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Captains of the clouds
Cover features: title and composition information with notes about the song's use in the movie "Captains of the clouds" against a stylized radar screen with inset facsimile photograph of James Cagney in aviator gear (black, blue, and white ink).

Captains of the clouds

Date1942
Names
FormatEphemera
Notes
For voice and piano.
Key: G major.
Below caption title: "From the Warner Bros. Picture 'Captains of the clouds'".
Front cover illustration by IM-HO. 
On front cover: "Official song of the Royal Canadian Air Force", and "Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents James Cagney in 'Captains of the clouds' in Technicolor with Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner, Reginald Denny, directed by Michael Curtiz, a Warner Bros.-First National picture."
Advertisements from publisher's catalogue included within score pages.
On back cover: thematic advertisement for "Wings over the Navy".  
Subject
    GeographyCountryUnited States
    Medium
    Sheet music
    Dimensions31 cm x 24 cm (12 3/16 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
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