MOTHER'S BOY 'exploitation record' (1929)
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A promotional record, produced by Victor, for the Pathé film MOTHER'S BOY, which starred Morton Downey, designed to be played in cinemas. Featured are excerpts of two songs Downey sang in the film, 'I'll always be Mother's boy' and 'There'll be you and I' (the A and B sides of Victor 21940). The announcer is not identified.
This is a 10 inch shellac disc, recorded at 78 rpm. The same recording is on both sides of it. There is no catalogue number; the matrix number is BVE.51842-3R. The estimated date of its production is 24 May 1929.
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I`m very lucky to own the Victor 78 of these songs by this WONDERFUL artest! This is a strange record indeed promoting Victor records using the Path`e name! I have a Amercin Recording Company record (ARC red white and blue label, For Theater use) "If The Moon Turns Green"(Both Sides) By Vincent Rose Orchestra, Instermental. and the same record on a Perfect but with Chick Bullock`s vocal. Very interesting post! Thanks for sharing.
Yes I remember the news reels, and I also have a Path`e phonograph. along with over 150 records. (Some Beautifully Orange & Black). Thank You so much for the kind reply.
@roybo1930 You're welcome! I have that 78 with both the songs featured here as well....quite instructive to hear the generation loss on the MOTHER'S BOY promo from dubbing from other 78s. Pathé were famed for newsreels but also were a movie producer then; they were more than simply another record manufacturer.
Is the movie still in existence? I understand that the movie from which this (title) song is taken was actually filmed before "The Jazz Singer" in 1927, but was not released until 1929. Anyone know about this?
@borbetomagus
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Joe Postove The film isn't considered 'lost', but finding a copy might be difficult. Based on the reviews, it's probably isn't worth searching out. I assume you saw the Morton Downey Jr/Tiny Tim video which implies it was produced before "The Jazz Singer"(1927). Edwin M. Bradley's book "The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932" has an entry on this film, but implies that it is [film production company] "Pathé's wretched knock-off of The Jazz Singer". Sadly, it doesn't go into any details on when the production of the film was done, but the book "A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film" by Richard Barrios says that "Mother's Boy" was shot in February, 1929. The film was released on May 5, 1929. For more confirmation, you'd have to do research on early sound films, but one source said Pathé Film Exchange started with sound in 1929. Here's some extensive background on the film -- classicfilmaficionados.com/2015/05/10/mothers-boy-the-first-pathe-all-talking-all-singing-moving-picture-happy-mothers-day/ If I'm not mistaken, the woman on the movie poster with Morton Downey is Barbara Bennett. They would later wed and were the parents of Sean Morton Downey Jr. (i.e. Morton Downey Jr.). Sadly, there *appears* to be a variety of misinformation associated with Morton Downey Jr -- at least with his music credits -- still claimed as fact. His website implies he wrote a popular song 'Money, Marbles and Chalk' (1948), when he was 16, but every single says that Garner 'Pop' Eckler composed it. It's also claimed that he was associated in some fashion with The Chantay's 'Pipeline' and The Sufaris' 'Wipe Out' -- either writing credits or recording them. Both were associated with Downey Records, run by Bill and Jack Wenzel located in Downey, California. I guess to get to the bottom of all of this one would need to find songwriter credits and other primary sources clearing all of these claims. The title of this radio show doesn't help -- 'Songs by Morton Downey [Sr]' /watch?v=5gFQdCX9XnY