Silent Film Cue Sheets
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Hauber, Joseph R.
label: Collection Collector
content: Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
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content: Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera
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content: Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera / Series 2: Motion Pictures
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1930, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1211, Subseries 2.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Silent motion picture cue sheets were used by house organists in motion picture theaters during the screening of silent films.  Each cue sheet was developed specifically for each motion picture and cued the organist to know what music was to accompany what scene.