Broadway Puzzler #16

Posted: 7/20/03 at 11:40am

This is Broadway Puzzler #17 (The subject line can not be edited. Sorry 'bout that error on my part.

It's a lyric puzzler again.

This snippit of lyric comes from a song added to the film version of a Broadway musical. Name the song, the composer and lyricist, the score, the performer who introduced it on film. Bonus points for the director of the film.

"...Sometime the cabin's gloomy an' the table bare,
Then he'll kiss me an' it's Christmas ev'rywhere.
Troubles fly away an' life is easy go.
Does he love me good,
That's all I need to know..."

Yours for a better Broadway! Updated On: 7/20/03 at 11:40 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/20/03 at 12:15pm

HAPPINESS IS JUST A THING CALLED JOE
Sung by Lena Horne in I believe CABIN IN THE SKY
The song was written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg.

Posted: 7/21/03 at 7:14pm

Sueleen, you're were almost there with your answers.

"Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe"
Music by: Harold Arlen
Lyrics by: Yip Harburg
Introduced by: Ethel Waters
CABIN IN THE SKY (film version, released 1943)
Directed by: Vincent Minnelli

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