[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 19, Issue -- Willie HOWARD
Burlinson Nigel
burlinson at orange.fr
Thu Apr 29 21:53:35 PDT 2010
Thomas:
If you want to see some images of Willie Howard on Sheet Music
covers go to the following link:
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inharmony/search.do?nameFacet=Willie Howard
Double click on the pics to enlarge them.
Nigel Burlinson
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> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:05:50 -0400
> From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth at attglobal.net>
> Subject: [78-L] Willie Howard
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> Below is all the information I've been able to gather from internet
> sources and your input
> about Willie Howard.
> There are many missing details - all input, updates additions corrections
> appreciated!!!
> Victor recordings??
> What did he perform in the Radio broadcasts, films?
> Details of the "Personalities on Parade" LPs'?
> "amalgamated" LP catalog number, source?
> Jubilee ep catalog number??
> etc.
> Thanks, Thomas.
>
>
> WILLIE HOWARD
>
> Howard, Willie [n? Wilhelm Levkowitz] (13 April 1886, Neustadt, Germany-14
> January 1949, Paramus, New Jersey), comedian. Born in
> Germany, he grew up on New York's Lower East Side and made his debut in
> vaudeville in 1897 as a boy soprano. He later appeared
> with Anna Held in The Little Duchess (1901). In 1903 the tiny,
> tousle-haired, impish-faced Willie joined his taller, heavy-set,
> dapper brother Eugene HOWARD [n? Isidore] (1880?1965), who had made his
> debut in the chorus of The Belle of New York (1897) in a
> vaudeville act called ?The Messenger Boy and the Thespian.? At about the
> same time, Willie began his well-liked imitations of
> other popular performers. The brothers remained in vaudeville for ten
> years. Two of their most famous turns were ?French Taught in
> a Hurry,? in which Willie played a language teacher whose French was more
> Yiddish and broken English than Gallic, and a spoof of
> the quartet from Rigoletto, in which Willie was a singer who could not
> keep his eyes off the prima donna's huge bust. In 1912 they
> joined the first Passing Show, remaining with later editions and in other
> Shubert revues until 1922. They then returned to
> vaudeville until appearing in George White's Scandals of 1926 and several
> later editions. They also appeared in Ballyhoo of 1932,
> the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, and The Show Is On (1937). Willie played
> without Eugene in Sky High (1925) and Girl Crazy (1930)
> and, after Eugene's retirement in 1940, in Crazy with the Heat (1941), My
> Dear Public (1943), and a 1948 revival of Sally.
>
>
>
> VICTOR
> none listed in EVDR (through 1924),
> didn't find any in 78discography
> anyone have details?????????????????
>
>
> COLUMBIA
> Willie Howard, comedian with orchestra accompaniment
>
> 04/22/1925
> 140547 The Barber of Seville (from "Sky High") Co 370D
> (Rubens, Kelsey, Grey)
> 140548 Let It Rain (Kendis-Dyson) Co 370D
>
>
> 09/03/1925
> w140897 My Yiddishe Momme Co 473D
> W140898 When Nathan Was Married to Rose of Washington Square
> Co 455D C2K 86323
> Intersound CDD 3454
>
> 09/04/1925
> w140903 Valeska (My Russian Rose) Co 455D
> W140904 After The Opera Co 473D
>
>
> Film/Soundie ?????
> 1926: Between the Acts at the Opera (as The Howard Brothers)
> aka "The Howard Brothers in Between the Acts of the Opera"
>
>
> 1931 FILM:
> Willie & Eugene Howard in "I'm telling you" Vaudeville Nation Program
> 3 (DVD)
> (performer: "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" (uncredited))
>
>
> 1935 FILM:
> Millions in the Air .... Tony Pagano
>
>
> Radio [Broadcast] follies of 1935 Amalgamated (LP) XXXX
> Al Jolson, Wallace Berry, co-hosts.
> Bette Davis, Dixie Lee Crosby, Lee Wiley, Judy Garland, Paul Robeson,
> Deanna Durbin, Joe Penner, Willie Howard.
> Silly hilly billy (Willie Howard)
>
>
> 07/20/35 SHELL CHATEAU NBC broadcast J David Goldin archive
> 5842
> Comic dialogue (Willie Howard and Eddie Moran)
>
>
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 11/14/1935 RWB 7270 B1-4
>
>
> 1936 FILM:
> Rose of the Rancho .... Pancho Spiegelgass
>
>
> 1937 FILM:
> Playboy Number One .... Professor Pierre Ginsberg
> The Smart Way .... Professor Pierre Ginsberg
> Broadway Melody of 1938 .... The Waiter MGM VHS
> The Affairs of Pierre .... Prof. Pierre Ginsbairge
>
>
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 07/29/1937 RWA 2226 B1-4
> 08/19/1937 RWA 2228 A1-4
> 09/16/1937 RWA 2230 A1-4
>
>
> 1938 FILM:
> Pardon My Accident .... Professor Pierre Ginsbairge
> The Miss They Missed (1938) .... Professor Pierre
>
>
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> The Rudy Vallee Show, NBC Red networkd 8:00-9:00pm
> 07/28/1938 RWA 2805 B1-4
> 01/26/1939 RWA 2850 A1-4
>
>
> 1942/1943 ???
> GALA album 1 3-10" 78rpm
> Willie Howard in an album of comedy and songs
> [Messrs. Edward J. and Harry Lee Danziger present a Gala record revue
> starring Willie Howard in an album of comedy and songs]
> Gala 1000 A&B: French taught in a hurry.
> Gala 1001 A Tyrone Shapiro (The Bronx Caballero)
> Gala 1001 B Moscow Art Players (impressions)
> Gala 1002 A Comes the revolution (comedy political speech)
> Gala 1002 B Jessel, Jolson, Cantor (imitations)
>
>
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> 06/13/1944 Raleigh Room RWA 6581-82 B4-A1
> NBC broadcast 10:30-11:00pm
>
>
> Libraray of Congress NBC Radio Collection
> 09/14/1947 Texaco Star Theater RWB 6356 A1-4
> NBC broadcast 8:00-9:00pm
>
>
> c.1947
> Willie Howard, Al "Doubletalk" Kelly-*
> Ruby Melnick's Orchestra
> JR-58 Salty-Saul-Peter (Henry Tobias) JUBILEE 3507
> JR-59 Professor Pierre Marquette -* JUBILEE 3507
>
>
> Archive Footage:
> It Pays to Be Funny (1947) .... Pierre (edited from: Affairs of Pierre)
>
>
> 1948 TV:
> "The Milton Berle Show"
> ... aka "Texaco Star Theater"
> ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show"
> - Episode #1.15 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Singer/Comedian
> - Episode #1.14 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Singer
> - Episode #1.11 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Singer/Comedian
> "Toast of the Town"
> ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show"
> - Episode #1.8 (1948) TV episode (as The Howard Brothers) .... Himself
>
>
> Libraray of Congress Danny Kaye/Sylvia Fine Kaye Radio Collection
> 02/06/1949 Hi! Jinx RGA 3224 (RWD 9068 A3)
> Jinx Falkenburg, Tex McCrary, hosts
> WNBC 12:00pm
> Summary
> Program opens with Kaye's recording of Dina, followed by electrical
> transcriptions of other great comedians, Willie Howard, Moran
> & Mack, Will Rogers, W.C. Fields, and Joe Penner, measuring Kaye against
> these. Program continues with electrical transcription
> interview by Jinx made backstage at Roxy Theater, where Kaye is now
> appearing, with Jinx reviewing Danny's career in show
> business.[Transcribed from NBC card in Recorded Sound Reference Center.]
>
>
> Columbia Transcriptions: TV25925--TV25926 10"-LP c.1950
> The voices of the all-time comedy greats in their funniest moments.
> "Presented by Ken-L-Ration." Contents: W.C. Fields -- Willie & Eugene
> Howard -- Burns & Allen -- Will Rogers -- Jimmy Durante --
> Weber & Fields -- Harry Hershfield -- Moran & Mack (the Two Black
> Crows) -- Georgie Jessel.
>
>
> ?????
> a ten-inch LP in the 50s, from an ad in an old Long Player or Schwann.
>
>
> Show Biz Records SB-1003 LP 1965
> This is my show business
> Narrated by George Jessel & featuring the voices of persons in
> show business and public life.
> Willie Howard - ?????
>
>
> Personalities on parade. Vol. 3 LP 1988
> Got a gal in Cal-i-for-ni-ay (Willie Howard)
>
>
> Personalities on parade. Vol. 4 LP 1989
> I'm on the crest of a wave (Harry Richman, Willie Howard, & George White)
>
>
>
>
>
> Columbia 370D, 455D, 473D 10"-78rpm 1925
> Columbia Legacy C2K 86323 2-CD 2002
> From Avenue A to the Great White Way
> -Yiddish & American popular songs from 1914-1950
> Intersound CDD 3454 CD 1993
> Mazel Tov-more music of the Jewish people
> Jubilee 3507 10"-78rpm c.1947
> ???? 7"-45rpm ????
>
>
>
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