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Ritz Theatre , (12/26/1927 - 6/30/1928)
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Opening Date:Dec 26, 1927   
Closing Date:Jun 30, 1928 Total Performances:216

Category: Play, Comedy, Play with music, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: A small vaudevile theatre in Los Angeles; the N.V.A. club in New York City; Elsa's apartment in New York City; in and around the Palace Theatre, New York City.


Production Staff
Theatre Leased by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Produced by Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant
Written by John McGowan; Musical Director: Morris Zentner; Featuring songs by Ray Henderson; Featuring songs with lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
Directed by Melville Burke; Musical Staging by John Boyle; Production Supervised by Paul Dickey
Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman; Costume Design by Jenkins, Maison Simone and Mahieu
Technical Director: Edward Clarke Lilley
Conducted by Bruce Healy
Cast
The Admirals Band
Maud Blair Sarah Benton
Nace Bonville Jack Merrill
William Boula Joe DeLeon
Herbert Clark Val D'Errico
Charles Dalton Charlie
John H. Dilson Frank Arnold
Mort Downey George McCarthy
Eric Dressler Eddie Kane
Vladimir Dubinsky Bob
Doris Eaton Betty Ford
Frances Goodrich Rita Rydell
Miriam Hopkins Elsa McCoy
Frank Horton Al Kent
Boyd Marshall Herbert Crammon
Frank McHugh Jimmy Dunn
Howard Morgan Dad
Lawrence O'Sullivan Marvin
Merald Tollefsen Bill
Denton Vane Harry Hart
Suzanne Willa Mabel Ford
 

ACT 1Sung By
For Old Times' Sake
(music by Ray Henderson; lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown)		George McCarthy
ACT 2Sung By
Gene Buck Song
ACT 3Sung By
Those Two Girls and That Boy Jimmy Dunn, Eddie Kane, Betty Ford and Mabel Ford