"The Lonesome Road"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1928
name: label: publisher
content: Spier and Coslow Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “The Lonesome Road,” with lyrics by Gene Austin and music by Nathaniel Shilkret. It was published by Spier and Coslow, Inc. in New York, New York in 1928.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>"The Lonseome Road" was featured in the 1929 Universal Pictures romantic drama film <i>Show Boat,</i> directed by Carl Laemmle and starred Laura La Plante and Joseph Schildkraut. The cover features images of Joseph Schildkraut and Laura La Plante with the caption, "Special Motion Picture Edition Issued in Connection with Carl Laemmle's Universal Production, 'SHOW BOAT.' <i>Show Boat</i> was released by Universal in two editions, one a silent film for movie theatres not equipped for sound, and one a part-talkie with a sound prologue.</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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth Mildred Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0021.17
label: accession number
content: 1986.0021
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0021.17
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: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm