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Image ID: 1809924
[Belle Baker (as the title character of Betsy) with Borrah Minnevitch (Minevitch), leader of the Harmonica Symphony Orch...
(1926)
Image Details
Image Title
:
[Belle Baker (as the title character of Betsy) with Borrah Minnevitch (Minevitch), leader of the Harmonica Symphony Orchestra]
Creator
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White Studio (New York, N.Y.) -- Photographer
Created Date
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1926
Specific Material Type
: photographs
Item Physical Description
: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Notes
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Photograph by White Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Note 2.)
Printed on front of photograph: White Studio N.Y., 8092-19.
Note 3.)
Richard Rodgers project.
Note 4.)
Rodgers and Hart.
Production Notes
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The original production previewed in Washington, D.C. shortly before Christmas 1926. The show opened at the New Amsterdam Theater on Broadway December 28, 1926. It ran for 39 performances. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, book by Irving Ceasar, producer Florenz Ziegfeld. It starred Belle Baker and Al Shean. The Irving Berlin song Blue Skies was inserted into the second act, sung by Belle Baker.
Source
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Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file / Productions / Betsy (1926)
Location
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Billy Rose Theatre Division
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