National Theatre, direction, Rapley Theatre Company, Edmund Plohn, manager, Billie Burke Ziegfeld presents the new "Ziegfeld Follies," of 1937, a national institution, glorifying the American girl, with Fannie Brice, Bobby Clark, Leota Lane, Marcella Swanson, Cass Daley, Hugh Cameron, Marvin Lawler, James Farrell, Ben Yost's Varsity Eight, Marian Martin, Cherry & June Preisser, Harrison & Fisher, Stan Kavanagh, entire production staged by John Murray Anderson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke, sketches by David Freedman, scenery and costumes designed by Vincente Minnelli, dances by Robert Alton, orchestra directed by Charles Drury, sketches directed by Edward Clarke Lilley and Edward D. Dowling.
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National Theatre, week beginning May 10th, 1937.
Title devised by Library staff.
"National Theatre Playgoer. The magazine in the theatre. Vol. 8. May 10 to May 15, 1937. No. 30"--P. 3.
"Extra matinee Friday, May 14th ... entire proceeds donated to Actors' Fund"--P. 9.
Cast: James Farrell, Ben Yos's Varsity Eight, Mary Rix, Adelaide Hughes, Marjorie Ezequelle, Diane Hunter, Mary Bicks, Ermine Randolph, Edelia Alvarez, Joy Arden, Betty Bannister, June Miley, Vicki Belling, Flora Bowes, June Burdee, Helen Nedo, Virginia Collins, Helen Fromson, Kay Gable, Ethel Howe, Georgette Leoni Lampsi, Artheda Lane, Iris Kingsley, Evelyn Low, Beth Meredith, Mae Merrick, Dot Travers, Marie Vanneman, Anne Travers, Fannie Brice, Cass Daley, Messrs. Irgens, Lentz, Pearce, and Wells, Cherry & June Preisser and Marvin Lawler, Bobby Clark, Marcella Swanson, Hugh Cameron, William Quentmeyer, Leota Lane, Ruth Harrison, Alex Fisher, Marion Martin, Mary Young, Julia Bryan, Irmgard Erik, Adelaide Hughes, Mary Rix, James Farrell, Ruth Harrison, Alex Fisher, George Herman, Bernard Pearce, Ruby Blondell, Bing Powell, Marjorie Leach, Stan Kavanagh. Ben Yost's Varsity Eight: John Panter, Joseph Frederic, Sidney Greene, George Herman, Paul Nelson, Gene Newcomb, Jerry O'Rouke, William Quentmeyer. The Ziegfeld Follies Show Girls: Edelia Alvarez, Joy Arden, Betty Bannister, Mary Bicks, Irmgard Erik, Marjorie Ezequelle, Diane Hunter, Adalaide Hughes, Edie Marx, June Miley, Erminie Randolph, Mary Rix. The Ziegfeld Follies Dancing Girls: Vicki Belling, Flora Bowes, June Burdee, Helen Nedo, Virginia Collins, Helen Fromson, Kay Gable, Ethel Howe, Georgette Lampsi, Artheda Lane, Iris Kingsley, Evelyn Low, Beth Meredith, Mae Merrick, Jo Raskin, Ruth Rathbun, Clare Scott, Terry Shannon, Anne Travers, Dot Travers, Marie Manneman. The dancers: Henning Irgens, Fay Lentz, Bernard Pearce, Eddie Wells.
In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).
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National Theatre, direction A.L. Erlanger Realty Corp. and W.H. Rapley, business management S.E. Cochran, Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billy Burke) presents "Ziegfeld Follies," edition of 1933-34, glorifying the American girl, music and sketches by E.Y. Harburg, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend, H.I. Phillips, David Freedman, Vernon Duke, Arthur Swanstrom, Louis Alter, Samuel Pokrass, Ballard MacDonald, Joseph Meyer, Chris Taylor, James Hanley, Ann Runnell, Harold Atteridge, Robert Dolan, Dana Suess, Billy Hill, production lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, dialogue staged by Edward C. Lilley, costumes designed by Russell Patterson, scenery by Albert R. Johnson, musical director, John McManus, staged and supervised by Bobby Connolly.