[78-L] MGM-Supertone connection?

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 5 10:44:09 PDT 2010


I am searching on an MGM disk on Ebay with an MGM label, performed by 
Teddy Joyce and the Capitolians (Capitol Theater Orchestra, Broadway 
NY). The number, 1076P, coincides with a Supertone by Teddy Joyce and 
the Penn State Rec.(?) Is this that same recording and is there a 
connection between these 2 labels?
I look in MGM in the online database and those 4 digit numbers don't 
show up.

I am looking to hear whether Lou Calabrese is on there, though I think 
he had already moved west by then, having worked previously with 
Roesner. It might be that Joyce was there just after Roesner left to go 
back to California, and perhaps Lou stayed back a while, until the end 
of 1929. I do know that Calabrese helped open the Minnesota Theater in 
1928, but did not stay there. He also changed his name to "Breese". He 
did return in 1930 for an extended stay.

As an aside, Lou's new name was intended to be pronounced, Breh-se, but 
when people started calling him "Breese", he wisely chose to abstain 
from protest.

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