"I Am Only the Words (You Are the Melody)"
Object Details
- publisher
- DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
- Description
- 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, Just Imagine, directed by David Butler and starred El Brendel, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Garrick, and Marjorie White.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Roger B. White
- publishing date
- 1930
- ID Number
- 1985.0874.06
- accession number
- 1985.0874
- catalog number
- 1985.0874.06
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 23.1775 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Movies
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1331207
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-240e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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