Paramount Headliner Explained

Paramount Headliner refers to 1930s musical shorts or "one-reelers" by Paramount Pictures. Not all of the shorts had the term "Paramount Headliner" attached. In this context headliner primarily referred to bands and singers headlining on Broadway. Similar musical shorts were produced by other major studios.

List of Paramount musical shorts

• 1935 Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1, featuring Sophie Tucker and Al Jolson
• 1936 Cavalcade of Music^[1]
• 1938 Paramount Headliner: Queens of the Air
• 1938 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
• 1938 Paramount Headliner: Himber Harmonies, director Leslie Roush
• 1939 Tempo of Tomorrow - music of Richard Himber and his orchestra.^[2]
• 1939 Artie Shaw's Class in Swing director Leslie Roush^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Motion Picture Herald - Volume 123 1936 - Page 73 "Paramount CAVALCADE OF MUSIC, THE: Headliners— A Paramount Headliner that is better than the average one reeler. Running time, 1 reel. — C. A. Jordan, Opera House, Cogswell,
2. Jim Cox Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962 2012 p.268 "... years hence—together with Al Neibur and Abner Silver—Ross co-wrote the song Listen to My Heart. Backed by an orchestra conducted by Richard Himber, Patricia Gilmore sang it in the 1939 short film Tempo of Tomorrow."
3. Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress Rebecca D. Clear - 1993- Page 10FBC 4365 A Paramount Headliner featuring Artie Shaw and his Orchestra performing the numbers "I Have Eyes," "Nightmare, " "Shoot the Likker to Me John Boy" and "Table d'Hote" with Buddy Rich on drums.
4. Modern Drummer 1985 "The Shaw band appears again in A Class In Swing, a Paramount headliner with Buddy Rich on drums. The closer is "Shoot The Likker To John Boy," featuring Rich working with only one floor torn.
5. Klaus Stratemann Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa: a filmo-discography 1980 - Page 8 "ARTIE SHAW'S CLASS IN SWING 1939 (A Paramount Headliner) Paramount Pictures Corp. (c) 8 Sep 39, MP 9634 Released same date, release No. A 9-1 Dir.: Leslie Roush