GEORGE M. COHAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 304808
Price: $900.00
GEORGE M. COHAN
Small 7x5 publicity photograph shown singing while playing the piano
Photograph signed: "To/ASCAPS/SYLVIA./COHAN/AT/PIANO./All good
wishes for/a nice little Lady./Sincerely George. M.". B/w, 7x5. George M.
Cohan (1878-1942) began his career as a child in Vaudeville as part of The
Four Cohans. By the time he was a teen, his original skits and songs were being
published and sold. In 1904, Little Johnny Jones which introduced
"Give My Regards to Broadway" and "The Yankee Doodle Boy" was his first Broadway
hit. Cohan wrote the book, music and lyrics for 20 musicals and was one of
the leading Tin Pan Alley songwriters, publishing upwards of 1500 original
songs. His shows include Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, Hello,
Broadway and The Song and Dance Man. His autobiography was published
in 1925 -Twenty Years on Broadway and the Years It Took to Get There.
Cohan songs include "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Give My Regards to Broadway",
"Over There" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". Worn and creased at edges. Notch
at center bottom edge. Ink notes(unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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