''Murray Anderson's Almanac: A Revusical Comedy of Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow (1880–1930)'' was a Broadway show from 1929. It was produced by the Almanack Theatrical Corporation with

John Murray Anderson John Murray Anderson (September 20, 1886 – January 30, 1954) was a Canadian theatre director and theatre producer, producer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, dancer and lighting designer, who made his career in the United States, primarily in ...

and Gil Boag as directors. It was based on the style of an

almanac An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. It includes information like weather forecasting, weather forecasts, farmers' sowing, planting dates ...

publication. The chronological order of the 28 scenes in the show was referred to by page numbers, and so scene 5 was described on page 5 in the program and so on. The theatrical corporation produced what it called the ''first edition'' of the show on August 14, 1929, at the Erlanger's Theater on Broadway in

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. The authors of the comedy sketches were Harry Ruskin,

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

, Paul Gerard Smith,

Ronald Jeans Ronald Jeans (10 May 1887 – 16 May 1973) was a British playwright with a career spanning nearly 50 years. Early life Ronald Jeans was born in Oxton, Merseyside, the younger son of Sir Alexander Grigor Jeans (1849–1924), the founder and ma ...

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, Anna Wynne, and

Rube Goldberg Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), better known as Rube Goldberg (), was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated ...

. Music was by Henry Sullivan and

Milton Ager Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His most lasting compositions include " Ain't She Sweet” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”. Biography Ag ...

with lyrics by

Jack Yellen Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme ...

. A song that was produced for the show by Henry Sullivan was ''

I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful) "I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)" is a popular music, popular song. The music was written by Henry Sullivan (composer), Henry Sullivan, the lyrics by Harry Ruskin, arranged by Dan Daugherty, and the original Music publishing, music pu ...

,'' which went on to become a popular song with multiple cover versions of it. The show was directed by

, Harry Ruskin, and William Hollbrook. The cast members were Trixie Friganza, Jimmy Savo,

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, Eleanor Shaler, William Griffith, Fred Keating, Billie Gerber, and Stella Power.

Music

Gallery

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, author of some of the sketches. File:Jack Yellen 1924.jpg,

, lyricist for the show. File:Trixie Friganza Hayes.jpg, Trixie Friganza, cast member File:Jimmy Savo 1926.jpg, Jimmy Savo, cast member File:Roy Atwell 1940.JPG,

, cast member (image circa 1940).

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External links

''Murray Anderson's Almanac''
at the

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