"My Blue Bird's Singing the Blues"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1933
name: label: depicted
content: Baby Rose Marie
label: lyricist
content: Robin, Leo
label: composer
content: Rainger, Ralph
label: associated institution
content: Paramount Pictures
label: publisher
content: Famous Music Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song "My Blue Bird's Singing the Blues," with lyrics by Leo Robin and music by Ralph Rainer. It was published by Famous Music Corp. in New York, New York, in 1933. The song was featured in the 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy film <i>International House</i>, starring W. C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Bela Lugosi, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Cab Calloway. The cover features an image of Baby Rose Marie, who performed this song in the movie. Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazzetta, 1923-2017) was an American actress, comedian, singer, and vaudeville performer. She began her career as a child and continued through adulthood.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rose Marie Guy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0248.17
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0248.17
label: accession number
content: 2006.0248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 23.1775 cm