Strike up the band
Contributors: McCullough, Paul; Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985; Leftwich, Alexander, 1884-1947; Hale, George, approximately 1901-1956; Sovey, Raymond, -1966; Le Maire, Charles; Selwyn, Edgar, 1875-1944; Anderson, Hilding; Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961; Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983; Selwyn, Edgar, 1875-1944; Gershwin, George, 1898-1937; Times Square Theatre (New York, N.Y.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1930
Language: eng
Description: The Times Square Theatre, West Forty-Second Street, West of Broadway. Edgar Selwyn presents Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough in "Strike Up the Band," book by Morrie Ryskind (based on a libretto by George S. Kaufman), lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, staged by Alexander Leftwich, dances and ensembles by George Hale, settings by Raymond Sovey, costumes by Charles Le Maire, produced under the personal supervision of Edgar Selwyn. Orchestra under the direction of Hilding Anderson.
Notes: The Times Square Theatre,  [New York, N.Y.]. West Forty-Second Street, West of Broadway. Week beginning Monday evening, January 20, 1930, matinees Thursday and Saturday.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Gordon Smith, Robert Bentley, Dudley Clements, Ethel Kenyon, Blanche Ring, Doris Carson, Margaret Schilling, Jerry Goff, Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, Maurice Lapue, Ethel Britton, Virginia Barnes, Walter Fairmont, Joyce Coles and Red Nichols and his Orchestra. Dancing girls: Virginia Barnes, May Brenton, Ethel Britten, Sybil Bursk, Norma Cloos, Katherine Downer, Marion Phillips, Betty Etcove, Amy Frank, Libby Holliday, Doris Jay, Ethel Kriston, Gertrude Lindle, Martha Louise Maggard, Vera Perry, Jean Egan, Vivian Porter, Polly Ray, Kay Stewart, Inez Trimble, Dorothy Talbot, Patricia Whitney, Jean Warren, Irene Kelly. Singing girls: Peggy Greene, Lorraine Johnson, Tana Kamp, Joan Kent, Marion Miller, Kathryn Hamill,, Ruth Valentine, Clare Waring. Dancers: Beekman Bauer, Arthur Craig, Ray Clark, Norman Clifton, Frank Lavin, Fred May, Jerome Maxwell, Buddy Penny, Frank Sherlock, Jack Douglas, Jack Bond, Larry Regan. Singers: Kenneth Atkins, Vincent Curran, Walter Fairmont, Norman Curtis, Don Knoblock, Tully Millet, Dick Neely, John Sciortino, Murray Swanson, Fred Vengelisch, Harold Ten-Brook, Vincent Vernon.

Illustrated color covers with color illustrated advertisements for Amor Skin cosmetics on inside front cover, Kelly-Springfield tires on inside back cover and Lucky Strike cigarettes on back cover.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).