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Sunny Days (musical)
''Sunny Days'' is a musical in three acts with music by Jean Schwartz and both book and lyrics by Clifford Grey and William Carey Duncan. The musical was an adaptation of Grey's earlier stage play ''A Kiss in a Taxi'' (1925, produced by A. H. Woods) which was in turn adapted from Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber's ''Le Monsieur de cinq heures'' (1924, Théâtre du Palais-Royal). The work premiered at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on February 8, 1928. It ran there for a total of 101 performances; closing on May 5, 1928. The cast included Jeanette MacDonald as Ginette Bertin, Frank McIntyre as Leon Dorsay, Billy B. Van as Rudolph Max, Lynne Overman as Maurice Vane, Rosalie Claire as Angele Larue, and Audrey Maple Audrey Maple (born Elsie H. Schroeder; 1899 – April 18, 1971) was an American actress, singer, and vaudeville performer. Early life Audrey Maple was born Elsie H. Schroeder in Trenton, New Jersey. Her father was a musician. Career Audrey Ma ... as Madame Dorsay.Dietz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Schwartz
Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born American songwriter. Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old. He took various music-related jobs including demonstrating and selling sheet music in department stores before being hired as a staff pianist and song-plugger by the Shapiro-Bernstein Publishing House of Tin Pan Alley. He published his first composition, a cakewalk, in 1899. He became known as an accomplished lyricist, although he also continued to write music. In 1901, he began a successful collaboration with William Jerome. They co-wrote many songs which were used in Broadway shows, including "Mr. Dooley," which was sung by the title character in ''The Wizard of Oz'', as well as the Ziegfeld Follies. They worked with Eddie Morton for the song "I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew" in 1909. Their biggest hit together was the 1910 song " Chinatown, My Chinatown", still popular with Dixie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McIntyre (actor)
Frank McIntyre (25 February 1879, Ann Arbor, Michigan – 9 June 1949, Ann Arbor) was an American actor of stage and screen. He was the son of William H. McIntyre, a merchant, and his wife Sarah McIntyre (née Maloney). He starred in the silent films '' The Traveling Salesman'' (1916, as Bob Blake) and ''Too Fat to Fight'' (1918, as Norman 'Dimples' Dalrymple). He had leading roles in numerous plays and musicals on Broadway from 1902 to 1929; including the roles of Alphonse Bouchotte in ''Oh! Oh! Delphine ''Oh! Oh! Delphine'' is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by C.M.S. McLellan and music by Ivan Caryll. It is based on the French farce ''Villa Primrose'' by Marcel Guillemaud and Georges Berr. A Broadway production opened at the Knickerbock ...'' (1912) and Leon Dorsay in '' Sunny Days'' (1928). He also starred in the revue '' The Greenwich Village Follies of 1925''. References External links * * 1879 births 1949 deaths American male silent film actors American sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Musicals
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Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology, religion, film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ..., and international studies. History Founded in May 1893, In 1933 the first four volumes of the ''History of the State of New York'' were published. In early 1940s revenues rises, partially thanks to the ''Encyclopedia'' and the government's purchase of 12,500 copies for use by the military. Columbia University Press is notable for publishing reference works, such as '' The Columbia Encyclopedia'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advanced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schirmer Books
G. Schirmer, Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. The oldest active music publisher in the United States, Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-known European music publishers in North America, such as the Music Sales Affiliates ChesterNovello, Breitkopf & Härtel, Sikorski and many Russian and former Soviet composers' catalogs. History The company was founded in 1861 in the United States by German-born Gustav Schirmer Sr. (1829–1893), the son of a German immigrant. In 1891, the company established its own engraving and printing plant. The next year it inaugurated the Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics. '' The Musical Quarterly,'' the oldest academic journal on music in the U.S., was founded by Schirmer in 1915 together with musicologist Oscar Sonneck, who edited the journal until his death in 1928. In 1964, Schirmer acquired Associated Music Publishers (BMI) which had bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Maple
Audrey Maple (born Elsie H. Schroeder; 1899 – April 18, 1971) was an American actress, singer, and vaudeville performer. Early life Audrey Maple was born Elsie H. Schroeder in Trenton, New Jersey. Her father was a musician. Career Audrey Maple performed in vaudeville in a novelty act called ''Pianophiends''. In the operetta ''The Love Waltz'' (1908-1909), she was half of a highly publicized "eight-minute kiss" during a dance scene. She appeared in Broadway productions, mostly musical comedies, including '' The Arcadians'' (1910), '' The Firefly'' (1912-1913), ''Molly O'' (1916), '' Katinka'' (1916), ''Good Night, Paul'' (1917), ''Her Regiment'' by Victor Herbert (1917), ''Monte Cristo Jr.'' (1919), ''Tangerine The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color. Its scientific name varies. It has been treated as a separate species under the name ''Citrus tangerina'' or ''Citrus'' × ''tangerina'', or treated as a variety of ''Citrus retic ...'' (1921-1922), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Overman
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Billy B
"Don't Play with It" is a single by American rapper Lola Brooke featuring American rapper Billy B. It was released in May 2021 and produced by Dizzy Banko. The song was a sleeper hit, gaining traction through the video-sharing app TikTok in 2022 and becoming the breakout hit of both artists. Background In an interview with ''Brooklyn Magazine'', when asked how the song came about, Lola Brooke stated, "I was tired of people playing with me, for real. That's really what it was." Brooke was at home when Dizzy Banko was playing her some beats over the phone, and after hearing one of the beats, immediately told him to send it to her. She said, "I was listening to that and I was like 'Don't play with it, don't play with it, don't play with it!'" The song was originally a freestyle; according to Brooke, "I was walking back and forth in the house, and I was like, 'Don't play with it, don't play with it' and I just kept going." After recording the song in the studio, she left an open verse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier ('' The Love Parade'', '' Love Me Tonight'', '' The Merry Widow'' and '' One Hour With You'') and Nelson Eddy ('' Naughty Marietta'', '' Rose-Marie'', and '' Maytime''). During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four nominated for Best Picture Oscars ('' The Love Parade'', '' One Hour with You'', '' Naughty Marietta'' and ''San Francisco''), and recorded extensively, earning three gold records. She later appeared in opera, concerts, radio, and television. MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century, introducing opera to film-going audiences and inspiring a generation of singers. Early years MacDonald was born Jeannette Anna McDonald on June 18, 1903, at her family's Philadelphia home at 5123 Arch Street. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Anna May (née ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Grey
Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist, actor and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray. Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and lyricist for composers including Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Howard Talbot, Ivan Caryll and George Gershwin. Among his best-remembered songs are two from early in his career, in 1916: " If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)" and "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm". His later hits include "Got a Date with an Angel" and " Spread a Little Happiness". For 35 years after 1979 it was widely believed that Grey secretly competed as an American bobsleigher, under the name Clifford "Tippy" Gray, in two Winter Olympics, in 1928 and 1932, winning gold medals, but it was finally shown that the sportsman was a different person. Life and career Early years Grey was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, the son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Theatre
The Imperial Theatre is a Broadway theater at 249 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1923, the Imperial Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers. It has 1,457 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The auditorium interior is a New York City designated landmark. The theater is largely situated on 46th Street. A narrow lobby extends to the main entrance on 45th Street, where there is a three-story facade of white terracotta. The 46th Street facade, which is made of buff-colored brick, was intended as the carriage entrance. The lobby, originally decorated in dark and white tiles, leads to the rear of the theater's orchestra level. The auditorium contains Adam-style detailing, a large balcony, and box seats with carved panels above them. The flat proscenium arch above the stage is topped by a curved sounding board. The Shuber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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