REEL 834. EARLY STAGE rr1/20260912_120441

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## HEADING: REEL 834. EARLY STAGE
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(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "Everybody's Doing It Now" by Robert Hale & Ida Crispi
In "Everybody's Doing It"
2/14/12
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "Hitchy Koo" by Lew Hearn & Bonita in "Hullo Ragtime"
London Hippodrome
12/23/12
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "Get Out & Get Under (He'd Have to) by Gerald Kirby
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "Love Me while the Loving is Good" with Frank Carter
& Isabell O'Armond in "Hullo Tango" London Hippodrome
12/23/13
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "You're Here and I'm Here" by Elsie Janis & Basil Hallam
in "The Passing Show"
4/20/14
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "Mary from Tipperary" by Unity More & chorus in Busi-
ness as Usual
11/16/14
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green" Gertie Millar & A. Simon
Firard in "Brice-a-Brac". The Palace Theatre
9/18/15
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "Take off a Little Bit" by Fay Compton and Chorus
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "Where did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday on Saturday night?
by Ethel Levey in Follow the Crowd Empire
2/19/16
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "If you were the Only Firl In the World" by Violet Loraine
& George Robey in "The Bing Boys are Here" Alhambra
4/19/16
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "The Kirchner Girl" by Teddie Gerard Acc. by Palace Theatre
Orchestra
(2) REVUE 1912-1918 "Walkin' the Dog" by Nelson Keys in "Vanity Fair" Palace
4/16/16
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "At the Calico Ball" by Lee White & Clay Smith in "Cheep"
Vaudeville
4/26/17
(3) REVUE 1912-1918 "On the Level] You're a Little Devil" by Maurice Chevalier In
Hullo America Palace
9/25/17
(4) REVUE 1912-1918 "I've been Waiting for Someone Like You" by Gertrude Lawrence
& Walter Williams in "Buzz-Buzz" Vaudeville
12/20/18
(2) REVUE 1919-1929 "That Wonderful Lamp" by Beatrice Lillie In Bran Pie
8/28/19
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Lee White in Back Again
(5) REVUE 1919-1929 "When the Sun Goes Down" by Melville Gideon in the Co-optim-
ists
6/27/21
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Dapper Dan" by Jack Buchanan & the Trix Sisters In A to Z
10/11/21
(4) REVUE 1919-1929 "Gems" by Alfred Lester in Fun of the Fayre
10/17/21
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "There's Life in the Old Girl Yet" Maisie Gay in London
Calling.
9/4/23
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Joyce Barbour In R.S.V.P.
2/23/26
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Ladies Bar" by Elsa Lanchester in Riverside Nights
4/10/26
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Smilin' Joe by the Plantation orchestra in Blackbirds
9/11/26
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 When the Anson Cab was lifted up on the Rank by Herbert
Mundin In 'The Charlot Show of 1926' Prince of Wales Theatre
10/5/26
(4) REVUE 1919-1929 "My heart Stood Still" by Edythe Baker in 'One Dam Thing
After Another'.
5/20/27
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Double Damask" by Cicely Courtnelde & Ivor McLaren &
Lawrence Green.
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Little Boy Blues" by June, Bobby Comber, Chich Endor,
Dennis Cowles in 'Clowns in Clover'
12/1/27
(4) REVUE 1919-1929 "Miss Annabelle Lee" by Whispering Jack Smith in 'Will O'
the Whispers
4/4/28
(3) REVUE 1919-1929 "Wake up & Dream" by George Metaxa in 'Wake up & Dream'
3/27/29
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Sweet Temptation" by Patrick Waddington in 'Charlot's
Masquerade
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Your're Blase" by Binnie Hale In "Cow Bells" London
Hippodrome
1/4/32
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Three White Feathers" by Patrick Waddington & Doris Hare
9/16/32
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "I've Got the Wrong Man" by Zeldaee Jackson in 'Ballyhoo'
12/22/32
(5) REVUE 1930-1940 "Other People's Babies" by Norah Howard in 'Streamline'
The introductory voice is that of C. B. Cochran himself.
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Keep a Twinkle in your Eye" by The Nicholas Brothers
in 'Blackbirds of 1936' Harold Bicholas the singer was
age 14 at time of recording
7/9/36
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Breakfast in Harlem" by Buck & Bubbles in 'Transatlantic
Rhythm'
10/1/36
(4) REVUE 1930-1940 "No More" by Gitta Alpar In 'Home & Beauty'
2/2/37
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "A Little White Room" by Frances Day & John Mills in
"Floodlight"
6/23/37
(4) REVUE 1930-1940 "Pulling Down London; when Bolensky Danced Belushka;
Antigua" by The Little theatre Company In '9-Sharp'
1/26/38
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Useful and Acceptable Gifts" by Joyce Grenfell in 'The
Little Revue'
4/21/39
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" by Pat Kirkwood & Jack
Hylton In 'Black Velvet' London Hippodrome
11/14/39
(5) REVUE 1930-1940 "Goodbye Sally" by Arthur Riscoe in 'Shepherds Pie'. The
2nd World War had started in Sept. & Riscoe's self-penned
song was one of the first hit songs to emerge from it.
12/21/39
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Only a Glass of Champagne" by Evelyn Laye in 'Lights
Up.
2/9/40
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "I'm One of the Whitehall Warriors" by Cyril Ritchard &
Carroll Gibbons In 'Up and Doing' Saville Theatre
4/19/40
(3) REVUE 1930-1940 "Mademoiselle L'Amour" by Florence Desmond in 'Apple Sauce'
8/27/40
Three weeks after opening the Holborn Empire theatre was
demolished by a land mine. Show reopened at the London Palladium.

NOEL and GERTIE and BEA. Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence & Beatrice Lillie. 1913-1934
Beatrice Lillie has been described as "the Funniest woman in the World"
Gertrude Lawrence as "the most glamorous woman ever to appear on the stage" and
Noel Coward was universally know as "The Master".
(10) 1. MEDLEY OF NOEL COWARD SUCCESSES...Noel Coward Parisian Pierrot; Poor Little Rich
Girl; could only come with Me; I'll see you Again.
(3) 2. BABY DOESN'T KNOW -Beatrice Lillie.
(3) 3. WHAT NOW -Gertrude Lawrence.
(3) 4. A BABY'S BEST FRIEND-Beatrice Lillie.
(3) 5. WORLD WEARY -Noel Coward
(3) 6. A HOUR AGO THIS MINUTE -Gertrude Lawrence.
ROLLED INTO ONE -Beatrice Lillie.
(3) 8. WINNIE THE WINDOW CLEANER - Gertrude Lawrence.
(10) 9. MEDLEY OF GERTRUDE LAWRENCE SUCCESSES - Gertrude Lawrence.
Limehouse Blues; You were meant for Me; Do Do Do; Someone to watch over Me;
A Cup of Coffee; A Sandwich and You; Wild Thyme; Experiment.
(6) 10. THE FAMILY ALBUM - WE WERE DANCING - Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence.
(6) 11. JULIA - Beatrice Lillie; BROADWAY MEDLEY - Beatrice Lillie & Gertrude Lawrence
Chlow; Cover me up with the Sunshine of Virginia; I wonder what's become of
Sally; Doo Wacka Doo; Big Boy.
(3) 12. SHOOT THE RABBIT - Beatrice Lillie.

EDDIE CANTOR
(28) Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1925); If you knew Susie (like I know Susie)(1925);
Makin' Whoopee; How Ya Gonna Keep 'em down on the farm? (1919); Josephine, Please no
lean on the Bell; Ma (He's making eyes at Me)(1921); Waiting for the Robt. E. Lee;
Margie (1920); Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider (1912); Ballin' the Jack (1913);
Ain't she Sweet (1927); Baby Face (1927); Now's the time to Fall in Love.

JIMMY DURANTE SINGS
(18) Inka Dinka Doo; Umbragio; I'm Durante- The Patron of the Arts; So I ups to Him;
Jimmy, The well dressed man; Joe goes up- I come down.

VICTOR BORG - CAUGHT IN THE ACT
(48) Tea for Two; Malaguena; Stardust; Nola; Trees; One fine day; Tales from the
Vienna Woods; Third man theme; Nocturne; Blue Danube Waltz; Tango; Minute Waltz;
Liebestraum.

ON, WHAT A LOVELY WAR Here are some of the most famous names of the London Stage &
Music Hall of the First World War years.
(3) OH! IT'S A LOVELY WAR Cortland & Jefferies
(4) BELGIUM PUT THE KIBOSH ON THE KAISER Mark Sheridan 1914
(4) YOUR KING & COUNTRY WANT YOU Madame Edna Thornton
(4) I'LL MAKE A MAN OF YOU From The Passing Show of 1914 w/Dorothy Brogan 1914
(3) WHEN THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPLIN Harry Johnson 1914
(3) A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR From: Round the Map w/Alfred Lester
(3) PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG Murray Johnson 1916
(3) NOW YOU'VE GOT YER KHAKI ON Marie Lloyd 1915
(4) OH BOY! WHEN YOU'RE HOME ON LEAVE Savoy Quartette 1917
(3) WHEN THE WAR IS OVER, MOTHER DEAR Walter Jefferies 1915
(3) TILL THE BOYS COME HOME Renee Neyor 1918
(3) GOOD-BYE-EE Courtland & Jefferies
(3) ROSES OF PICARDY Ernest Pike 1917
(4) OVER THERE Savoy Quartette

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REEL 835. THE MARX BROTHERS:
(6:00) THE START OF THE MARX BROTHERS from FITCH BASEDAG w/Chico Marx & his orchestra; Toby
Reed is M.C.; Kim Kimberly sings "Mister Five by Five" Dec. 1943
(3:39) THE ALL-STAR COMEDY HOUR from MILZ CALL. w/Groucho Marx, Martha Tilton, Hy Averback.
A satire of small town hillbilly radio. Mid 1940's.
(9:57) THE SPIRIT OF SPRING from BIRDS EYE OPEN HOUSE w/Groucho Marx, Dinah Shore, Harry VonZel
(10:30) DOCTOR PEOPLE ARE DOUBLE & TAKE IT TRUTH OR IGNORANCE IT PAYS TO BE INFORMATION FROM
COMMAND PERFORMANCE. w/Groucho Marx, Ken Carpenter. WW II Broadcast.
(6:56) A MINK FOR JOLSON from KRAFT MUSIC BALL w/Groucho Marx, Al Jolson & Oscar Levant.1/13/4
(6:45) A QUIZ FOR JOLSON from KRAFT MUSIC BALL w/Groucho, Jolson & O. Levant. 11/18/48
(9:40) A BASEBALL TEAM FOR JOLSON from KRAFT w/Groucho, Jolson & O. Levant. 4/7/49
(6:36) A LAUNDRY FOR JOLSON from KRAFT MUSIC BALL w/Groucho Marx, Al Jolson & Oscar Levant.
Taken from Jolson's last appearance on the Kraft Music Hall. 5/26/49
(35:00) THE MARX BROTHERS The Original Voice Tracks from some of their greatest movies.
Narrated by Gary Owens. Decca Records DL 9168.
(67:00) AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO A&M Records 1972 Overture; Medley from Marx Brothers films
Introduction- Dick Cavett; "Hello, I must be Going" sung by Groucho & Erin;
Violin solo- Jack Benny Tribute; My family, How we got our names; Strange Relatives;
Uncle Julius; Chico at Klauber Horn Co.; Uncle Herman, Chiropodist; Timbuctoo (song);
Annie Berger: Oh, How that Woman could Cook (song); Toronto song (Irving Berlin denies
he wrote it); London Stories: Polish Officer story, Churchill's 2nd World War;
Tough Chicago Critic story; Palace Theatre: Sarah Bernhardt, Fanny Brice; Swayne's Rat
and Cats. Poem from the play "Animal Crackers"; t.s. eliot Memorial; Laurence
Olivier's Lap; 2nd World War Bond Tour; Houdini Story; Music in "Cocoanuts"- Always;
George Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind story; Stay down here Where you Belong (song); Otto
Kahn story; W.C. Fields: Beebee gun, Prohibition, Baby Leroy; Heaven's Above;
Everybody works but Father (song); Father's Day (song); Margaret Dumont, the dowager
in our films; Thalberg story - Garbo; Sampson and Delilah story; Will Rogers, baseball
in Baltimore; Priests' stories: Plaza Hotel; Montreal; Rome; Show me a Lady (song
Lydia, The Tattooed Lady (song).

(10:59) GREETINGS FROM GROUCHO KFI 50th Anniversary Show. w/Groucho Marx. 4/16/72
(19:04) HOLLYWOOD AGENTS from THE MARX BROTHERS SHOW w/Groucho & Chico Marx; Hollis Shaw; Bill
Goodwin (announcer) & Raymond Paige orchestra 1938
(9:56) GROUCHO MARX, ATTORNEY AT LAW from PHILCO RADIO TIME w/Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby
Bing & Groucho do duet: "Go West" 2/12/47.
(5:06) ABRAHAM from FITCH BASEDAG w/Chico Marx & his orchestra. Vocal by 17 year old Mel Torm
(incorrectly introduced as Mel Tormay) 12/12/43
(8:36) TIME MARKES ON from LEO IS ON THE AIR promo for movie: "A day at the Races" w/Groucho
& Chico Marx; Allan Jones, and a comic first-time-ever interview with HARPO 1937.
(12:18) GROUCHO'S MOTHER from MILZ CALL Groucho, Betty Grable, Bill Goodwin. Wartime.
(4:00) SECOND MOVEMENT FROM THE BEER BARREL POLKA from FITCH BASEDAG features a piano solo
from Chico Marx 12/12/43
(5:00) OPERA from FITCH BASEDAG w/Chico Marx & his orchestra. Ben Pollack.
(5:00) COMMAND PERFORMANCE. w/Groucho Marx, Francis Langford & Ken Carpenter. Wartime.
(18:36) LIVINGSTON MARX, AFRICAN EXPLORER from G.I. JOURNAL w/Groucho Marx, Johnny Weissmuller,
Verma Felton, Mel Blanc & Lucille Ball. Wartime.
(6:49) NOODLIN' AROUND from COMMAND PERFORMANCE w/Chico Marx & Dinah Shore WW II era. 194
(13:14) GROUCHO, THE HYPOCHONDRIAC from BIRDS EYE OPEN HOUSE w/Groucho, Dinah Shore, Harry VonZel
(8:36) GROUCHO IN CHICAGO from PHILCO RADIO TIME w/Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Shay (the
Park Ave. Hillbilly); all sing "Feudin', Fightin' & Fussin'". 4/30/47
(7:02) A CONVERSATION WITH HARPO from COMMAND PERFORMANCE w/Harpo Marx, Jack Benny, Ken
Carpenter, Gary Cooper & Bing Crosby. Harpo plays 'My Blue Heaven' on harp. 1944.
(9:03) DR. G. MARX HACKEN BUSH from PHILCO RADIO BALL OP PANS w/Groucho Marx, Deems Taylor,
Ken or Wendell Niles, Verma Felton & Mel Blanc. 3/12/44.
(14:04) GROUCHO, THE PATIENT from BIRDS EYE OPEN HOUSE w/Groucho Marx, Frank Nelson, Harry Von
Zell, Marilyn Maxwell. Groucho sings: 'Dr. Hackenbush' 1945.
(30:31) YOU BET YOUR LIFE from THE BIG SHOW w/Groucho Marx, Tallulah Bankhead, Ezio Pinza, Fanny
Brice & Hanley Stafford, Jane Powell, Meredith Wilson & Jimmy Wallington. Groucho sing
'Some Enchanted Evening' imitating Pinza. Cast parody's Groucho's quiz show.

Groucho with his first wife, Ruth Johnson, a dancer in the Marx Brothers vaudeville act. They married in 1920 and divorced in 1947.
With Kay Gorcey, his second wife (they were divorced in '51), and their daughter Melinda. He has two children by his first marriage: Milton. He gets along best with Melinda.
With No. 3, Eden Hartford, a model. The marriage lasted from '54 to '69. Groucho plans to adopt as a daughter his secretary-companion Erin Fleming