Description: A rare original June 1945 program for Hollywood Pinafore, adapted by George S. Kaufman from Gilbert and Sullivan's brilliant comic light opera HMS Pinafore. Twenty four pages. Dimensions nine by six and five eights inches. Light wear and small tears to cover otherwise good. Shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Inquiries always welcome. Please visit my other eBay items for more early theatre, opera, film, magic, and historical autographs, photographs, programs and broadsides and great actor and actress cabinet photos and CDV's. From Wikipedia:Hollywood Pinafore, or The Lad Who Loved a Salary is a musical comedy in two acts by George S. Kaufman, with music by Arthur Sullivan, based on Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore. It opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on May 31, 1945, and closed on July 14, 1945 after 52 performances. It was directed by Kaufman himself and starred Shirley Booth, Victor Moore, George Rasely, and William Gaxton. The adaptation transplants the maritime satire of the original Pinafore to a satire of the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood film making, but Sullivan's score is retained with minor adaptations.According to Howard Teichmann's 1972 biography George S. Kaufman: An Intimate Portrait, Kaufman had the inspiration for Hollywood Pinafore during a poker game with his friend Charles Lederer. While Lederer was arranging his cards, he idly sang a few bars of "When I Was a Lad" from Pinafore while ad-libbing a new lyric: "Oh, he nodded his head / and he never said 'no' / and now he's the head of the studio." Kaufman insisted on paying Lederer a token fee for the idea of transplanting Pinafore's setting to a Hollywood studio.Although Kaufman's lyrics are witty, the book is static for a musical. However, it has been revived a number of times in recent years, including a 1998 "Lost Musicals" staged concert production at the Barbican Centre in London.Synopsis[edit]Starlet Brenda Blossom, pining for a lowly writer, Ralph, is promised in marriage by her father (a director looking to advance his own career) to the studio head, Joseph Porter. If she marries Ralph, she'll be tossed out of Hollywood and forced to make a living on the stage. Everything turns out for the best when it is discovered that a mix-up in Louhedda Hopsons' gossip column was responsible for Ralph's fall from grace. In reality, it was Ralph who was meant to head the studio instead of Porter.Roles[edit]Joseph W. Porter, head of Pinafore PicturesMike Corcoran, a directorRalph Rackstraw, a writerDick Live-Eye, an agentBrenda Blossom, a starLouhedda Hopsons, a columnist (a combination of the names of Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper)Bob Beckett, a press agentMiss Liebe, Mr. Porter's secretaryMiss Gloria MundiMiss Beverly WilshireLittle Miss PeggyDoormanSecretaries, Guard, Actors, Actresses, Assistant Directors, Cameramen, Technicians, etc. Singers and DancersMusical numbers[edit]Act ISimple Movie Folk - Miss Gloria Mundi, Miss Beverly Wilshire, Little Miss Peggy, Girls, EnsembleLittle Butter-Up - Louhedda HobsonAn Agent's Lot Is Not a Happy One - Dick Live-EyeA Maiden Often Seen - Ralph Rackstraw, Miss Beverly Wilshire, EnsembleI'm a Big Director at Pinafore - Mike Corcoran, EnsembleHere on the Lot - Brenda BlossomJoe Porter's Car is Seen - Male Chorus, EnsembleI Am the Monarch of the Joint - Joseph W. Porter, Miss Liebe, EnsembleWhen I Was a Lad - Joseph W. Porter, EnsembleA Writer Fills the Lowest Niche - Bob Beckett, Ralph Rackstraw, Guard, EnsembleNever Mind the Why and Wherefore - Dick Live-Eye, EnsembleRefrain, Audacious Scribe/Proud Lady, Have Your Way - Ralph Rackstraw, Brenda Blossom, Miss Liebe, EnsembleCan I Survive This Overbearing? (Finale Act 1) - Dick Live-Eye, Brenda Blossom, Miss Liebe, Ralph Rackstraw, Bob Beckett, EnsembleACT IIFair Moon - Mike CorcoranI Am the Monarch of the Joint (reprise) - Joseph W. Porter, Miss Liebe, EnsembleBallet Interlude: Success Story - Chief Maid, Other Little Maids, Talent Scout, Her True Love, Two More Boys, Armand, the Movie Hero, Director, Studio AssistantsHollywood's a Funny Place - Louhedda Hobson, Joseph W. PorterTo Go Upon the Stage - Brenda BlossomHe Is a Movie Man - Joseph W. Porter, Dick Live-Eye, EnsembleThe Merry Maiden and the Jerk - Dick Live-Eye, Joseph W. PorterCarefully on Tiptoe Stealing (music brazenly taken from The Pirates of Penzance) - Brenda Blossom, Ralph Rackstraw, Dick Live-Eye, Mike Corcoran, EnsemblePretty Daughter of Mine - Mike Corcoran, Ralph Rackstraw, Miss Liebe, Joseph W. Porter, Dick Live-Eye, EnsembleFarewell, My Own - Ralph Rackstraw, Brenda Blossom, Miss Liebe, Joseph W. Porter, Louhedda Hobson, Bob Beckett, EnsembleThis Town I Now Must Shake - Louhedda Hobson, EnsembleFinale Act 2 - Entire Company
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