"The Man on the Flying Trapeze"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1934
name: label: publisher
content: Robbins Music Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” by Walter O’Keefe. It was published by Robbins Music Corp. in New York, New York in 1943. This song was first published in 1867, with words by George Leybourne and music by Gaston Lyle and Alfred Lee. This version was written by comedian Walter O’Keefe. There is an image of Rudy Vallée in a pinstriped suit and bowler hat on the cover.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>”The Man on the Flying Trapeze” was featured in the 1934 Fox Film Corporation pre-code musical film, <i>George White’s Scandals,</i> directed by George White and starred Rudy Vallée, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames, Gregory Ratoff, Cliff Edwards and Dixie Dunbar. Rudy Vallée performed this song in the film.</p>
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
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0403.11
label: accession number
content: 1985.0403
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0403.11
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 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm