MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 28, 1929
Closing Date
Mar 30, 1929
Performances
72
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Casino Theatre
(Jan 28, 1929 - Mar 30, 1929)
Description
A musical in a prologue and two acts
Setting
On deck of SS Argentine; Roof garden of Worthington Smith's Penthouse; Smith's living room; Frolic Farms; Sun parlor, Smith's apartment
Theatre Owned / Operated by Shubert Theatre Corporation (Lee and J. J. Shubert, Directors)
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by Werner Janssen; Book by Fanny Todd Mitchell; From the play "Mlle. Ma Mere" by Louis Verneuil; Lyrics by Mann Holiner and J. Keirn Brennan; Music orchestrated by Werner Janssen; Musical Director: Tom Jones
Staged by George Marion; Choreographed by John Boyle
Scenic Design by Watson Barratt; Costume Design by George Barbier, Josephs and Orry Kelly
Jeanette MacDonald
Jean
Elva Adams
Chorus
Laurette Adams
Gussie
Tennylis Allyn
Chorus
Jimmy Ardell
Chorus
Clement Cancid
Chorus
Kendall Capps
Skippy Carr
Azeada Charkouie
Chorus
Ray Cirake
Chorus
Cortez and Peggy
Cortez and Peggy
Katharine Dayton
Chorus
Tina DeBrauw
Chorus
Alice Edrique
Chorus
Jack Edwards
Chorus
Margaret Gilligan
Chorus
Doreen Glover
One of the Four Nightingales
William Hale
Chorus
Katherine Hoevel
Chorus
Pat Hunter
Chorus
Jackie Hurlbut
Friend of Tilly
 
Chorus
Nell Kelly
Tilly Mc Guire
Harry Kirby
Chorus
Archie Leach
Reggie Phipps
Richard Lee
Sigmund Squnk
George Leland
Chorus
Ann Loomis
Chorus
Virginia Martin
Chorus
Frank McIntyre
Worthington Smith
Lucille Mercier
Chorus
Eddie Nelson
Texas
George Oliver
Chorus
Dorothy Palmer
Chorus
Jessie Payne
One of the Four Nightingales
Rosalind Rensing
Chorus
Bob Richards
Chorus
Stanley Ridges
Tony Smith
Doreen Roberts
Chorus
Charles Roth
Chorus
Jean Russell
Chorus
Loretta Sayers
One of the Four Nightingales
Evelyn Sayres
One of the Four Nightingales
Evelyn Shay
Chorus
Frank Sherlock
Chorus
Bobby Shutta
Chorus
Evelyn Sintae
Chorus
Frances Stevens
Chorus
Marcella Swanson
Maybella La Tour
Maybel Van
Chorus
Virgie Vane
Chorus
Bee Walz
Chorus
Sam Wasserman
Chorus
Harry Welsh
Head Waiter
music by Werner Janssen; lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan and Mann Holiner
Act 0
Sung By
What Could I Do?
Jean and Tony Smith
Act 1
Sung By
On Top
Skippy Carr, Lightning Dancers and Chorus
Be That Way
Tilly Mc Guire, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
Shake High, Shake Low
Gussie, Skippy Carr, Four Nightingales, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
Nina
Jean, Reggie Phipps, Cortez and Peggy, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
What a Girl
Jean, Skippy Carr, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
Just a Big-Hearted Man
Worthington Smith and Show Girls
He's Just My Ideal
Tilly Mc Guire, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
Act 2
Sung By
Pick 'Em Up and Lay 'Em Down
Skippy Carr, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
Messin' Round
Gussie, Donahue-Boyle Girls, Lightning Dancers and Chorus
We're Going to Make Boom-Boom
Tilly Mc Guire, Skippy Carr, Donahue-Boyle Girls, Lightning Dancers and Chorus
Blow Those Blues Away
Texas, Skippy Carr, Lightning Dancers, Donahue-Boyle Girls and Chorus
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