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"TUNE IN ON THE WORLD'S and the George White Girls. FIRST TELEVISION BROADCAST" With Viola Paulson and Florette DuElk 8. STANLEY TWINS Anything Can Happen............. '" 9. SWEEPSTAKES ...... .. ......... HELEN . MORGAN Mrs. Harris ............... Estelle Jayne Announcer ., ......... .. Richard Lane A Friend ......... WILLIE HOWARD 2. "LIFE BEGINS AT SWEET SIX­ Mr. Harris ....... EUGENE HOWARD TEEN" .Sung by HELEN MORGAN 10. "TRUCK IN' IN MY TAILS" Mamie Simple McPherson ......... Sung by GLORIA RICH and the George .................... Constance Carr White Girls - Alma Saunders, P olly Mrs. Vandernuts .......... Estelle Jayne Sturgis, Peggy Bady, Della Muir, Paula Prize Fighter........... Harold Willard Manners, Audrey Hayes, Constance Carr Mae West. .................. Edna Page and Ann DuElk. Senator .................. Fred Manatt 11. THE FRENCH LESSON Bride ................ Claire McQuillen Announcer .... EUGENE HOWARD And the George White Girls-Peggy Bady, Professor ........ WILLIE HOWARD Claire McQuillen, Alma Saunders, Roslyn Shaw, Louise Clement, Dorothea Jackson, 12. CHRYSANTHEMUM GARDENS Renee Johnson, Marjorie Conradi, Helen Saty, Polly Sturgis, Jessie Reed, Olga Burke, Audrey Proprietor ....... .. .... Richard Lane Hayes, Joanna Allen, Catherine Case, Earle Singer ............ HELEN MORGAN Gore, Eve Gibson, Barbara Bates, Genevieve "I'VE GOT TO GET HOT" Carlestrorn, Ginger Dixon, Georgia Jarvis, Vivian Howren, Leona Oleson, Ruth Doran, Sung by HELEN MORGAN Kalli Barton, Eileen Rolland, Chrystal Aymes, 13. SELASSIE AND HIS ARMY Constance Carr, Dorothy Mosby, Della Muir, Adeline Martin, Helmi Lambert, Marcelle SAM, TED and RAY Roberts, Mary Ann Carr. Elizabeth McCarthy, 14. BROTHER SUBLIME AND HIS Ann DuElk and Paula Manners. PIED PIPER OF HARLEM 3. GLORIA RICH and the a. A Street in Harlem George White Girls Brother Sublime ............... 4. A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER . George Dewey Washington Lawyer .... .... EUGENE HOWARD Pied Piper ............. Edgar Battler Client ..... .. ... WILLIE HOWARD Pedestrians: Edna Page, Alice Carle­ Wife ....... .. .. ... .... Estelle Jayne ton, Gloria Rich, Chrystal Aymes, Eva Stenographer ......... Claire McQuillen Gibson and Genevieve Carle strom. S. "I'M THE FELLOW WHO LOVES b. Reefer Smoking Den, 7th Avenue YOU" .. Sung by HELEN MORGAN, Policy Men, Richard Lane and Earl Earl Oxford, WILLIE HOWARD, Oxford. EUGENE HOWARD, Olga Burke, Reefer Girls: Peggy Bady, Olga Burke, Claire McQuillen and the George White Earle Gore, Audrey Hayes and Ann Girls. DuElk. N REAMLINE c. The Black Cat Club, Lenox Avenue lman Porter ........... Doorman . .. ........ ..... Fred Manat ....... George n- Cabaret Girls: Alma Sau Johnson . Oleso d. Upper Broadway 6. STANLEY TWINS A Harlem GirL ........ Estelle Jayne 7. WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWAR1'l e. Cotton Exchange, Wall Street in Their Famous Version of "RIGO­ f. Cotton Plantation LETTO" Southern Colonels: Fred Manatt and Assisted by Alice Carleton and Edna Harold Willard. Page. Southern Belles: Viola Paulson, Flo­ 8. "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN" rette DuElk, Della Muir, Paula Man­ News boy ......... .. .. Harold Willard ners and Polly Sturgis. Sung by HELEN MORGAN, Earl Ox­ g. FINALE .... By the Entire Company ford and the George White Girls. ACT II. 9. THE YEAR 2036 Announer . ............... Richard Lane 1. RELIEF HEADQUARTERS, NEW a. Ponce de Leon YORK CITY "BOONDOGGLING" De Leon ..... WILLIE HOWARD Announcer . ..... .. ... Richard Lane Follower ...... ....... Fred Manatt Taxi Driver. .. .. .. .. ... Alma Saunders b. Napoleon 5 and 10 Salesgirl .......... Earle Gore Napoleon ....... EUGENE HOWARD Stenographer ......... Claire McQuillen Josephine ...... ..... .. Estelle Jayne Lady of the Evening .. Constance Carr c. Kate Smith . ...... .. .. .. Edna Page A White Wing .. .. .. Audrey Hayes d. Miss Show Boat.HELEN MORGAN Pluinber ..... ... .......... Peggy Bady e. Al Jolson....... WILLIE HOWARD And the George White Girls Mussolini .. ...... WILLIE HOWARD 10. FINALE ...... By the Entire Company 2. JOURNEY'S END Scenery and properties built by T. 13. MacDona,ld Construction Company. Settings painted by Triangle By A. Dorian Otvos & George White Scenic Studio, Inc. Principals' modern clothes by Warden . .... EUGENE HOWARD Charles Le Maire Studio, Inc. Costumes for "Life McGee .......... WILLIE HOWARD Begins at Sweet Sixteen," "Cigarette," "May I H ave My Gloves," "Truckin' in My 'fails" and "Anything Stanford ................. Richard Lane Can Happen" executed by Veronica, Inc. Costumes Trusty . ................ Harold Willard for "Boondoggling" and "Pied Piper of Harlem" from Mahieu Costumes, Inc. Hats for principals by Kenre. 3. LOST LOVE Wigs by Shiendheim. Draperies by 1. Weiss & Sons. Maid ........ ........ Claire McQuillen Materials for draperies and costumes by Dazian's, Inc. Sound reinforcement equipment designed and built by Judge Evans . ..... ...... Fred Manatt R. C. A. Manufacturing Company. Ladies' hosiery by Actress . ....... .. HELEN MORGAN Nat Lewis. Schenley Liquors used. Shoes by 1. Miller & Sons. Cigarettes used in Cigarette num­ 4. MIND OVER MATTER ber by courtesy of Philip Morris & Co. Psychoanalyst ... ..... Richard Lane Ambrose ......... WILLIE HOWARD EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR GEORGE WHITE Nurse .. .............. Claire McQuillen General Manager .... ...... ..... Thomas Bodkin Wife . ........ ... ... ... Estelle Jayne General Press Representative ....... Nathan Schenker Stage Manager ......................... Fred Manatt 5. "MAY I HAVE MY GLOVES?" Master Mecha:nic ....................... Lou Thomas Properties ... ............ .............. M. Coffee Sung by Earl Oxford, Claire McQuillen Electrician ........... .. ............ Albert Ryback and the George White Girls. 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