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Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name.The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927.
Shuffle Along is a musical composed by Eubie Blake, with lyrics by Noble Sissle and a book written by the comedy duo Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. [1] [2] [3] One of the most notable all-Black hit Broadway shows, it was a landmark in African-American musical theater, credited with inspiring the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.
Abie's Irish Rose was revived on Broadway in 1937 and again, in an updated version, in 1954. The play inspired two films. The first, released in 1928, stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, directed by Victor Fleming. A 1946 version stars Richard Norris and Joanne Dru, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and produced by Bing Crosby.
In addition to live performance, Hollywood movies are also a key aspect of 1920s theatre history. Although the first movie was made in the late 1800s, movies began to gain traction in the 1920s, which led to a decline in the popularity of theater. With over 20 studios by the end of the 1920s, the movie making industry released an average of 800 ...
Porter in the 1930s. Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him ...
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).
1948 Broadway revival. Sally is a musical comedy with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Clifford Grey and book by Guy Bolton (inspired by the 19th century show, Sally in our Alley), with additional lyrics by Buddy De Sylva, Anne Caldwell and P. G. Wodehouse. The plot hinges on a mistaken identity: Sally, a waif, is a dishwasher at the Alley Inn ...
The Great Lover is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring John St. Polis, Richard Tucker and Claire Adams. [1]The film is based on the play, "The Great Lover," by Leo Ditrichstein, Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton, which premiered on Broadway on November 10, 1915.