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Donald Brian
Donald Brian (February 17, 1877 – December 22, 1948) was an actor, dancer and singer born in St. John's, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada). In 1907, he starred in the hit operetta '' The Merry Widow''. Life and career Brian, a tenor, was employed in a Boston machine shop and, at the age of 16, began performing with a vocal quartet. When he joined a theatrical troupe in New York City, he was soon in demand as a leading man. He had leading roles in more than 20 Broadway musicals. In 1915 Brian signed with film producer Jesse L. Lasky to do two films, '' The Voice in the Fog'' (1915) and ''The Smugglers'' (1916). After the latter he made no more film appearances until the sound era. His first sound film was an excerpt of his role in ''Peggy O'Hooligan'' (1925), made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Brian was president of the Catholic Actors Guild of America. He was married twice—to Florence Meagher Gleason Pope in 1910, and sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first seasonal, rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1824 and a Dominion in 1907. Its economy collapsed during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and Newfoundland relinquished its dominion status, effectively becoming once again a colony governed by appointees from the Colonial Office in Whitehall in London. In 1949, the colony voted to join Canada as the Province of Newfoundland. History Indigenous people like the Beothuk (known as the '' Skræling'' in Greenlandic Norse), and Innu were the first inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador. During the late 15th century, European explorers like João Fernandes Lavrador, Gaspar Corte-Real, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Johnny Jones
''Little Johnny Jones'' is a musical by George M. Cohan. The show introduced Cohan's tunes " Give My Regards to Broadway" and " The Yankee Doodle Boy." The "Yankee Doodle" character was inspired by real-life Hall of Fame jockey Tod Sloan. Background The show was Cohan's first full-length musical. A famous American jockey, Tod Sloan, had gone to England in 1903 to ride in the Derby for King Edward VII of England. This gave Cohan the idea for the story. The musical is patriotic in tone and contains a number of quips aimed at European targets, such as, "You think I'd marry an heiress and live off her money? What do you take me for? An Englishman?" and, "French pastry ain't worth 30¢ compared to American apple pie." In ''Little Johnny Jones'' Cohan introduced some of the dance steps and comedy features for which he would become famous. This musical is also credited as being the first American Musical, along "with '' The Black Crook'', ''Evangeline'', '' Show Boat''" ... or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Foster (writer)
Charles Basil Foster (17 January 1923 – 23 April 2017) was an English-born Canadian publicist, newspaper editor, author and songwriter. He was born in Cheshire, England. During World War II he was a pilot with the Royal Air Force. The RAF sent him to a base in Alberta, Canada for flight training and while on leave he visited Hollywood. There, he met Sidney Olcott, a Canadian-born silent film star who introduced him to numerous other expatriate Canadian actors in Hollywood including Mary Pickford. After the war, Foster used these contacts to begin a career as a publicist in London and in Hollywood, working for such well-known performers as Marilyn Monroe, Richard Burton, Boris Karloff, Errol Flynn and Benny Hill. He was also a songwriter, contributing such titles as "Goodnight Till Tomorrow" (as Basil Foster) for Issy Bonn and others. Foster later became a writer for comedians in the 1960s including Bob Hope and Jack Benny and contributed scripts to a number of 1960s sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Of Newfoundland And Labrador
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Very Warm For May
''Very Warm for May'' is a musical composed by Jerome Kern, with a libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was the team's final score for Broadway, following their hits ''Show Boat'', '' Sweet Adeline'', and '' Music in the Air''. It marked a return to Broadway for Kern, who had spent several years in Hollywood writing music for movies, including '' Swing Time'' for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Vincente Minnelli directed ''Very Warm for May'', which opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 17, 1939. It contained such favorite songs as "All the Things You Are", "All in Fun", and "In the Heart of the Dark." Gerald Bordman, author of the definitive Kern biography ''Jerome Kern: His Life and Music'', hailed the score as one of Kern's finest. ''Billboard'' magazine saw the show pre-Broadway, and was enthusiastic: "Prophesied this venture will be a season's hit. The ballet corps keeps the audience awake and eager. Choreography is unique and excellent. Its lyrics, in numbers such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No, No, Nanette
''No, No, Nanette'' is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play ''My Lady Friends''. The farcical story involves three couples who find themselves together at a cottage in Atlantic City in the midst of a blackmail scheme, focusing on a young, fun-loving Manhattan heiress who naughtily runs off for a weekend, leaving her unhappy fiancé. Its songs include the well-known " Tea for Two" and " I Want to Be Happy". During its 1924 pre-Broadway tour, ''No, No, Nanette'' became a hit in Chicago, and the production stayed there for over a year. In 1925, the show opened both on Broadway and in the West End, running 321 and 665 performances respectively. Film versions and revivals followed. A popular 1971 Broadway revival, with a book adapted by Burt Shevelove, led to the piece becoming a favorite of school and community groups for a time. A popular myth ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chocolate Soldier
''The Chocolate Soldier'' (German: ''Der tapfere Soldat'' he courageous soldieror ''Der Praliné-Soldat'') is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, ''Arms and the Man''. The German language libretto is by Rudolf Bernauer and . It premiered on 14 November 1908 at the Theater an der Wien. English-language versions were successful on Broadway and in London, beginning in 1909. The first film adaptation was in 1915. The 1941 film of the same name enlists much of Straus's music but is otherwise unrelated, using a plot based on Ferenc Molnár's play '' The Guardsman''. Background When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson the rights to adapt the play, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue, nor any of the character's names, could be used; the libretto must be advertised as a parody; and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation. In spite of this, Shaw's original plot, and with it the central message of the play, remain more or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddies (play)
''Buddies'' is a 1919 Broadway musical by George V. Hobart(2 February 1926)Geo. Hobart Passes Away in Maryland ''Plattsburgh Sentinel'' (Associated Press byline) ("Hobart's most pronounced stage success was the morality play "Experience." Among the best known other plays were "Our Mrs. McChesney, written for Ethel Barrymore; "Miss Print," designed as a vehicle for Marie Dressler; "Sonny"; "Buddies" and "Sweet Sixteen".) and with music by Bentley Collingwood Hilliam. After an initial run in Boston starting on August 12, it opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 17, 1919, and played for 259 performances through June 12, 1920. Principal Broadway cast * Camile Dalberg as Madame BenoitWoollcott, Alexander (29 October 1919)The Play ''The New York Times''(28 October 1919)'Buddies' A Comedy With Few Flaws ''The Sun (New York)'', p. 8, col. 3. * Peggy Wood as Julie * Roland Young as Babe * Donald Brian as Sonny * Maxine Brown as Louise Maitland * Richard Cramer as Rube * Edouard Duran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissing Time
''Kissing Time'', and an earlier version titled ''The Girl Behind the Gun'', are musical comedies with music by Ivan Caryll, book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, and additional lyrics by Clifford Grey. The story is based on the 1910 play, ''Madame et son Filleul'' ("Madame and her Godson") by Maurice Hennequin, Pierre Véber and Henry de Gorsse. The story is set in contemporary France, with a glamorous actress at the centre of a farcical plot of imposture, intrigue and mistaken identity. The piece ran for 160 performances on Broadway in 1918 with its former name, and, after substantial revision, for 430 performances in London in 1919–20 as ''Kissing Time'', to catch the post-war mood.Jasen, David A''P. G. Wodehouse: a portrait of a master'' Music Sales Group, 2002, pp. 78–82 This was followed by a touring production. The New York cast included Donald Brian. The star-studded London cast included Stanley Holloway, Yvonne Arnaud, Leslie Henson, George Grossmith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybil (operetta)
''Szibill'' is an operetta by Miksa Bródy and Ferenc Martos, with music by Victor Jacobi. First performed on February 27, 1914, at the Királyszinház (King's Theatre) in Budapest starring Sári Fedák in the title role, it rapidly made its way around Europe. An English-language version by Harry Graham, entitled Sybil and containing additional numbers by Jacobi to lyrics by Harry B. Smith, was first performed on January 10, 1916 at the Liberty Theatre in New York, with Julia Sanderson. Graham's version was later introduced by the George Edwardes Company at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester on 26 December 1920, and at Daly's Theatre in London on 19 February 1921, with José Collins as Sybil. Synopsis Act 1 The Grand Hotel of a provincial, Russian town. Szibill (or "Sybil") Renaud is a young French singer recently arrived in Bomsk (Tomsk). She encounters the army Lieutenant Paul Petrov, a guards officer who fell in love with her in St Petersburg and who has now deserted his reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marriage Market
''The Marriage Market'' (Leányvásár) is an operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. It was premiered on 14 November 1911 at the Király Színház (King Theater) in Budapest and was the composer's first significant success not only in Hungary, but also abroad. The libretto was by Miklós Bródy and Ferenc Martos. Adaptations The operetta enjoyed English-language productions in 1913, in an adaptation by Gladys Unger, with lyrics by Arthur Anderson and Adrian Ross. It played at Daly's Theatre in London, starring Gertie Millar, produced by George Edwardes, and at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway, produced by Charles Frohman, with additional songs by Jerome Kern. In 1916 a Spanish-language version was produced, in an adaptation by Emilio González del Castillo, at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, under the title ''Jack''. Jacobi's music was adapted by Pablo Luna. Roles *Kitty Kent — Gertie Millar *Jack Fleetwood, known as "Slippery Jack" — Robert Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
