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Earl Carroll's Vanities [1928]
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 06, 1928
Closing Date
Feb 02, 1929
Performances
200
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Aug 06, 1928
Close Date: Feb 02, 1929
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Earl Carroll Theatre
(Aug 06, 1928 - Feb 02, 1929)
Description
A revue in two acts
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Earl Carroll
Lyrics by
Grace Henry
; Music by
Morris Hamilton
; Book by
W.C. Fields
,
Paul Gerard Smith
,
Joe Frisco
,
Robert T. Tarrant
and
Herman Meyer
; Additional music by
George Bagby
,
G. Romilli
,
Michael H. Cleary
,
George Whiting
,
Louis Alter
,
Mario Savino
,
Jesse Greer
,
Ernie Golden
and
Abner Silver
; Musical Director:
Ray Kavanaugh
; Additional lyrics by
Paul Jones
,
Ned Washington
,
Joe Burke
,
Raymond Klages
,
Ernie Golden
,
Jack LeSoir
and
Roy Doll
Directed by
Earl Carroll
; Assembled by
Earl Carroll
; Choreographed by
Busby Berkeley
; Staged by
Edgar J. MacGregor
; Machinery Ballet created and staged by the
Marmein Sisters
Scenic Design by
Hugh Willoughby
; Costume Design by
Mabel E. Johnston
and
William H. Matthews
Art and technical direction by
Bernard Lohmuller
Fay Adler
Peggy Andre
Violet Arnold
Faith Bacon
Hazel Bailey
Barto & Mann
Bonnie Blackwood
Peggy Blake
Richard Bold
Lillian Bond
Ted Bradford
Dorothy Britton
Louise Brooks
Marian Carew
Ernest Charles
Catherine Clark
Elsie Connor
Frances Delacy
Gordon Dooley
Ray Dooley
W. C. Fields
Dorothea Frank
Joe Frisco
Edward Graham
Beryl Halley
Edyth Hansen
Marion Harke
Angeline Hassel
Rita Jason
Alyce Johnson
Naomi Johnson
Frances Joyce
Ruth Kent
Nelda Kincaid
Dorothy Knapp
Maurice Lapue
Polly Luce
Dorothy Lull
Brian MacDonald
Dana Merrill
Martha Morton
Jean Murray
Marion O'Day
Ruth Patterson
Peggy Purcell
Joey Ray
Lillian Roth
Blanche Satchell
Wanda Stevenson
Bobby Storey
Elizabeth Surran
Jean Tennyson
Katherine Vercelle
Louise Vercelle
Vincent Lopez' Band
Beryl Wallace
Florence Ward
Eileen Wenzel
Rose Wenzel
Diana White
Vivian Wilson
Songs
music by
Morris Hamilton
; lyrics by
Grace Henry
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Say It With Girls
Pretty Girl
Garden of Beautiful Girls
(music by
George Bagby
and
G. Romilli
; lyrics by
George Bagby
and
G. Romilli
)
Tell Me Truly
The Dryad
Forever Mine
Pretty Girl
(Reprise)
Rose of the World
Vaniteaser
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Paul Jones
)
Getting (the) Beautiful Girls
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Ned Washington
)
Raquel
(music by
Joseph Burke
; lyrics by
George Whiting
)
Raquel Tango
Tell Me Truley
(Reprise)
(music by
G. Romilli
; lyrics by
G. Romilli
)
My Arms Are Open
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Ned Washington
)
Gliding Gondola
(music by
George Bagby
; lyrics by
George Bagby
)
Flutterby Baby
Blue Shadows
(music by
Louis Alter
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Blue Shadows
(Reprise)
(music by
Louis Alter
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Act 2
Wheels
Oh How That Man Can Love
(music by
Herb Magidson
and
Lillian Roth
; lyrics by
Herb Magidson
and
Lillian Roth
)
Watch My Baby Walk
(music by
Peter DeRose
; lyrics by
Jo Trent
)
Once in a Lifetime
(music by
Jesse Greer
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Gliding Gondola
(Reprise)
(music by
George Bagby
; lyrics by
George Bagby
)
Painting a Vanities Girl
(music by
Ernie Golden
)
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Earl Carroll
Lyrics by
Grace Henry
; Music by
Morris Hamilton
; Book by
W.C. Fields
,
Paul Gerard Smith
,
Joe Frisco
,
Robert T. Tarrant
and
Herman Meyer
; Additional music by
George Bagby
,
G. Romilli
,
Michael H. Cleary
,
George Whiting
,
Louis Alter
,
Mario Savino
,
Jesse Greer
,
Ernie Golden
and
Abner Silver
; Musical Director:
Ray Kavanaugh
; Additional lyrics by
Paul Jones
,
Ned Washington
,
Joe Burke
,
Raymond Klages
,
Ernie Golden
,
Jack LeSoir
and
Roy Doll
Directed by
Earl Carroll
; Assembled by
Earl Carroll
; Choreographed by
Busby Berkeley
; Staged by
Edgar J. MacGregor
; Machinery Ballet created and staged by the
Marmein Sisters
Scenic Design by
Hugh Willoughby
; Costume Design by
Mabel E. Johnston
and
William H. Matthews
Art and technical direction by
Bernard Lohmuller
Fay Adler
Peggy Andre
Violet Arnold
Faith Bacon
Hazel Bailey
Barto & Mann
Bonnie Blackwood
Peggy Blake
Richard Bold
Lillian Bond
Ted Bradford
Dorothy Britton
Louise Brooks
Marian Carew
Ernest Charles
Catherine Clark
Elsie Connor
Frances Delacy
Gordon Dooley
Ray Dooley
W. C. Fields
Dorothea Frank
Joe Frisco
Edward Graham
Beryl Halley
Edyth Hansen
Marion Harke
Angeline Hassel
Rita Jason
Alyce Johnson
Naomi Johnson
Frances Joyce
Ruth Kent
Nelda Kincaid
Dorothy Knapp
Maurice Lapue
Polly Luce
Dorothy Lull
Brian MacDonald
Dana Merrill
Martha Morton
Jean Murray
Marion O'Day
Ruth Patterson
Peggy Purcell
Joey Ray
Lillian Roth
Blanche Satchell
Wanda Stevenson
Bobby Storey
Elizabeth Surran
Jean Tennyson
Katherine Vercelle
Louise Vercelle
Vincent Lopez' Band
Beryl Wallace
Florence Ward
Eileen Wenzel
Rose Wenzel
Diana White
Vivian Wilson
music by
Morris Hamilton
; lyrics by
Grace Henry
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Say It With Girls
Pretty Girl
Garden of Beautiful Girls
(music by
George Bagby
and
G. Romilli
; lyrics by
George Bagby
and
G. Romilli
)
Tell Me Truly
The Dryad
Forever Mine
Pretty Girl
(Reprise)
Rose of the World
Vaniteaser
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Paul Jones
)
Getting (the) Beautiful Girls
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Ned Washington
)
Raquel
(music by
Joseph Burke
; lyrics by
George Whiting
)
Raquel Tango
Tell Me Truley
(Reprise)
(music by
G. Romilli
; lyrics by
G. Romilli
)
My Arms Are Open
(music by
Michael H. Cleary
; lyrics by
Ned Washington
)
Gliding Gondola
(music by
George Bagby
; lyrics by
George Bagby
)
Flutterby Baby
Blue Shadows
(music by
Louis Alter
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Blue Shadows
(Reprise)
(music by
Louis Alter
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Act 2
Wheels
Oh How That Man Can Love
(music by
Herb Magidson
and
Lillian Roth
; lyrics by
Herb Magidson
and
Lillian Roth
)
Watch My Baby Walk
(music by
Peter DeRose
; lyrics by
Jo Trent
)
Once in a Lifetime
(music by
Jesse Greer
; lyrics by
Raymond Klages
)
Gliding Gondola
(Reprise)
(music by
George Bagby
; lyrics by
George Bagby
)
Painting a Vanities Girl
(music by
Ernie Golden
)
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