The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1938 Page: 2 of 6
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In Hollywood the neighbors' chiUiren flock 'round the talent Columbus.
By Daniel I. McNamara
GCS EDWARDS, whose melodies
the nation has sung and whistled
since before the Spanish-American
War, is proud o£ his song successes
. . . but he lakes greater pride in
another phase of his theatrical
career. That is his record for help-
Ins to stardom some of the celeb-
rities of the entertainment world.
Edwards has developed more stars
of theatre, pictures and radio than
any other person in the history of
the American theatre.
A* a composer, Edwards' fame
lb secure. His "School Days," "Tam-
many," "I Can't Tell You Why I
Love You," "Good Bye, Little Girl
Good Bye," "Sunbonnet Sue"—all
war* created in the ante-radio
StMan era uf sheet music sales.
ore than three million copies of
"Bcliool Days" have been sold.
Now more than thirty years old,
W atill sell* at the rate ot ten thou-
sand a year. No pageant of old
songs Is complete without au least
two or three Gus Edwards' num-
bers. And now, thoroughly abreast
of the times, he is writing music
for current Sims in Hollywood and
conducting his own radio features.
At nine Edwards was brought to
Maw York from Germany by Uis
parents. He was the oldest of a
family of eight. He found the rev-
enue from singing nights at iodgo
awnings sufficient to induce h'na,
at thirteen, to quit his cigar fac-
tory Job ($4J 0 a week) to make
■BWie bis career, As a bo' tenor he
•kneed the stage in the "Gay Nino-
MnT with Lottie Gllson, Helen
Mara, Ioiogene Comer, Maggie
Otoe and Emma Cams, all famous
itotflluers. and then, with the ex-
pansion of vaudeville, became a
headllner in his own right.
His vaudeville acts featuring his
own songs became standard attrac-
tions, and his historic offering,
"Schoolboys and Girls," became a
vehicle for the development of
many stars.
Stars that first twinkled as Ed-
wards' proteges include: Eddie
Cantor, George Jessel, Walter Win-
chelt, Armida, Georgie Price, Llla
Lee, Helen M-enken, Eleanor Powell,
Jack Pearl, Herman Timberg, Dun-
can Sisters, Mae Murray, Hilde-
garde, Louise Groody, Sally Rand,
Groucho Marx, Eddie Buzzell, Mitzi
Mayfair, Bert Wheeler, Ricardo
Cortex, Louis Silvers, Marvin Le-
Roy, Paul Haakon, lna Ray Hutton,
and the four Lanes — Rosemary,
Lola. Leota and Priscilla.
Edwards was one of the charter
members of Victor Herbert's per-
forming rights organization, the
American Society ot Composers,
Authors and Publishers, which has
expanded through the years to In-
clude now more than one thousand
creators of song. He and the late
Will Cobb, also a pioneer member
of the Society, were collaborators
on "School Days," and Vincent
Bryan, A.S.C.A.P., wrote the lyrics
for Edwards' famous political song,
"Tammany."
Although he has done the work
of a dozen men through his busy
career, Edwards shows no signs of
relinquishing bis lively Interest in
music and the theatre. Just as once
he and Cobb wrote In twenty Bto*
utes a great song hit for the late
Anna Held—"I Just Can't lfake My
Eyes Behave" so today he la
prepared to stags a show, write •
song, or prepare a program ot
radip entertainment almost at the
'take «t a batok,
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meeting of the Luncheon Club last
Tueariay night.
Don't fail to attend the Carnival
at the School House Friday liijrht as ]
the proceeds go to buy playiirroumi
equipment for the prade school.
These pictures of the new 1939 De Soto clearly oliow the smooth
flowing contours of the car's new streamline styling, which sweeps back
In one unbroken line from the gleaming, chromium radiator grille to the
soncealed luggage locker In the rear. Bigger, wider, longer and roomier
than any previous model, this De 8oto eliminates the old-fashioned
trunk "bustle," providing at the same time 23 cubic feet of usable trunk
space, or 27 per cent more than the big trunk on the 1938 models.
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Wade, H. Cobb. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1938, newspaper, October 27, 1938; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth127014/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.