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. THOMAS [“FATS”] WALLER [piano] 1523. 10” Maroon acous. Okeh 4757 [S70948-D/S70949-D]. BIRMINGHAM BLUES (McCord-Matthews) / MUSCLE SHOALS BLUES (George W. Thomas). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2100. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22092. I’VE GOT A FEELING I’M FALLING (Rose-Waller) / LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (Kahn-Donaldson). Just about 1-2. $30.00. ETHEL WATERS [singer/actress] 2171. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 14353-D [W146872-2/W146873-1]. GUESS WHO’S IN TOWN (Andy Razaf-James P. Johnson) / MY HANDY MAN (Razaf). Piano acc. James P. Johnson. As new. Just about 1-2. $25.00. BERT WILLIAMS [entertainer] 1525. 10” B&S Columbia 3423 [take 2]. NOBODY [from Abyssinia] (Williams). Bright label. Superficial rubs. 3. $10.00. WOODROW WILSON [U.S. President] 2702. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl Vla 35253-A/35253-B [C-12392-1/C-12393-1]. ON LABOR / THE TARIFF (Speeches). Two single-sided pressings. Just about 1-2. $25.00. PEGGY WOOD 2773. 12” PW HMV C.1746 [Cc17288-II/Cc17284-I]. BITTER SWEET: I’ll See You Again / BITTER SWEET: Dear Little Café (Noël Coward). With GEORGE METAXA. Cons. 2. $10.00.

3525. 12” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 35010. ACTOR’S EQUITY – AN ALL STAR COMEDY. With Richard Barthelmess, Joseph Cawthorn(e), DeWolf Hopper, Ray- mond Hitchcock and Florence Moore. / SONGS OF YESTERDAY by STARS OF TODAY. Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Olga Cook, Bertram Peacock, Louise Groody, Oscar Shaw, Lillian Lorraine, Douglas Stevenson. Just about 1-2. $25.00. All the artists were stars or important figures in one area or another of Broadway at the time of the recording, 1921. Some never otherwise recorded. Raymond Hitchcock and DeWolf Hopper are probably the best remembered today. Hitchcock (1865-1929) was a silent film and stage actor, comedian and producer. He, Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer all had leading roles in Betty (1916). Joseph Santley (Salt Lake City, 1889-West Los Angeles, 1971) had a multi-faceted career as a Broadway singer, dancer, writer and in Hollywood as a writer, director and producer of musical theatrical plays and films. He married actress-singer-cabaret dancer Ivy Sawyer (1898-1999), and they danced as a team until 1927 in various productions. Bertram Peacock (1883-1963) was a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where he received the first ever vocal diploma given by that institution. He appeared on Broadway in Blossom Time, gave an all-German lieder recital in New York, and was with the Society of American Singers in leading grand and light opera roles. He appears to have been active in operetta at least into the 1940s. Joseph Cawthorn (New York City, 1868-Beverly Hills, 1949) was a stage and film comic actor. He moved to Hollywood in 1927 and had a second career in films, having appeared in over fifty through 1942. At the time of the recording, Richard Barthelmess (1894- Southampton, L.I., N.Y., 1963) was a famous actor on stage and in films. Lillian Gish considered his face to have been “the most beautiful of any man who had ever been before the camera”, while director D. W. Griffith considered him “the perfect hero” and cast him in a number of films. His last film was in 1939. Florence Moore (Philadelphia, 1886-1935) made her Broadway debut in 1912 appearing particularly as a comedienne in Broadway musical productions and in silent films. Her death was the result of a cancer operation. The career of Louise Groody (Waco, TX, 1897-1961) reached its high point in No, No, Nanette (1925), in which she created the song “Tea for Two”, and her favorite role, Loulou in Hit the Deck (1927). Her acting work continued into the 1950s on television dramas. Oscar Shaw [Schwartz], Philadelphia, 1887-Little Neck, L.I., N.Y., 1967 had a substantial career as a stage and screen actor and singer. His debut was in 1915 in Jerome Kern’s Very Good Eddie, and he subsequently appeared in a number of musical shows and films. Having made her stage debut at the 295 PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s / PRINTED MATERIAL age of 15, Lillian Lorraine (San Francisco, 1892-1955) was soon “discovered” by Florenz Ziegfield, who pushed her career to stardom. Noted for her beauty, she soon became one of the most famous of Ziegfeld Girls. “Lorraine's personal life earned her more notoriety than either her talent or her beauty, and she was a staple in newspapers of the day with accounts of her latest turbulent romance or feuds with rival stars”. -Internet sources for this quote and most other information herein.

OLGA COOK RICHARD BARTHELMESS LILLLIAN LORRAINE

JOSEPH SANTLEY IVY SAWYER DE WOLFE HOPPER

PRINTED MATERIAL DISCOGRAPHICAL & REFERENCE BOOKS, BIOGRAPHIES; RECORD CATALOGUES & SUPPLEMENTS Books are all in good, used condition (no damage unless described). “As new” should be just that. “Excellent” would be similar to 2, light dust jacket or cover marks but no problems. “Good” would be similar to 3 (light wear). “Very good” between 2 and 3. Any damage or marking is mentioned. DJ = includes Paper Dust Jacket RECORD CATALOGUES 4501. Dutch HMV 1931 Catalogue. 270 pp. Professionally bound for NYP Library. Deaccessed. Writing on title page and inside cover. Very good. $10.00. 4561. Italian Odeon Catalogo Generale, Gennaio 1913. 195 pp. Tinted celebrity section. Rare. As new. $25.00. 4502. Spanish Columbia (Regal) 1930 (through end of June). 343 pp. Classical artists pictures and bios. Professionally bound for NYP Library. Deaccessed. Writing on title page and inside cover. Very good. $10.00. 4562. Italian Columbia Catalogo Generale, Giugno, 1930. 328 pp. Artists photos and bio. sketches. Excellent. $15.00. MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 4527. MARIAN ANDERSON – A Singer’s Journey. Biography by Allan Keiler. Lisa Drew/Scribner, 2000. 447 pp. Illustrated. Discography. DJ. New. $12.00. 296