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As I’ve posted before here at Nitrateville, I’ve been researching the life and work of nightclub and vaudeville performer Ray Bourbon.

I’ve been approached by a production company that may be turning Ray’s story into a cable tv mini-series and I’m trying to wrap up a few loose ends.

Would anyone be able to help me locate a video copy of the 1937 Warner Brothers film “Ever Since Eve”?

This was a 1937 comedy featuring Marion Davies. According to one source I’ve seen, Ray and his piano accompanist were hired to perform a number in the picture.

I’ve seen the listing for the film at the UCLA Archives, but Ray isn’t credited. I've done some digging and can't find a DVD copy available. The UCLA listing notes that there's nitrate decomposition on the end of some of the reels of the print in their collection, so it probably hasn't been released by Warner Archives or turned up on TCM.

I’d like to see a surviving print of the film to see if Ray actually turns up performing or is seen in the background in one or more scenes. If the UCLA videocassette screening copy is the only option, I'd like to know.

Any help or leads are appreciated.

It has been shown on Turner Classic Movies, as recently as last month.
Someone must have a copy:

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January 2019 Eastern Times
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3     THURSDAY
6:00 AM
PATSY, THE ( 1928)
 
In this silent film, a romantic young woman falls for her sister's fiance, then discovers her sister is cheating on him.
Dir:  King Vidor Cast:  Marion Davies , Orville Caldwell , Marie Dressler .
BW- 77 mins,
7:30 AM
EVER SINCE EVE ( 1937)
 
A plain-jane secretary masquerades as a beauty to win her boss's heart.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Marion Davies , Robert Montgomery , Frank McHugh .
BW- 80 mins, CC,
9:00 AM
HEARTS DIVIDED ( 1936)
 
Napoleon's younger brother falls for a girl from Baltimore.
Dir:  Frank Borzage Cast:  Marion Davies , Dick Powell , Charles Ruggles .
BW- 76 mins, CC,
10:30 AM
BACHELOR FATHER, THE ( 1931)
 
An aging Don Juan decides to get better acquainted with his grown children.
Dir:  Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Marion Davies , Ralph Forbes , C. Aubrey Smith .
BW- 90 mins, CC,
12:15 PM
GOING HOLLYWOOD ( 1933)
 
A girl poses as a French maid to catch a singing star.
Dir:  Raoul Walsh Cast:  Marion Davies , Bing Crosby , Fifi D'Orsay .
BW- 78 mins, CC,
1:45 PM
CAIN AND MABEL ( 1936)
 
The publicity romance between a prizefighter and a showgirl turns into the real thing.
Dir:  Lloyd Bacon Cast:  Marion Davies , Clark Gable , Allen Jenkins .
BW- 90 mins, CC,
3:30 PM
NOT SO DUMB ( 1930)
 
A scatterbrained miss throws a big party to advance her boyfriend's career.
Dir:  King Vidor Cast:  Marion Davies , Elliott Nugent , Raymond Hackett .
BW- 76 mins, CC,
5:00 PM
FLORODORA GIRL, THE ( 1930)
 
A turn-of-the-century chorus girl searches for romance.
Dir:  Harry Beaumont Cast:  Marion Davies , Lawrence Gray , Walter Catlett .
BW- 79 mins, CC,
6:30 PM
PEG O' MY HEART ( 1933)
 
A spunky Irish girl inherits a place in a British estate.
Dir:  Robert Z. Leonard Cast:  Marion Davies , Onslow Stevens , J. Farrell MacDonald .
BW- 87 mins, CC,
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Rick

Dang, I had it on my DVR, but ditched it right after I watched it. There are a lot of nightclub scenes in the movie, but I can't remember seeing Ray specifically. I'm familiar with him as of late, thanks to Kliph Nesteroff, but I wasn't keeping an eye out for him while watching unfortunately. I remember at one point there's a Hawaiian band playing, but that doesn't help you much.

But if it's been on once, it'll be on again, maybe there'll be a Marion Davies day during Summer Under the Stars in August (you probably want to see it sooner, certainly sooner than her birthday next Jan. 3.)