page_title: Tickle Me (play)
section_title: Synopsis
hierarchical_section_title: Tickle Me (play) / Synopsis
caption_attribution_description: English: Memphis Russell (captioned as Mem Russell) in the Broadway musical revue "Tickle Me" at the Selwyn Theatre, on page 5 of the October 1920 The Tatler.
context_page_description: Tickle Me was a Broadway musical comedy in two acts with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel and music and musical direction provided by Herbert Stothart. Tickle Me was produced by Arthur Hammerstein and opened at the Selwyn Theater on August 17, 1920 and closed after 207 performances on February 12, 1921. The musical then embarked on a successful road tour with a schedule that extending well into the spring of the following year.
context_section_description: Act I. 
   Scene 1 — Studio of Poisson Picture Corp., Hollywood.
   Scene 2 — Customs House, Calcutta, India.
   Scene 3 — Garden of Paradise, Tibet.
  Scene 4 — The Veil of Mystery. 
  Scene 5 — Ceremony of the Sacred Bath.
  Act II. 
  Scene 1 — The Bower of Temptation. 
  Scene 2 — Anywhere. 
  Scene 3 — Customs House at Calcutta. 
  Scene 4 — Aboard S. S. Tickle Me.
  Tickle Me, that one writer described as a mélange of girls, jazz, novelties and Frank Tinney,  was a musical tale that revolved around a Hollywood studio property man (comedian Frank Tinney) who is sent to remote Tibet for a movie shoot and the love story (Louise Allen) that ensued.
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caption: Memphis Russell, a cast member in Tickle Me on Broadway (1920)
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