Photo Gallery – Irving Kaufman

Photograph of Irving Kaufman From Vitaphone Short Film – R.B.

This is a photograph of Irving (left), Jack Kaufman (right), and Eve Sinclair (middle) taken from the Vitaphone short #560 “The Kaufman Brothers, with Irving and Jack, assisted by Eve Sinclair.” They sang “High, High Up In The Hills”, “Russian Lullaby” (Irving solos), and “Deedle, Deedle Dum”. This was a 35 mm film made in 1927. The film exists at the Library of Congress, but the sound is missing. Irving Kaufman recorded four tunes with Bix under the Irving Kaufman name.

September 29, 1927. Broadway Bellhops. “There Ain’t No Land Like Dixieland to Me.” “There’s A Cradle in Caroline.”

September 30, 1927. Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra. “Just An Hour of Love.” “I’m Wondering Who.” Kaufman recorded two other tunes with Bix under the name Noel Taylor, one of Kaufman’s numerous pseudonyms.

April 3, 1928. Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra. “Our Bungalow of Dreams.” “Lila.”

For an informative article about Irving Kaufman, go to http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/kaufman.htm. I thank Ryan Barna for giving me permission to post the photo and for providing the information about the film.