Description
This is a rare piece of sheet music for the song "ON THE LEVEL YOU'RE A LITTLE DEVIL" (But I'll Soon Make an Angel of You") from 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.) ..... "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 ..... Side note: The front cover was designed by artist ALBERT WILFRED BARBELLE who also illustrated the first "Mickey Mouse" book ..... CREDITS: This Song written by JEAN SCHWARTZ and JOE YOUNG; 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") and JEAN SCHWARTZ; Dialogue and Lyrics by HAROLD ATTERIDGE; Additional Music and Lyrics by GUS KAHN, EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE, JAAN KENBROVIN, JOHN WILLIAM KELLETTE, ISHAM JONES, CASPER NATHAN and JOSEPH MANNE; 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. 10 3/4" X 13 5/8" inches and is copyrighted 1918 by Waterson, Berlin and Snyder, New York City ..... CONDITION: With the exception of several small edge tears 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.
