PAL JOEY 1940-41 repost by requestS- Page 3

[jaystarr]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 4:29pm

Can you guys post photos of Harold Lang as PAL JOEY in the 1952 Revival? Thanks

J*

[jaystarr]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 4:31pm

Also tomorrow is PAL JOEY's 68th Birthday!!!! This thread is a great way to celebrate PAL JOEY's 68th Birthday!!!

HAPPY 68th Birthday Pal Joey!!! It opened on 1940 Christmas Day!!

J*
Updated On: 12/24/08 at 04:31 PM

[noradesmond]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 5:56pm

"Here's a picture of Georgie Tapps chatting up Oona O'neill, Charlie Chaplin's daughter."

Sorry to quibble but Oona O'Neill was Eugene O'Neill's daughter and future bride of Charlie Chaplin.

The pictures are awesome. I've always wanted to see more of this production. Thanks for posting

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 5:57pm

I'll see what I have in the collection re Harold Lang and make a second thread.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/24/08 at 10:40pm

Have a happy holiday.

Updated On: 12/25/08 at 10:40 PM

[Usnavi]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 2:32am

a gay musical. they would never use that tagline these days.

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 8:04am

Not to go too off-topic: here's Technicolor footage of Georgie Tapps in 1937, right after the lovely Virginia Verrill introduces a classic Oscar-nominated song by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.

The beautiful Joan Bennett gets the last word.

(the words are by Sam & Bella Spewack of KISS ME, KATE)
That Old Feeling

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 8:06am

AllofMyLife:, who took the color photos? Were they intended for publication? They are glorious.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 12:51pm

I believe the photos were taken for Life or Look magazine. They seem to be mainly of the "Joey Looks into his Future" ballet. I wish there were more - there probably are, somewhere....

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 1:22pm

TulitaPepsi,

A clip from Vogues of 1938. What is cool is the additional hidden Broadway reference. The film was produced by Walter Wanger (rhymes with stranger, BTW). He produced films for both The Marx Brothers AND Gerta Garbo. His final film was the disaster "Cleopatara" which nearly killed Fox in 1963. He was the president of The Motion Picture Academy for years and even hosted the Oscars in the mid-40s.

But here's the neat part. He caught his wife, Joan Bennett, in bed with producer Jennings Lang and shot the guy in the nuts. He did time in prison for this. Billy Wilder hear the story about the guy who gave Lang his apartment key for the trysts. Wilder and IAL Diamond used this as the basis for "The Apartment" and that movie is, of course, the source for the great Bacharach/Simon musical "Promises, Promises."

I wonder if Joan Bennett likes basketball?

Updated On: 12/25/08 at 01:22 PM

[willrogers2008]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 1:27pm

Thank your this really amazing Christmas gift !

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 6:05pm

Tapps was some dancer -- I can see why he did PJ.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/28/08 at 9:41pm

I'm bumping this again because i spent hours on that poster above

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 7:35pm

I'm only doing this for the kids, you understand....

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 9:14pm

These photos are AMAZING!

Thank you, allofmylife!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:03pm

Of interest to the scenic mavens is the amazing latticework which is just a painted flat. The shadows are painted on as well. The background was probably muslin and brilliant colored-gel lights were shone from behind to give the color effects.

Also, clearly, electric blue was a continuing motif throughout the show. It's interesting to see the giant swaths of blue in the chorus costumes. I'd love to find some more of these color photos to see what else they were up to....

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:34pm

allofmylife, thank you again!! Where do you find these pictures??

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:47pm

Finally, someone posted a large size program cover (mine is in storage with all my stuff in Los Angeles).

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/31/08 at 10:53pm

Theaterkid1015,

In answer to your question, I have been collecting theater memorobilia for 40 years now. I used to buy photos and programs from stores in New York, most of the proprietors ied during the scourge of AIDS. Then I switched to the internet and have bought for many years now. I recommend Broadway!!! on ebay (note the 3 !s) whose store is very, very chock-full of wonders.

And I buy from estates and sometimes I just get lucky. For years, I wanted a program for "Smiles" Fred Astaire's one real flop. I was dragged to a furniture sale and there were a bunch of programs on top of a chest of drawers. The proprietor said they were in one of the drawers. Leafing through, I came across not just the program, but the opening night version, complete with silver foil cover. I tremulously opened the cover and read the price. Six dollars!@ I was so shocked I muttered it out loud. The guy said "Okaaaaaay... three dollars."

Try buying one now for less than 300.

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 12:49am

Thanks for the input. I'll start looking around. And starting my own collection, of course.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/1/09 at 1:35am

back to an older avatar

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/2/09 at 1:54pm

Mucho kudos for Catherine's great blog

http://paljoeyblog.com/

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/4/09 at 7:43pm

June Havoc really was a looker. I believe Madonna eventually bought this table.

Updated On: 1/4/09 at 07:43 PM

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:31pm

I've had a few request for a repost by people who missed this during the holidays.

[cath2]

Posted: 2/3/09 at 4:27pm

Wow! Thanks so much for the compliment! Does the fact that you like the blog mean you wouldn't mind me posting your fabulous pictures?

catherine