Vintage original 10.5 x 13.75 in. US WWI-themed sheet music for a Ballad entitled THE DREAM OF A SOLDIER BOY.
 
Featuring lyric by Alfred Dubin, music by James V. Monaco and published in 1917 by M. Witmark & Sons, the front cover features a color-tinted photographic image that was "posed" by "Edward Earle, Greater Vitagraph Star, and Greater Vitagraph Players." Consisting of 4 pages, it is in fine+ condition.
 
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. On April 20, 1925, Smith finally gave up and sold the company to Warner Bros. for a comfortable profit. The Flatbush studio (renamed Vitaphone) was later used as an independent unit within Warner Bros., specializing in early sound shorts. Vitaphone closed the Flatbush plant in 1940."
*(source: Wikipedia)
 
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