Easter Trivial Pursuit
Easter Trivial Pursuit
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:06pm
In 1933, Irving Berlin wrote "Easter Parade" for the stage musical AS THOUSANDS CHEER.
However, it really wasn't a new song--Berlin reworked an earlier song of his that he had written in 1917.
What was the name of the earlier song?
GOOD LUCK, Everybody!!! 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:19pm
Hint #1:
Five words.
_____ ___ ____ ____ ______.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#2re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:30pm
Hint #2:
First Word--
"A Frown Turned Upside Down."
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#3re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:38pm
Hint #2:
Second Word--
Little word that connects phrases together.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#4re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:43pm
Smile and show your dimple
It's really very simple...
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#5re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:48pm
wildcat, you are 100% CORRECT!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YES, when Berlin needed to write a song for the Easter Parade spot in AS THOUSANDS CHEER--he merely dusted off "Smile and Show Your Dimple" (a 1917 song that had not been very successful) and reworked it into "Easter Parade."
WAY TO GO on a VERY TOUGH Question, Wildcat!!!
Now for your bonus points: What FILM was the song "Easter Parade first performed in?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#7re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 12:58pm
SORRY, wildcat, "Easter Parade" WAS of course performed in the movie of the same title, bur that was not the FIRST film the song was used in.
Care to try again?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#9re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:03pm
Ah! Alice Faye!
I need to see her movies.
I love her singing and her pretty face.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:10pm
NOT QUITE, wildcat...
Hint #3: There's a chain of them ALL OVER THE WORLD--yes, even in Australia, wildcat...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#11re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:11pm
I saw Alice Faye on-stage in a revival of GOOD NEWS, Glebb. She gave a SOCKO performance!!!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:19pm
I guess wildcat had to step out...
So I throw his bonus points question up to the entire Board: What film was the song "Easter Parade" first sung in?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#13re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:23pm
Hollywood Halloween Calvalcade?
Just kidding ME.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#15re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:24pmNew Bonnets of 1933?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#16re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:26pm
NO PROBLEM, wildcat...
Hint #4:
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/home?WT.domain=www.holiday-inn.com
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#17re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:27pm
Gee, Glebb, I missed "New Bonnets of 1933" when it aired on TCM so I'm not sure if that is the correct answer or not... 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#18re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:30pm
Oh, for goodness sake...
HOLIDAY INN, he said, red with shame.
Glebby, I read the reviews...
" 'New Bonnets' was old hat in 1932..."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:32pm
The original song title of "Easter Parade" was "Smile And Show Your Dimple."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:34pmYes, I'm slow. Too many bunnies around this morning.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#21re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:36pm
NO SHAME necessary, wildcat!!!
YES, "Easter Parade" was first performed in a Hollywood movie by Bing Crosby in the film HOLIDAY INN (1942). BTW, his co-star was Fred Astaire.
And your prize, wildcat?
Well, you're about to open up a cozy bed-and-breakfast in Vermont! It'll be a lot of hard work--but don't worry--the place is only open on hoidays!
Enjoy your Easter, one and all!!!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#22re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:39pm
"Smile and Show Your Dimple":
Little girlie, you look sad
I'm afraid you're feeling bad
Because he's leaving
But stop your grieving, little girl
He don't want you to feel blue
For it's not the thing to do
It will soon be over
Then he'll come marching back to you
Smile and show your dimple
You'll find it's very simple
You can think of something comical
In a very little while
Chase away the wrinkle
Sprinkle just a twinkle
Light your face up
Just brace up and smile
Little girlie, don't you know
That your pearly teeth will show
If you start smiling
So keep on smiling, little girl
You can cut your cares in half
If you only try to laugh
Look into my cam'ra
I'm goin' to take your photograph
Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Copyright © ASCAP. All rights reserved.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#23re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:39pmI suppose I'll have that drunken musical_il banging on the door every Purim...
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#24re: Easter Trivial Pursuit
Posted: 3/27/05 at 1:42pm
"Easter Parade":
Never saw you look quite so pretty before
Never saw you dress quite so handsome
What's more
I could hardly wait to keep our date
This lovely Easter morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door
For...
In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest fella
In the Easter parade
I'll be all in clover
And when they look us over
We'll be the proudest couple
In the Easter parade
On the avenue
Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet
About your Easter bonnet
And of the guy I'm taking
To the Easter Parade
Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Copyright © ASCAP. All rights reserved.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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