ONLINE AUCTION OF FURNITURE COLLECTIBLES INCUDING MILITARIA AND STEIFF
Lot 282:
Gracie Fields Smile When You Say Goodbye Vintage Sheet Music from The Show Goes On 1937
Description
This is an original piece of vintage sheet music for the song Smile When You Say Goodbye, published by Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd., London. The song was written and composed by Harry Parr-Davies and was featured by the British actress and singer Gracie Fields in the 1937 Associated Talking Pictures (A.T.P.) production The Show Goes On. The front cover displays a central sepia-toned photographic portrait of Gracie Fields set within a decorative border featuring bold Art Deco-influenced typography. The left-hand margin is marked No. 2410. A panel on the right-hand side lists other song hits from the film, including The Show Goes On, My Love For You, and A Song In Your Heart. The bottom right corner features the signature-style logo of the publisher, Lawrence Wright, with the words Copyright and Printed in England below. The original printed price of 6D NET is visible at the top right.
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