RUSS BROWN + D. LIBAIRE—SIGNED PHOTO—DAMN YANKEES

Description: RUSS BROWNDOROTHY LIBAIRE SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO Russ Brown (1892 – 1964) had a career as a journalist, working for several newspapers in the city of Philadelphia, but his great success came as an actor of stage, television, and screen. On stage, he is a best known for his Tony Award-winning role of Benny Van Buren in the 1955 Broadway musical Damn Yankees; a role he also reprised on film in 1958. Other highlights of his work in film were his portrayal of Captain Brackett in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1958 movie version of the 1949 Broadway musical South Pacific, and as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama, Anatomy of a Murder (1959). On TV he portrayed the recurring character of Thomas Jones, the father of the title character, in the legal drama The Law and Mr. Jones from 1960–1962. Born in Philadelphia, Russ Brown grew up in South Philly. He sang as a boy soprano in his church's choir, and made his Broadway debut as a member of the chorus in the original production of The Firefly in 1912-1913. After this he toured the States and Canada in vaudeville; getting stranded twice on tour, once in Fall River and once in Toronto. Brown returned to Philadelphia where he worked as a reporter for several Philadelphia newspapers. Eventually he returned to the stage performing in vaudeville in an act with Bert Wheeler. He married the actress Gertrude Whitaker during World War I, and the two performed in a vaudeville act together entitled Brown and Whitaker. Their act and marriage eventually ended in divorce. Broadway Brown's first leading role on Broadway was as Jimmy Ridgeway in Lewis E. Gensler's 1928 musical Ups-a Daisy. This was followed by the role of Sport in the 1930 DeSylva Brown and Henderson Bert Lahr musical Flying High in which he had particular success performing in the duet "Good for you–Bad for me". He next starred on Broadway in two plays: Robert Carlyle in One Good Year (1935) and Pat Dunn in Louis Pelletier and Robert Sloane's Howdy Stranger (1937). In 1940-1941 he starred as Dinky in the Yip Harburg and Burton Lane Al Jolson musical Hold On to Your Hats; a character reutilized by the musical book's writing team, Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis, in several of their later musicals. In 1941 Brown had the biggest critical flop of his career, starring in the title role of the short lived Broadway musical Viva O'Brien; a creation of the composer María Grever. He returned to Broadway with better success as the press agent Bob Becket in George S. Kaufman's Hollywood Pinafore in 1945. In 1947 he starred as Timothy Moore in the revival of Herbert and Dorothy Fields Up in Central Park. This was followed by appearances in the plays The Biggest Thief in Town (1949, as Horton Paige) and Clutterbuck (1949–1950). In 1950 he starred in the title role of a national tour of Finian's Rainbow; a role which was reportedly the favorite of his career. From 1955–1957, Brown starred as Van Buren, the good natured manager of the Washington Senators baseball team, in Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees. He had particular success in this work with the song "Ya Gotta Have Heart". For his stage performance in "Damn Yankees!", he earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 1956; with his fellow stage partners Ray Walston and Gwen Verdon along with choreographer Bob Fosse all winning Tony Awards for the same production. In 1959 Brown gave his final performance on Broadway portraying New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia in the Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical Fiorello!. Film and television Brown made his screen debut in a short film with RKO Pictures, Russ Brown in 'the Palooka Flying School' (1930). One of the early films to experiment with sound, it was deemed a "novelty chatter routine that's too smart for the average picture audience." This was followed by performances in the Broadway Brevities short film Footlights in December 1931, and the 1933 Vitaphone Varieties comic short film Pie a la mode which features a baking contest that devolves into a pie throwing fight. Brown's first appearance in the United Artists feature length film was as Joe in the 1934 Sidney Lanfield musical film Moulin Rouge. This was followed by supporting roles in the feature films Let's Talk It Over (1934), The Love Captive (1934), and Sweet Surrender (1935); all for Universal Pictures. After this he appeared in several more short films, Carnival Time (1936, Universal Pictures), Boy, Oh Boy (1936, Mack Sennett Inc.), Strike! You're Out (1936, Skibo Productions), Off the Horses (1937, 20th Century Fox), and Air Parade (1938, Skibo Productions). In 1940 Brown returned briefly to making feature films with the RKO Radio Pictures feature Millionaire Playboy. He did not appear in any more films for nearly two decades; until 1958 when made the two musical films he is best known for: Benny Van Buren in Damn Yankees and Captain Brackett in South Pacific. This was followed by significant supporting roles in two films in 1959: Uncle Otis in It Happened to Jane and George Lemon in the seminal film Anatomy of a Murder. His final film role was as Dr. Heller in The Cardinal (1963). TVIn 1951 Brown made his television debut on the anthology series Pulitzer Prize Playhouse in the episode "Portrait of a President"; a tele-play about Andrew Jackson's presidential election based on the Pulitzer Prize winning biography by Marquis James. From 1960-1962 he portrayed the recurring character of Thomas Jones on the legal drama The Law and Mr. Jones. In 1963 he appeared on The Dick Powell Theatre opposite Lee Marvin in the tele-play "The Loosers". Death Brown died on October 19, 1964, in Englewood, New Jersey. FILM/TV CREDITSVacationThe Two of Us (1966)Otto Preminger Romy Schneider and Tom Tryon The Cardinal (1963)Dick Powell Theatre (1963)The Law and Mr. Jones (1960-02)PremingerAdvise & Consent (1962)Preminger Jimmy StewartAnatomy of a Murder (1959)Doris Day Jack Lemmon Ernie KovacsIt Happened to Jane (1959)Tab Hunter Gwen VerdonDamn Yankees (1958)Rossano Brazzi Mitzi Gaynor South Pacific (1958)Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951)Joe PennerMillionaire Playboy (1940)Al ChristieAir Parade (1938)Bert LahrMontague the Magnificent (1937)Bert LahrOff the Horses (1937)Barry Sullivan Strike! You're Out (1936)Bert Lahr Marion Martin Boy, Oh Boy (1936)Pinky SanbornCarnival Time (1936)Monte BriceSweet Surrender (1935)Gloria Stuart Nils Asther The Love Captive (1934)Mae Clarke Chester Morris Let's Talk It Over (1934)Constance Bennett Moulin Rouge (1934)Bernard GorceyPie a la Mode (1933)James C MortonFootlights (1931)Al BoasbergThe Palooka Flying School (1930) BROADWAYFiorello! (Nov 1959 - Oct 1961)George Abbott Damn Yankees (May 1955 - Oct 1957)Ray Walton Gwen Verdon Clutterbuck (Dec 1949 - Jun 1950)Arthur Margetson Ruth FordThe Biggest Thief in Town (Mar - Apr 1949)Walter Abel Thomas Mitchell Up in Central Park (May 1947)Dorothy FieldsGeorge S Kaufman Hollywood Pinafore (May - Jul 1945)With Gaxton+ Moore Shirley Booth Matt WickesViva O'Brien (Oct 1941)With Ray TwardyHold on to Your Hats (Sep 1940 - Feb 1941)With Al Jolson Bert Gordon Jinx Falkenburg Martha RayeHowdy Stranger (Jan - Mar 1937)eith Louis Sorin One Good Year (Nov 1935 - Jun 1936)With Dorothy Libaire Gertrude FlynnFlying High (Mar 1930 - Jan 1931)With Bert LahrUps-a Daisy (Oct - Dec 1928)With Bob Hope DOROTHY LIBAIRE (1905-75) BROADWAY CREDITSBrooklyn Biarritz (Feb - Mar 1941)I Must Love Someone (Feb - Jul 1939)Howdy Stranger (Jan - Mar 1937)One Good Year (Nov 1935 - Jun 1936)When the Bough Breaks (Feb - Mar 1932)As Good as New (Nov - Dec 1930)City Haul (Dec 1929 - Mar 1930)Solitaire (Mar 1929)The Triumphant Bachelor (Sep 1927)Wall Street (Apr - May 07, 1927) FILM CREDITSNorman Foster Charlotte Henry The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)Charles Butterworth Una Merkel Baby Face Harrington (1935)James Gleason Edna May Oliver Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)Shirley Temple Baby, Take a Bow (1934)Leila Hyams Paul Lukas Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)Mary Kornman Esther MuirPicture Brides (1934)Paul Muni Hi, Nellie (1934)Jennie Gerhardt (1933)O.P. Heggie Loretta Young Zoo in Budapest (1933)Dorothy Jordan Gertrude MessingerBondage (1933)Cary Grant Sylvia Sidney Madame Butterfly (1932)George Arliss The Man Who Played God (1932)Sylvia Sidney Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) $6.00 INSURED BOXED SHIPPING L

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