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One of Jessel's non-operatic pieces still extensively performed and recorded worldwide is the delightful march (originally for piano) for orchestra or military band entitled "''Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten''," or ("The Parade of the Tin Soldiers."). The piece was popularized internationally beginning in the early 1920s under the title "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," by [[Nikita Balieff]] in his "[[Le Chauve-Souris]]" vaudeville theater show. In 1923, [[Lee DeForest]] filmed "Wooden Soldiers" as performed by Le Chauve-Souris in the DeForest [[Phonofilm]] sound-on-film process. The film premiered on 15 April 1923 at the Rivoli Theater in New York City, and the film is now in the Maurice Zouary collection at the [[Library of Congress]]. By 1922the mid-1920s, the itsong was a hit single recorded by the orchestras of [[Carl Fenton]], [[Vincent Lopez]], and [[Paul Whiteman]]. It has been widely performed and recorded ever since.