O'Man River
date: label: publishing date
content: 1925
name: label: publisher
content: T. B. Harms Company
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Ol’ Man River,” with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and music by Jerome Kern. It was published by Harms Company in New York, New York in 1925.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This song 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0238.09
label: accession number
content: 1985.0238
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0238.09
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 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm