Rosalie
Information about Rosalie
| Rosalie | |
| Music | George Gershwin Sigmund Romberg |
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| Lyrics | Ira Gershwin P.G. Wodehouse |
| Book | William Anthony McGuire Guy Bolton |
| Productions | 1928 Broadway |
The story tells of a princess from a faraway land who comes to America and falls in love with a West Point military cadet. The play starred Marilyn Miller as the princess and Frank Morgan as her father, King Fredrick. Music for the play was composed by George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse.
The 1937 film follows the original story but replaces the Broadway score with new songs by Cole Porter. MGM's top tap dancer, Eleanor Powell, was cast as the princess opposite Nelson Eddy as cadet Dick Thorpe. Morgan returned as King Fredrick. Also appearing in the film were Ray Bolger, Edna May Oliver, Ilona Massey, and Reginald Owen.
In order to capitalize upon Powell's renown as a dancer, the story was retooled to allow her several showcase musical numbers, the best-remembered of which involves her dancing on top of giant drum.
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George and Ira Gershwin musicals and operas | |
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| Together | A Dangerous Maid • Primrose • Lady, Be Good! • Tell Me More! • Tip-Toes • Oh, Kay! • Strike Up the Band • Funny Face • Rosalie • Treasure Girl • Show Girl • Girl Crazy • Of Thee I Sing • Pardon My English • Let 'Em Eat Cake • Porgy and Bess |
| George | La La Lucille • Morris Gest "Midnight Whirl" • Blue Monday • Limehouse Nights • George White's Scandals • The Broadway Whirl • Our Nell • By and By • Innocent Ingenue Baby • Walking Home with Angeline • The Rainbow • Sweet Little Devil • Song of the Flame |
| Ira | Ladies First • The Sweetheart Shop • Two Little Girls in Blue • For Goodness Sake • Molly Darling • Captain Jinks • Garrick Gaieties • Sweet and Low • Shoot the Works • • Thumbs Up! • Lady in the Dark • The Firebrand of Florence • Park Avenue |
| The films of Eleanor Powell |
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| Feature films Queen High (1930) | George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) | Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) | Born to Dance (1936) | Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) | Rosalie (1937) | Honolulu (1939) | Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) | Lady Be Good (1941) | Ship Ahoy (1942) | I Dood It (1943) | Thousands Cheer - cameo (1943) | Sensations of 1945 (1944) | The Great Morgan - cameo (1946) | Duchess of Idaho -cameo (1950) |
| Short films No Contest! (1934) | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 12 (1936) | (1947) | (1948) | Have Faith in Our Children (1955) |
| Television series The Faith of Our Children (1953-1955) |
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall.
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Sigmund Romberg, born Romberg Zsigmond (July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951, New York, New York) was an American composer best known for his operettas.
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Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23).
Born: September 15 1881
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Died: January 14 1975 (aged 95)
Southampton, NY, U.S.
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Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23).
Born: September 15 1881
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Died: January 14 1975 (aged 95)
Southampton, NY, U.S.
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William Anthony McGuire
Born July 9 1881
Chicago, Illinois United States
Died September 16 1940
Beverly Hills, California
William Anthony McGuire
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Born July 9 1881
Chicago, Illinois United States
Died September 16 1940
Beverly Hills, California
William Anthony McGuire
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Guy Reginald Bolton (November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a British-American playwright and writer of musical comedies.
Born Guy Reginald Bolton to American parents in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, Bolton studied architecture before beginning his writing career
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Born Guy Reginald Bolton to American parents in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, Bolton studied architecture before beginning his writing career
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Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII
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1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s
1925 1926 1927 - 1928 - 1929 1930 1931
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII
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Broadway theatre[1] is the most well known form of professional theatre to the American general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Subsidiary of Sony, Comcast and their equity partners
Founded April 16, 1924
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.)
Key people Harry E.
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Subsidiary of Sony, Comcast and their equity partners
Founded April 16, 1924
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.)
Key people Harry E.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, West Point or, for collegiate athletic purposes, Army) is a United States Army post and service academy. West Point was first a military post that was briefly under the command of Benedict Arnold[1].
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Marilyn Miller
Birth name Mary Ellen Reynolds
Born September 1 1898
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Died March 7 1936 (aged 39) (infection following sinus surgery)
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Birth name Mary Ellen Reynolds
Born September 1 1898
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Died March 7 1936 (aged 39) (infection following sinus surgery)
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Frank Morgan
from the trailer for Sweethearts (1938)
Birth name Francis Phillip Wuppermann
Born May 1 1890
New York City, New York, U.S.
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from the trailer for Sweethearts (1938)
Birth name Francis Phillip Wuppermann
Born May 1 1890
New York City, New York, U.S.
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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall.
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Sigmund Romberg, born Romberg Zsigmond (July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951, New York, New York) was an American composer best known for his operettas.
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Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23).
Born: September 15 1881
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Died: January 14 1975 (aged 95)
Southampton, NY, U.S.
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Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23).
Born: September 15 1881
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Died: January 14 1975 (aged 95)
Southampton, NY, U.S.
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Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), Fifty Million Frenchmen
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Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1938
Birth name Eleanor Torrey Powell
Born November 21 1912
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1938
Birth name Eleanor Torrey Powell
Born November 21 1912
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs.
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Ray Bolger
in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Birth name Raymond Wallace Bolger[1][2]
Born January 10 1904
Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
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in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Birth name Raymond Wallace Bolger[1][2]
Born January 10 1904
Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Edna May Oliver
in the Little Women trailer (1933)
Born November 9 1883
Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died November 9 1942 (aged 59)
Malibu, California, U.S.
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in the Little Women trailer (1933)
Born November 9 1883
Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died November 9 1942 (aged 59)
Malibu, California, U.S.
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Ilona Massey (July 5, 1912 - August 12, 1974) was a film, stage and radio performer. Billed as "the new Dietrich," she starred in films with Nelson Eddy and had a short-lived eponymous TV series, "The Ilona Massey Show.
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Reginald Owen
from the trailer for
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Born August 5, 1887
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died November 5, 1972 (age 85)
United States
Reginald Owen, or
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from the trailer for
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Born August 5, 1887
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died November 5, 1972 (age 85)
United States
Reginald Owen, or
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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall.
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Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
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Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the
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Opera is a form of musical and dramatic work in which singers convey the drama.[1] Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.[2] An opera performance incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and
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