Daphne Pollard "PASSING SHOW OF 1915" Marilyn Miller 1915 Broadway Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "TAKE ME TO THE MIDNIGHT CAKE WALK BALL" introduced by DAPHNE POLLARD
in
the
Annual Winter Garden Revue "THE PASSING SHOW OF 1915" at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. (The
production opened May 29th, 1915 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 145 performances.) ..... "The Passing Show" began in 1912 (not counting an 1894 production at the Casino Theatre) as a Winter Garden Extravaganza and became an annual event until 1924. The cast of the 1915 edition included seventeen year-old MARILYNN MILLER, who had made her Broadway debut the previous year in the 1914 edition. Others in the cast included WILLIE and EUGENE HOWARD, HELEN ELY, JOHN CHARLES THOMAS, PHIL GILPIN, ROY GOODRICH, HELEN CARRINGTON, MARGURITE WARD, Mme. BALDINA
, JOHN T. MURRAY, DAPHNE POLLARD, GEORGE W. MONROE, ERNEST HARE, SAM HEARN, HARRY FISHER, TED SULLIVAN, FLORENCE BOYD, ALEXIS KOSLOFF, THEODOR KOSLOFF, CLARENCE ROCKWELL, VIOLET LESTER, RUTH COOPER, FRANCES DEMAREST and ARTHUR HILL
..... CREDITS: This Song by EDDIE COX, ARTHUR JACKSON and MAURICE ABRAHAMS; Most Music by LEO EDWARDS, W. F. PETERS and J. LEUBRIE HILL; Book and Lyrics by HAROLD ATTERIDGE; Sets designed by P. DODD ACKERMAN and H. ROBERT LAW; Costumes designed by HARRY COLLINS; Choreography by JACK MASON; Ballets by THEODORE KOSLOFF; Staged by J. C. HUFFMAN; Produced by the Messrs. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT
..... DETAILS: The oversized six page piece of sheet music measures approx. 10 1/2" X 13 5/8" inches and is copyrighted 1915 by Maurice Abrahams Music Company of New York City ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a diagonal crease and minor edge wear, this rare piece of sheet music is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.