Ruth Etting "NINE FIFTEEN REVUE" Rodgers & Hart / Harold Arlen 1930 FLOP Program

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This is a rare January 27th, 1930 playbill from the Pre-Broadway engagement of RUTH SELWYN's musical revue "NINE FIFTEEN REVUE" at the Shubert Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. (The production would open February 11th, 1930 at George M. Cohan's Theatre in New York City and close after only seven performances.) ..... With musical staging by the legendary BUSBY BERKELY and boasting a score written by RODGERS & HART, COLE PORTER, HAROLD ARLEN, NOEL COWARD, VINCENT YOUMANS, VICTOR HERBERT, RUDOLF FRIML and many others, the revue starred RUTH ETTING, HARRY McNAUGHTON, FRED KEATING and NAMARA and featured PAUL KELLY, HELEN GREY, OSCAR RAGLAND, PEPPI LEDERER, JAMES HAWKINS, CHARLES LAWRENCE, VAN LOWE, NAN BLACKSTONE, WALLY CRISHAN, HELENE DENIZAN, MARY MURRAY, DOROTHEA JAMES, FRANCES SHELLY, LYNNE DORE, EARL OXFORD, DIANNE ELLIS, EVERETT LLELAN, MICHAEL TRIPP, FRANCETTA MOLLOX, RUTH SELWYN'S SPECIALTY GIRLS: LILLIAN OSTROM, JANE SHERMAN, MARY SAWYER, TEDDY WATERS, PAT HASTINGS, RUTH GORMLEY, JULIA BARON and GINGER MEEHAN with JACQUES FRAY and MARIO BRAGGIOTTI at the pianos ..... Side Note: The musical introduced HAROLD ARLEN's first big hit, "GET HAPPY", which was performed by RUTH ETTING at the end of Act One (fourth scanned image). Today the song is most associated with
Judy Garland
,
who performed it in her last MGM film
Summer Stock
(1950). Garland also sang this song with
Barbra Streisand
in a medley that also included "
Happy Days Are Here Again
"
on
"
The Judy Garland Show"
..... CREDITS: Music by RICHARD RODGERS and LORENZ HART (together, the composer and lyricist for "The Boys From Syracuse", "A Connecticut Yankee", "Babes In Arms", "By Jupiter", "Higher and Higher", "Pal Joey", "I Married An Angel", "I'd Rather Be Right", "Too Many Girls" and "On Your Toes"), RUDOLF FRIML, VICTOR HERBERT ("Cyrano de Bergerac", "Babes in Toyland", "Mlle. Modiste", "The Red Mill", "Naughty Marietta", "Sweethearts", "Ziegfeld Follies", "Sally", "Gypsy Lady"), VINCENT YOUMANS, COLE PORTER ("Anything Goes", "Red, Hot and Blue", "Leave It To Me!", "Du Barry Was a Lady", "Panama Hattie", "Something For the Boys", "Mexican Hayride", "Can-Can", "Kiss Me Kate", "Out Of This World", "Silk Stockings"), ROGER WOLFE KAHN, TED KOEHLER, HAROLD ARLEN ("You Said It", "Cotton Club Parade", "Life Begins at 8:40", "The Show is On", "Hooray for What", "Bloomer Girl", "St. Louis Woman", "House of Flowers", "Jamaica", "Saratoga" and the classic film "The Wizard of Oz"), RALPH RAINGER, KAY SWIFT, RICHARD MYERS, KENNETH SMITH, JACQUES FRAY, PHILIP BROUGHTON, HERMAN HUPFELD, MANNING SHERWIN and TOM FORD; Sketches and Lyrics by LESLIE HOWARD, RING LARDNER, EDDIE CANTOR, NOEL COWARD, ARTHUR HOPKINS, RUBE GOLDBERG, ANITA LOOS & JOHN EMMERSON, PAUL GERARD SMITH, H. W. HANEMANN, ROBERT RISKIN, SYDNEY LENZ, EDWARD ELISCU, IRVING CAESAR, EDWARD HEYMAN, WILL B. JOHNSTONE, MAX & NATHANIEL LIEF, PAUL JAMES and HARRY REVEL; Sets designed by CLARK ROBINSON; Costumes designed and executed by KIVIETTE; Orchestra conducted by DON VOORHEES; Dances and Ensembles by BUSBY BERKELEY; Ballets Directed by LEON LEONIDOFF; Staged by ALEXANDER LEFTWICH; Produced by RUTH SELWYN ..... DETAILS: The 36 page program measures 5 1/4" X 7 7/8" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, scenes and musical numbers, brief bios of the leading actors and wonderful vintage advertising, but no production photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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