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

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Michael Biel wrote:
> 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?
>
>   
When he first came to New York from Hungary, he was peniless. Rapee took 
him under his wing and gave him a job a the Capitol. He was asked to 
conduct in 1924 because of a sudden illness of Rapee and became regular 
when Rapee moved to Roxy in 1926. He did not become a US citizen until 
he moved to Minnesota.

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Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. #:?)
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