"Where Is the Song of Songs For Me"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1928
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Velez, Lupe
label: composer
content: Berlin, Irving
label: publisher
content: Irving Berlin, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Where Is the Song of Songs for Me,” with words and music by Irving Berlin. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1928. This song was featured in the 1929 United Artists part-talkie film <i>Lady of the Pavements,</i> directed by D. W. Griffith and starred Lupe Vélez, William Boyd, and Jetta Goudal. The cover features an image of Mexican-born actress, comedian, singer, and dancer María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908-1944) who sang this song for the reshot version of the movie, indicated as <i>Masquerade</i> on the cover.
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: 1984.0023.09
label: accession number
content: 1984.0023
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0023.09
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