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Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Published 1930. Sheet music, 5 pp.; 31 cm; illustrated cover (deco floral design on a maroon ground) with an inset black-and-white photograph of Paul Small; with ukulele arrangement (chord symbols and ukulele chord diagrams, uke in C).
In Good condition. A 1 inch slit at the head of the spine fold, with a small chip at the lower cover and a few edge nicks, tears, and creases. Previous owner's name in ink on front cover. Mild shelf wear with some toning and soiling. Interior lightly aged but otherwise unmarked."Near the Rainbow's End" (Tiffany, 1930) was Bob Steele's talking-picture debut and the first of a series of singing-cowboy Westerns produced by Trem Carr; directed by J. P. McGowan (credited on this sheet, "suggested by J. P. McGowan"), it was among the early sound films built to show off RCA Photophone. Apart from the picture, the title song was a genuine 1930 hit, recorded that year by Anson Weeks, Johnny Marvin, the Clicquot Club Eskimos, and others. Lyric by Billy Moll and the entertainer Harry Richman, music by Murray Mencher; cover carries an inset photograph of the singer Paul Small. Inside front cover prints a sample of "Me and the Girl Next Door" (Moll and Mencher); back cover advertises four songs from the season's musical comedy successes ("Exactly Like You," "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "I'm Feelin' Blue," and "Cinderella Brown," all Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh). This is the Paul Small cover variant; other 1930 issues carry inset photographs of other performers, including Alice Redlund and Joe Candullo.