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titles     on off  images   on off  sort by   title date  results per page         10  25  50  75  100    The World's Full Of Girls November 1943 A flop of 9 performances over 6 days produced by Jed Harris, written by Nunnally Johnson and based on the novel "'Till I Come Back To You" by Thomas Bell. images available upon request Carmen Jones December 2, 1943 George Bizet's opera Carmen reset in a parachute factory in the wartime South. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and produced by Billy Rose. These images are from the opening night performance. images available upon request Mexican Hayride December 28, 1943 A musical starring Bobby Clark as a comedic con-man on the lam in Mexico, and featuring June Havoc as an American female bullfighter. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Produced by Mike Todd. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, who found a much needed hit in the song, "I Love You." images available upon request A Connecticut Yankee circa 1943 A jive-talk, wartime update of the 1927 classic. Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields and staged by John C. Wilson. Featuring dancer Vera-Ellen. The show was the last by Lorenz Hart, who was ejected for being drunk and disorderly from the opening night performance, dying a few weeks later from pneumonia. The production reprised the old standards, "My Heart Stood Still" and "Thou Swell", and introduced a new show-stopping number, "To Keep My Love Alive", which was added for Vivienne Segal, fresh from her Broadway run in the hit, Pal Joey. images available upon request Harriet circa 1943 The story of Harriet Beecher Stowe starring Helen Hayes, staged by Elia Kazan, and produced by Gilbert Miller. 2 images » New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes) circa 1943 Another Leonard Sillman musical revue, albeit one with unfavorable reviews. The show featured John Lund, who later became a big star at Paramount Studios, Irwin Corey, Doris Dowling, and Alice Pearce. images available upon request Oklahoma! circa 1943 The musical that redefined what a musical could be for Broadway. A love triangle storyline and classic songs such as "The Surrey with the Fringe On Top" and "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" all led to a staggering 2,212 performance phenomenon. Richard Rodgers music, Oscar Hammerstein II lyrics, Agnes de Mille choreographer, Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts star, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian at the St. James Theatre. 42 images » Ziegfeld Follies circa 1943 Upon the death of Florenz Ziegfeld in 1931, his widow Billy Burke sold the rights to the valuable phrase "Ziegfeld Follies" to her husband's long time rivals, the Shuberts, who staged editions of the follies in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. This edition of the elaborate musical revue starred Milton Berle, Ilona Massey, and Arthur Treacher. images available upon request The Cherry Orchard January 6, 1944 The last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov about an aristocratic family that loses their estate to a man coming up from a lower social class. The play ends with the axe chopping sounds of the estate's cherry orchard being cut down by the new owner. Directed by and starring Eva Le Gallienne at the National Theatre. 35 images » Jacobowsky and The Colonel January 26, 1944 An arrogant Polish Colonel (Louis Calhern) and shy but wily Jew S.L. Jacobowsky (Oscar Karlweis) find themselves escaping from the Nazi invasion of Paris in 1940. This comedy-drama written in German by Franz Werfel was first adapted into English by Clifford Odets and later rewritten by S.N. Behrman. Staged by Elia Kazan. images available upon request Allah Be Praised February 13, 1944 Despite a cast headed by Broadway favorites Patricia Morison, Mary Jane Walsh, Jack Albertson, Joey Faye, and Sid Stone, and dances performed by Anita Alvarez, Milada Mladova and the Kraft Sisters staged by Jack Cole, this lumbering musical excursion to Teheran proved to be a humorless dud. 6 images » A Highland Fling March 11, 1944 An 18th century gentry ghost (Ralph Forbes) in a Scottish castle seeks to free himself after 150 years by finding a sinner to reform to good in this George Abbott staged comedy that ran for 28 performances at the Plymouth Theatre. images available upon request The Searching Wind March 29, 1944 A scathing indictment of appeasement and the public's indifference to it, The Searching Wind tells the story of a husband, wife, and his former flame set against the rise of Fascism in western Europe from 1922 until 1944. Written by Lillian Hellman, and featuring Dennis King, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Barbara O'Neil, and Montgomery Clift. images available upon request Pick-Up Girl April 14, 1944 Rehearsal images from the Elsa Shelley courtroom drama about a young deceased delinquent girl. images available upon request Pick Up Girl May 2, 1944 An examination of all the aspects of juvenile delinquency in close detail for the first time on a Broadway stage. Written by Elsa Shelley, the play was somewhat well received but also criticized for its numerous sordid details that detracted from the drama. images available upon request Stovepipe Hat May 12, 1944 Out-of-town tryout of the Walter F. Hannan, Edward Heyman and Harold Spina musical flop at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. The production opened May 16th, 1944 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut and closed in Boston, canceling the scheduled Broadway opening. Featuring Morton Da Costa and Parker Fennelly, choreographed by Helen Tamiris, with sets and costumes designed by Lucinda Ballard. images available upon request Anna Lucasta June 21, 1944 Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". images available upon request Kiss And Tell July 5, 1944 A comedy staged and produced by George Abbott, and starring Jessie Royce Landis and Robert Keith as the parents of teenager Corliss Archer (Joan Caulfield). It also marked the Broadway premiere of Richard Widmark as Lieutenant Lenny Archer. The show was a situation comedy staged around the friends, neighbors, and love interests of Corliss Archer, and was a big success at 956 performances. images available upon request Catherine Was Great July 18, 1944 In an elaborate Mike Todd production, Mae West as empress Catherine The Great seduces all the men in her court except for Ray Bourbon, who plays a fay dress designer. She saves all of Russia, but not her reputation as a playwright in this ill-conceived muddle. 1 images » Anna Lucasta August 30, 1944 Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". images available upon request While The Sun Shines September 8, 1944 The George S. Kaufman-staged English comedy import, whose laughs revolve around the wooing of a bride-to-be (Anne Burr) by a French airman (Alexander Ivo) and an American lieutenant (Lewis Howard), and the outlandish silliness of her father (Melville Cooper). images available upon request Sadie Thompson September 21, 1944 A musical version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain," in which the title character was originally offered to Ethel Merman, who turned it down, and was replaced by June Havoc. The production was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, whose previous Broadway show was Oklahoma!. images available upon request Rebecca September 1944 Daphne Du Maurier's adaptation of her own novel "Rebecca" satisfied the curiosity of hinterland theatregoers eager to see Diana Barrymore and her husband Bramwell Fletcher in the roles played so brilliantly in the 1940 Hitchcock film version with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier. Gotham critics were not kind, and the show ran a mere 20 performances. images available upon request Sing Out Sweet Land (part of series: American History In Song) November 1944 Walter Kerr's colorful salute to American folk and popular music, produced by the Theatre Guild and featuring Alfred Drake, fresh from Oklahoma!, Burl Ives, and Juanita Hall. images available upon request Many Happy Returns December 11, 1944 A very poorly received comedy starring Mary Astor, in her Broadway debut, as Cynthia Laceby and Neil Hamilton as Henry Burton. The show follows the wooing escapades of a sophisticated woman who ensnares a young man, his older banker father, and then several other men before the curtain falls for 1 of only 3 performances. 1 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 Starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. At the Shubert Theatre on 44th street, New York. 23 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 The rehearsal for the show starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. 9 images » Bloomer Girl circa 1944 Starring Celeste Holm as Evelina in her first star billing, and Joan McCracken as Daisy. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. The 1861-period musical comedy centers on the theme of woman's liberation, represented by the then-shocking leg-exposing fashion of the bloomer. At the Shubert Theatre on 44th street, New York. 5 images » I Remember Mama circa 1944 Marlon Brando made his Broadway debut as the character Nels in this play about a San Francisco family trying to make ends meet in the early 1900's. 2 images » Jackpot circa 1944 Musical comedy created by a host of top-tier talent including lyrics and music by Howard Dietz and Vernon Duke, stage design by Robert Edmond Jones and Raymond Sovey, and produced by Vinton Freedley. The high point of the show was a ballet entitled "Grist for de Mille" by renowned choreographer Charles Weidman in a parody of the Broadway ballets of Agnes de Mille. images available upon request Jacobowsky and The Colonel circa 1944 An arrogant Polish Colonel (Louis Calhern) and shy but wily Jew S.L. Jacobowsky (Oscar Karlweis) find themselves escaping from the Nazi invasion of Paris in 1940. This comedy-drama written in German by Franz Werfel was first adapted into English by Clifford Odets and later rewritten by S.N. Behrman. Staged by Elia Kazan. 6 images » Laffing Room Only circa 1944 An Olsen & Johnson (John "Ole" Olsen and Chic Johnson) musical revue featuring Betty Garrett, Frank Libuse, Willy West and McGinty, and Mata and Hari. In established Olsen and Johnson style the show was filled with loony slapstick and full audience participation, and was a success. images available upon request Leonard Bernstein circa 1944 Composer Leonard Bernstein at work on his piano while still quite young, composing On The Town. The images have a wonderful candid quality. Several of these images appeared in TIME Magazine's November 26, 1948 issue. 5 images » On The Town circa 1944 The rehearsal for the play choreographed by Jerome Robbins and starring Sono Osato. Music by Leonard Bernstein. At the Adelphi Theatre on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue. 8 images » On The Town circa 1944 Production photos from On The Town, featuring many well framed and lit key moments from the show. There is also a nice candid section showing Leonard Bernstein and the stars of the show rehearsing a song. The Betty Comden and Adolph Green show with choreography by Jerome Robbins. 17 images » On the Town circa 1944 Inspired by Jerome Robbins' earlier ballet Fancy Free, On The Town brilliantly dramatized the adventures of three sailors in New York on a 24-hour pass. Robbins' driving creative vision as both director and choreographer on this show and his West Side Story (1957) planted the seeds for the so called "concept musical," such as "Cabaret" (1966) and "Chicago" (1975). 20 images » Sadie Thompson circa 1944 A musical version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain," in which the title character was originally offered to Ethel Merman, who turned it down, and was replaced by June Havoc. The production was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, whose previous Broadway show was Oklahoma!. images available upon request Seven Lively Arts circa 1944 The rehearsal for the original Broadway show starring Bea Lillie, Bert Lahr, and Anton Dolen. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, with performances by Benny Goodman. Salvador Dali created paintings for the show and Igor Stravinsky composed a ballet. The revue about young people coming to New York seeking the arts was considered a flop after 183 performances. To put on the show, Billy Rose spared no expense to restore the Ziegfeld from a second run movie house to a premiere theatre. 13 images » The Late George Apley circa 1944 A George S. Kaufman comedy hit starring Leo G. Carroll as the title character, an ultra-conservative resisting change in 1912 getting by with his wit and a drink. Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by John P. Marquand and produced by Max Gordon, the play was universally well received by the critics and playgoers. images available upon request The Late George Apley circa 1944 A George S. Kaufman comedy hit starring Leo G. Carroll as the title character, an ultra-conservative resisting change in 1912 getting by with his wit and a drink. Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by John P. Marquand and produced by Max Gordon, the play was universally well received by the critics and playgoers. images available upon request The Tempest January 12, 1945 Vera Zorina as Ariel, Arnold Moss as Prospero, and Canada Lee as the monster Caliban in the William Shakespeare classic, directed by Margaret Webster. Produced by Cheryl Crawford, based on an idea by Eva Le Gallienne. images available upon request The Tempest January 18, 1945 Vera Zorina as Ariel, Arnold Moss as Prospero, and Canada Lee as the monster Caliban in the William Shakespeare classic, directed by Margaret Webster. Produced by Cheryl Crawford, based on an idea by Eva Le Gallienne. images available upon request American Fashion 1945 February 13, 1945 Several images from the Coty American Fashion Critics Awards in 1945. The "Winnie" awards, considered the Oscars of the fashion industry, went to designers Emily Wilkens, Gilbert Adrian, and Tina Leser. 16 images » Foolish Notion February 1945 A comedy written by Philip Barry, directed by John C. Wilson and starring Tallulah Bankhead. The story follows a woman who has lost her husband (Henry Hull) in the war, and so makes plans to marry her husband's best friend (Donald Cook). When the husband surprisingly reappears, all is turned upside-down and the woman must choose between the two men. The play was staged as a combination of reality and the fantasy imaginings of all of the possible outcomes, leaning heavily on the production design and lighting by Jo Mielziner. images available upon request Carousel March 17, 1945 New Haven rehearsal photographs of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical adaptation of "Liliom", by the famed Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar. Starring John Raitt and Jan Clayton, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with settings by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Miles White. images available upon request Carousel March 21, 1945 New Haven rehearsal photographs of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical adaptation of "Liliom", by the famed Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar. Starring John Raitt and Jan Clayton, choreographed by Agnes de Mille, and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with settings by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Miles White. 13 images » Garden Of Time March 1945 Produced by the American Negro Theatre, this three-act fantasy opened off-Broadway in the 135th Street Library Theatre in Harlem. Musical Score by well-known jazz arranger Phil Moore, and written and directed by Owen Dodson. images available upon request Song of Norway April 28, 1945 A loving and quasi-fictional biography of revered Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, cast as a romantic operetta by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The show enjoyed unheard-of success for an operetta in the 1940's, running for 860 performances during the same period on Broadway as Oklahoma!. Choreographed by a young George Balanchine and starring Irra Petina, Helena Bliss, Lawrence Brooks, and Robert Shafer. 7 images » Imogene Coca May 11, 1945 Comedian actress and dancer Imogene Coca hams it up in a trenchcoat and other outfits in preparation for a one woman show, shown at the end, in this series of funny photographs. 9 images » Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall Wedding May 21, 1945 8 images » Eisenhower Day June 19, 1945 A ticker tape parade in honor of Eisenhower. Also images from Eisenhower leaving a rained out Yankee's game with New York Mayor LaGuardia. images available upon request LaGuardia with Mademoiselle Editor July 1, 1945 images available upon request Lilly Dache (Daché) August 6, 1945 Eileen Darby spends a day with well-known milliner turned fashion designer Lilly Daché. Ms. Daché can be seen approving fashion designs, trying on different hats and fashions, touring her eclectic home, and finally flying away on a chartered prop plane. 34 images » Follow The Girls September 8, 1945 A big hit musical comedy at 888 performances starring Gertrude Niesen and featuring a breakout supporting role for Jackie Gleason. The show produced the big hit song "I Wanna To Get Married" These photographs were taken at the Broadhurst Theatre. images available upon request Polonaise September 18, 1945 images available upon request You Touched Me September 25, 1945 The rehearsal of Tennessee Williams' play immediately following his success with The Glass Menagerie. He co-wrote the play with Donald Windham, based on the original story by D.H. Lawrence. The play stars Montgomery Clift and Edmund Gwenn at the Booth Theatre, New York. Produced by Guthrie McClintic. These images were taken opening day. 12 images » Hamlet December 13, 1945 featuring Maurice Evans 1 images » Billion Dollar Baby December 27, 1945 "A Musical Play of the Terrific Twenties" starring Joan McCracken, Directed by George Abbott, and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. 1 images » Born Yesterday December 1945 Images from the rehearsal of Born Yesterday, while Jean Arthur was still in the cast as Billie Dawn. Arthur was replaced just before the show opened by Judy Holliday, who was in turn made a star by the role. The show also starred Gary Merrill and Paul Douglas, and was directed by Garson Kanin. 19 images » Cafe Society circa 1945 People who are in the social set that hang out in cafes, featuring Paula Laurence and Oscar Hammerstein II. 5 images » Deep Are The Roots circa 1945 Directed by Elia Kazan, starring a young 23 year old Barbera Bel Geddes in her debut, and Gordon Heath as Brett Charles. The show follows an heroic Negro soldier returning to his hometown in the deep south, only to face racial discrimination. 3 images » Dr. Martha May Eliot circa 1945 Dr. Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891-February 14, 1978), a pioneer in maternal and child health, is seen in a sequence of photos as she cares for a child in a children's clinic in 1945. 3 images » Opening of "Therese" circa 1945 Photographs showing the opening of the play Therese at the Biltmore Theatre, featuring Leonard Bernstein, Dame May Witty, Eva Le Gallienne, and others. 9 images » Polonaise circa 1945 These images are from the rehearsal of Polonaise, a musical based on Chopin. Lyrics by John Latouche, music by Frédéric Chopin, and starring Marta Eggerth and Jan Kiepura. 7 images » The Rugged Path circa 1945 Written by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Garson Kanin, set design by Jo Mielziner, and starring Spencer Tracy. Tracy plays a newspaper man who overshoots his boundries as an editor, only to escape the fallout by joining the Navy and meeting his demise on an island at the hands of Japanese forces. images available upon request Wilkens' Fashion circa 1945 A photographic essay on the popular work of award-winning 1940's children's fashion designer Emily Wilkens. Several of the images in this collection were published in Life Magazine on April 9, 1945. 10 images » George Balanchine March 22, 1946 Reknown choreographer teaching at the American School of Ballet in New York. images available upon request Arms And The Man March 28, 1946 images available upon request London England April 22, 1946 A spring day spent while on assignment in London. Several interesting shots, including the rooftop of the New Theatre with the Old Vic Players. 8 images » The Old Vic April 1946 In March of 1946 Eileen Darby embarked on a photo assignment to cover several productions taking place at the well known Shakespearean theatre The Old Vic in London. The images notably include Sir Laurence Olivier in Oedipus, as well as productions of Henry IV and The Critic. The images were combined into a photo story for LIFE magazine, including the cover page featuring Margaret Leighton, which was published May 6th, 1946. 83 images » Annie Get Your Gun May 1946 Ethel Merman stars as Annie Oakley and Ray Middleton as Frank Butler in the Broadway classic with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Set Design by Jo Mielziner and Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. 18 images » Gregory Peck: Dennis Playhouse July 9, 1946 Gregory Peck is shown in Cape Cod working in summer theatre at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. The play shown is Playboy of the Western World. From these images its easy to see how Peck went on to become one of the most famous of Hollywood leading men. 15 images » Central Park August 11, 1946 A series of personal photographs taken in Central Park in 1946, including some nice views of the New York skyline and the gorillas in the zoo. 4 images » Cyrano De Bergerac October 28, 1946 Starring Jose Ferrar as Cyrano De Bergerac as an unattractive master wordsmith wooing the woman he loves on behalf of his more conventionally handsome but ignorant friend with whom she is in love. Ferrar is shown in a series of images applying his fantastic nose prosthetic makeup. 7 images » Duchess Of Malfi October 1946 starring Canada Lee in white face makeup - the first African-American to play a white man on Broadway. images available upon request « no results match your search » Only 284 of the 1835 shows Eileen Darby photographed have made it to our website so far contact us and we may be able to find what you are looking for.

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