"I Am Only the Words (You Are the Melody)"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1930
name: label: publisher
content: DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “I Am Only the Words (You Are the Melody),” with words and music by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. It was published by DeSylva Brown and Henderson, Inc. in New York, New York in 1930. The cover features an image of Maureen O’Sullivan on an aircraft. The song was featured in the 1930 Fox Film Corporation Pre-Code science fiction musical comedy film, <i>Just Imagine,</i> directed by David Butler and starred El Brendel, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Garrick, and Marjorie White.
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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 Roger B. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0874.06
label: accession number
content: 1985.0874
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0874.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 23.1775 cm