[78-L] Columbia sublabels [was MGM-Supertone connection?]

[Michael Biel]

Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:
> The Capitol Theater was the center of the world for movie music for many 
> years. This started as soon as Erno Rapee came there and continued with 
> David Mendoza. Movies were sent there from Hollywood to be 
> "synchronized" for several years, even after the talkies became common.
>
>   
Its orchestra was used by Western Electric for WEAF broadcasts and early 
experiments in electrical recording (1922-25) and stereo recording 
(1927-29).  A recent discovery are excerpts of the Capitol Theater 
performance of Sweethearts June 29, 1924, a few days after the death of 
Romberg, and excerpts from Roxy's Gang that same night from his studio 
in the theater. 

And wasn't Dr. Eugene Ormandy the conductor there in the later 20s?

Mike Biel  mviel at mbiel.com