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B G DESYLVA
(1895 - 1950)Nationality: USA
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Du Barry Was A Lady Good News Lady Killer, The Panama Hattie Sweet Little Devil Tell Me MoreDu Barry Was A Lady
Louis Blore a washroom attendant wins the lottery and quits his job. Louis is in love with nightclub singer May. However, May is in love with Alex but Alex is married to ann. Louis' replacement suggests that he drug Alex and get him out of the way. Unfortunately Louis drinks the drugged drink and collapses. He believes himself to be back in the court of Louis XV and he is King Louis. May is Madame du Barry and Alex a peasant. When he comes to he realises that May really does love Alex and he uses his winnings to pay for a divorce for alex. Penniless he luckily gets his old job back
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Music And lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Herbert Fields; B G DeSylva
1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre, New York 14585
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Top of PageGood News
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Music and lyrics by Lew Brown; B G DeSylva; Ray Henderson; book by B G DeSylva; Frank Mandel; Laurence Schwab
1st Produced:
St James Theatre, New York 23 Dec 1974
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Studio cast recording: TER (1230) 1995
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Top of PageLady Killer, The
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Music by Lewis e Gensler; Stephen Jones; lyrics by Buddy DeSylva; book by Frank Mandel; Laurence Schwab
1st Produced:
Morosco Theatre, New York 12 Mar 1924
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Top of PagePanama Hattie
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Hattie Maloney, a nightclub singer in Panama City, tries to fit into the elite world of the American colony to which her fiance, a single parent, Nick Bullett, belongs. Her prospective marriage to Nick hinges on the approval of his precocious 8-year-old daughter, Gerry, as well as that of his boss. Gerry has been chaperoned on her trip from the States by Vivian Budd a "gentleman's gentleman" who gets bent to the breaking point by the wiles of Hattie's best friend Florrie. Nick's boss, an army officer/engineer, Whitney Randolph, and the girls in the Canal "social set" prove even harder to win over than does Gerry. So what's needed are some major heroics and that is supplied when a plot to blow up the canal is foiled. Helping thwart the "enemy" are three less-than-robust soldiers - Woozy, Skat, and Windy (William Nash). Songs include: "I've Still Got My Health," "We Detest a Fiesta," "Make It another Old-Fashioned, Please," and "Let's Be Buddies."
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Music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter; book by Herbert Fields; book by B G DeSylvia
1st Produced:
46th Street Theatre, New York 1940
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Top of PageSweet Little Devil
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Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Buddy DeSylva; book by Frank Mandel
1st Produced:
astor Theatre, New York 21 Jan 1924
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Top of PageTell Me More
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Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by B G DeSylva; Ira Gershwin; book by Fred Thompson; William K Wells
1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, New York 13 Apr 1935
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New York concert cast: New World (80598-2) 1995
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