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1938HOME MOVIES
RARE home movies of the The original Broadway production of HOORAY FOR WHAT. Opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 1, 1937, and ran for 200 performances. Directors were Vincente Minnelli and Howard Lindsay, and choreographers were Robert Alton and Agnes de Mille (her first Broadway choreography). The cast featured Ed Wynn as Chuckles, Jack Whiting as Breezy Cunningham, Paul Haakon (Principal Dancer), June Clyde as Annabel Lewis (replacing Hannah Williams), Vivian Vance as Stephanie Stephanovich (replacing Kay Thompson), Hugh Martin (Singing Ensemble), Ralph Blane as A Spy, and Meg Mundy (Singing Ensemble). Martin also did the vocal arrangements. Life Magazine called it "the funniest show of the year."

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ws Art Deco stage curtain for 1937 Harold Arlen - Yip Harburg Broadway Musical HOORAY FOR WHAT - actors come out and take their bows JACK WHITING, ED WYNN
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HOORAY FOR WHAT songwriters HAROLD ARLEN and YIP HARBURG with maybe Vincente Minnelli
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curtain opens at premier of Broadway Musical HOORAY FOR WHAT entire cast, likely first act first scene young HANNAH WILLIAMS center stage bows and clowns with ED WYNN
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WS HOORAY FOR WHAT Broadway Musical cast on stage rare footage of 1937 Broadway Musical show MUNITIONS WORKS set - MS scene with Jack Whiting and Ed Wynn - also KAY THOMPSON original cast - clips of various scenes of Broadway Musical performance live
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dance sequence from HOORAY FOR WHAT choreography by Robert alton and AGNES de MILLE ( her first Broadway production )
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comic scene from HOORAY FOR WHAT dictator / fascist? ED WYNN
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Hannah Williams or VIVIAN VANCE dances on stage Kay Thompson and another join her
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entire cast come out at end of show
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cu pan of WINTER GARDEN Broadway Theater marquee for Musical show HOORAY FOR WHAT mentions JUNE CLYDE and VIVIAN VANCE ! potion of show poster is seen mentioning composer HAROLD ARLEN
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blurry shots of cast photos
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Mrs. Arlen ( Anya ) walks her dog in front of WINTER GARDEN THEATER on Broadway at Time square 1937
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WS train station SANTA FE train, porters, luggage carts HAROLD ARLEN in front of train COCHETTI car - shots of train station , moving shots of station short from train pulling out of station
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the beautiful ANYA ARLEN looking out from train window at camera HAROLD ARLEN CU eating ice cream cone on pullman train sleeps on train
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Anya Arlen with two unidentified men in rural area - lyricist YIP HARBURG and HAROLD ARLEN joins them walking around rural outside area of cottage men pet St Bernard dog
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ls of lyricist YIP HARBURG walking on unidentified City street - waves up at camera shooting him from hotel window
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