The World's Full Of Girls
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November 1943 |
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Carmen Jones
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December 2, 1943 |
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Mexican Hayride
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December 28, 1943 |
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A Connecticut Yankee
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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. |
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New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes)
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circa 1943 |
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Ziegfeld Follies
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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. |
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Jacobowsky and The Colonel
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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. |
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A Highland Fling
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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. |
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The Searching Wind
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March 29, 1944 |
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Pick-Up Girl
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April 14, 1944 |
Rehearsal images from the Elsa Shelley courtroom drama about a young deceased delinquent girl. |
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Pick Up Girl
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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. |
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Stovepipe Hat
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May 12, 1944 |
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Anna Lucasta
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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". |
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Kiss And Tell
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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. |
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Catherine Was Great
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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. |
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Anna Lucasta
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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". |
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While The Sun Shines
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September 8, 1944 |
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Sadie Thompson
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September 21, 1944 |
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Rebecca
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September 1944 |
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Sing Out Sweet Land (part of series: American History In Song)
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November 1944 |
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Many Happy Returns
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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. |
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Bloomer Girl
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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. |
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Bloomer Girl
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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. |
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Bloomer Girl
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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. |
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Jackpot
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circa 1944 |
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Laffing Room Only
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circa 1944 |
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On the Town
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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). |
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Sadie Thompson
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circa 1944 |
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The Late George Apley
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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. |
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The Late George Apley
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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. |
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The Tempest
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January 12, 1945 |
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The Tempest
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January 18, 1945 |
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American Fashion 1945
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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. |
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Foolish Notion
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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. |
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Carousel
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March 17, 1945 |
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Garden Of Time
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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. |
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Imogene Coca
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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. |
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Eisenhower Day
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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. |
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LaGuardia with Mademoiselle Editor
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July 1, 1945 |
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Lilly Dache (Daché)
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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. |
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Follow The Girls
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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. |
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Polonaise
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September 18, 1945 |
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The Rugged Path
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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. |
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George Balanchine
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March 22, 1946 |
Reknown choreographer teaching at the American School of Ballet in New York. |
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Arms And The Man
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March 28, 1946 |
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London England
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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. |
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Central Park
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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. |
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Cyrano De Bergerac
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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. |
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Duchess Of Malfi
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October 1946 |
starring Canada Lee in white face makeup - the first African-American to play a white man on Broadway. |
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