Object Details
- publisher
- T. B. Harms Company
- Description
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.
This song was featured in the 1929 Universal Pictures romantic drama film Show Boat, 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.” Show Boat 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- publishing date
- 1925
- ID Number
- 1985.0238.09
- accession number
- 1985.0238
- catalog number
- 1985.0238.09
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 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_681390
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-fa23-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
