Emily Miles "PASSING SHOW OF 1918" Jack Yellen / Albert Gumble 1920 Sheet Music

Description

This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "PEACHIE" sung by EMILY MILES in the Winter Garden's Annual Fall Revue "THE PASSING SHOW OF 1918" which played the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. (The production opened July 25th, 1918 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 142 performances before going on the road.) ..... "The Passing Show" began in 1912 (not counting an 1894 production at the Casino Theatre) as a Winter Garden Extravaganza. Like earlier productions, the 1918 edition starred WILLIE and EUGENE HOWARD, who appeared in nearly every other edition. The show featured FRED and ADELE ASTAIRE in one of their earliest Broadway appearances and also included FRANK FAY, OLGA ROLLER, FLORENCE ELMORE, CHARLES RUGGLES, LOUISE CONTI, NANCY FAIR, SAM WHITE, LOU CLAYTON, JESSIE REED, MARIAN STAFFORD, FAWN CONWAY, NITA NALDI, GRACE KEESHON, MARION MOONEY, MARY BOOTH, BETTY FITCH, LORETTA HARRIS, BEATRICE DeROE, HELEN CARRINGTON, GEORGE HASSELL, EDWARD BASSE, DAVID DREYER, EMILY MILES, EDITH PIERCE, AILEEN ROONEY, GEORGE SCHILLER, WILLIAM DOOLEY, GORDON DOOLEY, DORSHA, PEARL GERMOND, VIOLET ENGLEFIELD, ISABEL RODRIGUEZ, LARE BENSON, KITTY ASTRA, PEGGY MITCHELL and MARY RINEHART ..... CREDITS: This Song written by JACK YELLEN and ALBERT GUMBLE; Additional Music by SIGMUND ROMBERG ("Maytime", "Sinbad", "Poor Little Ritz Girl", "Blossom Time", "The Student Prince", "The Desert Song", "Rosalie", "Up in Central Park", "The Girl in Pink Tights"), JEAN SCHWARTZ,
GUS KAHN, EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE, JAAN KENBROVIN, JOHN WILLIAM KELLETTE, ISHAM JONES, CASPER NATHAN and JOSEPH MANNE
; Dialogue and Lyrics by HAROLD ATTERIDGE; Art Direction by WATSON BARRATT; Costumes designed by CORA MacGEACHY and S. ZALUD; Choreography by JACK MASON; 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. 9 1/4" X 12 1/8" inches and is copyrighted 1920 by Jerome H. Remick and Co., New York City and Detroit ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a small nick in the outside edge of the center page (third scanned image), minor creasing and moderate 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.