''Smiling Faces'' is an American

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), charac ...

with

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

by Harry Revel,

lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, ...

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1 ...

(and addditionally, for the song "Do Say You Do", by Harold Adamson), and a musical book by

Harry Clarke Henry Patrick Clarke (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau ...

. Produced by Lee Shubert and Jacob J. Shubert, the production opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre where it ran from August 30, 1932, through September 24, 1932, for a total of 31 performances. The cast included Dorothy Stone as Peggy Post, Roy Royston as Robert Bowington,

Fred Stone Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, went on to act in vaudeville, and became a star on Broadway and in feature films, which earned hi ...

as Monument Spleen, Adora Andrews as Cordonia Potts, Charles Collins as Arthur Lawrence, Hope Emerson as Amy Edwards, Doris Patston as Mildred McKay, Barbara Williams as Helen Sydney, Eddie Garvey as Edward Richter, Isabel O'Madigan as Sybilla Richter, Ali Yousuff as Horatio Dalrymple, and Bradford Hatton as George Black. ''Smiling Faces'' is set at the home of Robert Bowington in

Southampton, New York Southampton, officially the Town of Southampton, is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, partly on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town had a population of 69,036. Southampton is included in the stre ...

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

; a ballroom at a country club; and at the Grand Hotel in Havana, Cuba. The plot centers around Peggy Post, a film actress making a movie on Long Island, as she attempts to marry well in order to attract the attention of a second potential suitor who is her true romantic target.

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* {{ibdb title, id=11616 1932 musicals Broadway musicals Musicals set on Long Island Musicals set in Cuba Musicals set in hotels Musicals by Harry Revel