Image Title

:  [Rosa Covarrubias (billed as Rose Rolanda) and Starr West Jones performing "Rancho Mexicana" dance in Garrick Gaieties]

Creator

: Schwarz, Ira D. -- Photographer

Created Date

: 1925

Specific Material Type

: photographs

Item Physical Description

: 1 photograph : b&w ; 35 x 26 cm.

Notes

: Performer Rosa Covarrubias: also known as Rose Rolanda and Rosa Rolanda. Note 2.) Photograph by Ira D. Schwarz. Note 3.) Richard Rodgers project. Note 4.) Rodgers and Hart. Note 5.) Stamped on verso: Ira D. Schwarz, Portrait and Theatrical Photography, 119 West Forty-Eighth Street, New York City.

Production Notes

: Opened at the Garrick Theater June 8, 1925 and ran for 211 performances. The 1925 Gaities were so successful that a second production was opened the following year with an almost identical cast. Opening night credits: Music: Richard Rodgers; Lyrics: Lorenz Hart; Sketches: Miscellaneous Writers; Producer: Theater Guild; Director: Philip Loeb; Cast: Sterling Holloway, Romney Brent, Betty Starbuck, Libby Holman, June Cochrane, Philip Loeb, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg.

Source

: Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file / Productions / Garrick Gaieties (Revue)

Location

: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Billy Rose Theatre Division

Catalog Call Number

: *T PHO C

Digital ID

: 1807980

Record ID

: 1902702

Digital Item Published

: 4-24-2010; updated 5-8-2012

Rights Notice

: Copyright Ira D. Schwarz.