"I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This sheet music is for the song “I’m Livin’ In A Great Big Way,” with words and music by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1935. The song was featured in the 1935 RKO Radio Pictures musical comedy film Hooray for Love, directed by Walter Lang and starred Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond. The cover features images of Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond.

Materials, dates and provenance

• publishing date: 1935
• publisher: Irving Berlin, Inc.
• Object Name: sheet music
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 23.1775 cm
• place made: United States: New York, New York
• ID Number: 1985.0874.10
• accession number: 1985.0874
• catalog number: 1985.0874.10
• Credit Line: Gift of Roger B. White
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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