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Dick Rich and His “Melodious Monarchs”
(1928) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Dick Rich [himself, the band leader], Cheri Rich [the female vocalist]

The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Song “Ramona” by Mabel Wayne (music) and L. Wolfe Gilbert (lyrics). / Released August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Vitaphone production number 2595. / Full-sound film.

Performance: Music.

Synopsis: Dick Rich conducts the band and sings “Ramona,” then vocalist Cheri Rich and Rich perform “There Must Be a Silver Lining,” and a comedy routine, then the song “Sunshine.”

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 13 October 2014.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.