[78-L] Cantor/Jolson films in the MGM/FOX - A report

[Harold Aherne]

The AFI catalogue for 1931-40 sez:
 
"Although the onscreen credits did not have a comma in the film's title, both contemporary and modern sources refer to it as Hallelujah, I'm a Bum. The film's working titles were The New Yorker, Happy Go Lucky and The Optimist. In 1941, it was re-issued as The Heart of New York, which had also been a working title, in a re-edited version that ran for 68 min."
 
So that explains one of the alternate titles. The DVD came out in 2002, for the record.
 
-Harold
 

--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Cantor/Jolson films in the MGM/FOX - A report
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 2:44 PM

Since William has a 16mm print of "Hallelujah I'm A Tramp",
I've always 
wondered if there were any differences other than the title card.  The 
discographies say that the British 78, Brunswick 01507, only had the 
title on the label changed and that the record still used the regular 
matrix B-12671-A where Jolson still sang "Bum".