Merrily We Roll Along (play)

	Merrily We Roll Along (play) – George S Merrily We Roll Along may refer to: * ''Merrily We Roll Along'' (play), a 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart * "Merrily We Roll Along" (song), a 1935 composition used as the Warner Bros. theme for ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' * Merrily We Roll Along (''DuPont Show of the Week''), a 1961 television special about automobiles hosted by Groucho Marx * ''Merrily We Roll Along'' (musical), a 1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, adapted from the 1934 play ** ''Merrily We Roll Along'' (film), an upcoming American coming-of-age musical comedy film based on the 1981 musical * "Goodnight, Ladies "Goodnight, Ladies" is a folk song attributed to Edwin Pearce Christy, originally intended to be sung during a minstrel show. Drawing from an 1847 song by Christy entitled "Farewell, Ladies", the song as known today was first published on May 16, ... ", an old folk song which contains the line "Merrily we roll along" {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merrily We Roll Along (play) ''Merrily We Roll Along'' is a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It concerns a man who has lost the idealistic values of his youth. Its innovative structure presents the story in reverse order, with the character regressing from a mournful adult to a young man whose future is filled with promise. The 1934 Broadway production received mostly good notices but was a financial failure and has not been revived on Broadway. The 1981 musical adaptation was initially a failure but has subsequently been more successful, having been revived several times. Plot The play has three acts of three scenes each. Every scene is set earlier than the previous one. Act One In Scene I, it is 1934, and Richard Niles is a pretentious 40-year-old playwright who writes successful but forgettable frothy comedies. Niles is hosting a party for his wealthy friends at his Long Island home on the opening night of his newest play. His life is empty, petty and loveless. Among the guests at the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merrily We Roll Along (song) "Merrily We Roll Along" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon '' Billboard Frolics'' that same year. It is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon series since 1936. The first two lines of Cantor's recording are: :Merrily we roll along, my honey and me :Verily there's no one half as happy as we In the 1970s, it was adopted by WGN as the theme music for '' The Ray Rayner Show'', which featured Warner Bros. cartoons. In 1995, it was used as the closing theme of '' The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries''. From 1994–2003, it was used by Warner Bros. Television as part of their logo at the end of shows, in reference to the studio's production of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts, it was arranged by David Kurtz. The song shares a title with the 1934 play '' Merrily We Roll Along'' by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, but is unrelated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merrily We Roll Along (DuPont Show Of The Week) "Merrily We Roll Along" is the sixth episode of the first season of the US anthology series ''The DuPont Show of the Week''. The episode was directed by Robert L. Bendick, written by Philip H. Reisman Jr., and hosted by Groucho Marx. It originally aired on NBC on October 22, 1961. In the episode, Marx presents a sympathetic account of the automobile in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. The episode popularized the metaphor of "America's love affair with the automobile" and has attracted attention from historians for its role in justifying car-centric urban planning. When the episode was made, DuPont held a 23% share in General Motors. Synopsis The episode opens with Marx and a live horse on a sound stage set to look like a stable. Marx then narrates archival footage demonstrating the displacement of the horse-drawn carriage, early automobile ordinances, the development of automobile racing, the use of automobiles in World War I, the rise of the Model T, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merrily We Roll Along (musical) ''Merrily We Roll Along'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The show tells the story of how three friends' lives and friendship devolve over the course of 20 years; it focuses particularly on Franklin Shepard, a talented composer of musicals who, over those 20 years, abandons his friends and songwriting career to become a producer of Hollywood movies. Like the play on which it is based, the show's story moves in reverse chronology, beginning in 1976 at the friends' lowest moment and ending in 1957, at their youthful best. ''Merrily'' premiered on Broadway on November 16, 1981, in a production directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator Hal Prince, with a cast almost exclusively of teenagers and young adults. However, the show was not the success the previous Sondheim–Prince collaborations had been: after a chaotic series of preview performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merrily We Roll Along (film) ''Merrily We Roll Along'' is an upcoming American epic musical film written and directed by Richard Linklater based on the 1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, which is in turn adapted from the 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Jason Blum serves as a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner. Premise Talented Broadway composer Franklin Shepard abandons his friends and career to become a Hollywood producer, told over the course of 20 years in reverse chronological order. Cast * Paul Mescal as Franklin Shepard * Ben Platt as Charley Kringas * Beanie Feldstein as Mary Flynn * Mallory Bechtel as Beth Spencer * Hannah Cruz as Gussie Carnegie Production On August 29, 2019, Blumhouse Productions acquired the rights to make a '' Merrily We Roll Along'' film, with Richard Linklater directing the film and producing along with Ginger Sledge, Jason Blum, and Jonathan Marc Sherman. Production on the film was announced to commence every few years to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]