Louis B Mayer speaks GOOD NEWS o1938 MAXWELL RADIO78rpm
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Wow, I did not know what I had here, until I listened to the records:
Louis B Meyer SPEAKS
C M Chester of Maxwell House coffee drones about family entertainment
Judy Garland
Sophie Tucker
George Murphy
Buddy Epson
Eleanor Powell
Igor Gorin
Allen Jones - sings CREATOR DONKEY SERENADE
Jeanette McDonald
with the DIRECTOR OF FIREFLY - Robert Z Leonard as MC.
Music written and conducted by the new kid on the MGM Lot - Meredith Wilson.
First Broadcast on the Eve of the Firefly release on KFI LOS ANGELES: November 4th 1937!
THIS IS NOT AN AIRCHECK, but BROADCAST Quality VINYL DISCS used for broadcasting this pre-produced show.
One other notable point is that this show seamlessly combines live studio action with film soundtracks, so that I am not quite sure in every instance if the action is live or a soundtrack. The side joints are overlapping for broadcast purposes.
This is the first inaugural production of a series of Thursday night broadcast cooperation by Maxwell House Coffe and MGM, from the MGM lot, marrying movies and Radio.
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Here is the attempt of a transcript of the show:
"Maxwell house coffee lights the fuse of the MGM Star Rocket" Stars of today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Every Thursday night weekly broadcast from the MGM Lot in Culvert City.
The studio door swings open.
MC is Robert Z Leonard, director of his new movie: The Girl of the Golden West.
Reenactment with name dropping: Tour of the lot: There is Norma Shearer on her new movie Marie Antoinette, hello Joan Crawford.
Sound recording booth: Douglas Shearer Speaking: Let's play some soundtrack from Eleanor Powell the Rosary (soundtrack)
Chorus girl rehearsal (live): From the new Harry Rex pictures: tap dancing, chorus girl singing, and George Murphy/ Budd Epson singing live.
Vocal Coach Studio: Igor Gorin doing scales. Humorous recounting of Gorin's first success by Leonard and Gorin. Gorin sings live his Caucasian Melody in Russian with chorus.
14 yo JUDY GARLAND: Broadway Melody: Everybody sings
followed by a scene of an Al Jolson like narrator comparing today Hollywood to old Broadway:
Medley of sounds: Rudy Vallee at Hollywood Restaurant, Cab Calloway at Cotton Club.
The Past: Reisenwebbers, three dance floors w Isham Jones on top, Original Dixieland Jazz Band below.
Snippets: Eilleen Cuslen sing Redhead, Gus Edward sings singing in the rain, Anne Bennington.
"On your Broadway and mine"
Station identification KFI LOS ANGELES
Louis B Meyer speaks at the inauguration of this new weekly broadcast series:
complete merging of Motion picture and radio. Welcomes the audience to the MGM Family. Gives Golden Key to
C M Chester, head of General Foods, maker of Maxwell Coffee, who speaks bla bla about Family Entertainment, and the weekly visits to MGM.
Preview Fair: Jeanette MacDonald and Allen Jones in Firefly, which premieres TOMORROW (Nov 5 1937)
Director Leonard presents several scenes (about 15 mins) of the movie)
MacDonald: LOve is like a Firefly
Allen JOnes: Magic of a Womans Kiss
CREATOR RECORDING: Allen Jones: Donkey Serenade: There is LOve in the Air
Jones/ MacDonald Duet: Sympathy
Final Scene of firefly
End of show: Customer Feedback: What Who How do you want to see on the show
Buy Maxwell Coffee in regular or drip ground.
Meredith Wilson's Finale:
Snippets of singing by
Judy Garland
Sophie Tucker
George Murphy
Buddy Epson
Eleanor Powell
Igor Gorin
Allen Jones
Jeanette McDonald
Come back next week for Good News of 1938
with host Robert Young and
Fanny Brice
Judy Garland
Igor Gorin
Betty James
And a preview of the new movie with Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy: Mannequin
Complete show on 7 double sided 78 rpm records, one hour playing time.
12" Outside in 78 rpm record records. These are NOT ACETATES, but pressed records.
Condition:
EXCELLENT, few shortest scratches on side 4 & 12. Super quiet, unworn surface
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A note on grading Victrola/ Pathe/ Shellac 78 rpm discs:
Pls note that I try to be extremely conservative and consistent in my grading. All records are graded with the same criteria, regardless of genre.
I noticed that my grading seems to be more conservative than what I have seen from other sellers, so here some notes.
Surface VISUAL GRADING:
EXCELLENT - clean and shiny, as new. E minus is the same, with light scuffing.
Very Good Plus - Clean, with a little more scuffing. Some grooves spots may have some light greying. Little if any distortion.
Very Good - a clean copy, some scuffing, some greying on a single groove or a few small groove bands. Enjoyable record, maybe light distortion on some top notes.
=> Everything up to here is a great and enjoyable record
Very Good Minus - May have areas of visible wear, may have some scuffing or lightly dulled surface. Still a great record, but ticks, pops and some distortion.
Good Plus - a worn and scuffed copy. May have other defects separately stated. Plays well, but with noise, may require filtering.
All other defects (if any: Chips, cracks, scratches, lamination cracks, label damage, needle digs) will be stated SEPARATELY.
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