Bless You All

Sketches: Arnold Auerbach Lyrics and Music: Harold Rome (ballet music by Mischa and Wesley Portnoff, and Don Walker) Direction: John C. Wilson; Producers: Herman Levin and Oliver Smith; Choreography: Helen Tamiris; Scenery: Oliver Smith; Costumes: Miles White; Lighting: Peggy Clark; Musical Direction: Lehman Engel Cast: Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty, Pearl Bailey, Valerie Bettis, Jane Harvey, Byron Palmer, Robert Chisholm, Garry Davis, Charlene Harris, Donald Saddler, Gene Barry, Lee Barnett, Noel Gordon; Show Girls (“A Swarm of Sultry Sylphs”): Blanche Grady, Jill Medford, Kris Nodland, Gloria Olson, Dell Parker, Madelyn Remini, Gwenna Lee Smith, Jeane Williams; Singers: Jane Carlyle, Geraldine Hamburg, Betsy Holland, Dorothy Richards, Irene Riley, Eileen Turner, Grace Varik, Margaret Wright, Fred Bryan, Clive Dill, Gordon Edwards, Noel Gordon, Ray Morrissey, Kenny Smith, William Sutherland, Norval Tormsen; Dancers: Eleanor Boleyn, Carlene Carroll, Dorothy Etheridge, Sage Fuller, Elmira Jones-Bey, Billie Kirpich, Vera Lee, Ilona Murai, Emy St. Just, Helen Wenzel, Richard D’Arcy, Joseph Gifford, Donald McKayle, Joe Nash, Philip Nasta, Bertram Ross, Richard (Dick) Reed, John Sandal, Swen Swenson, Parker Wilson The revue was presented in two acts. Sketches and Musical Numbers Act One: “Bless You All” (song) (Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty, Pearl Bailey, Valerie Bettis, Ensemble); “Do You Know a Better Way to Make a Living?” (song) Jules Munshin, Blanche Grady, Jill Medford, Kris Nodland, Gloria Olson, Dell Parker, Madelyn Remini, Gwenna Lee Smith, Jeane Williams); “Southern Fried Chekhov” (sketch) (Colonel Jasper Oglethorpe: Garry Davis; Emmaline: Charlene Harris; Marmaduke: Gordon Edwards; Marybelle: Mary McCarty; The Publisher: Gene Barry) and “Don’t Wanna Write about the South” (song) (Mary McCarty, Garry Davis, Charlene Harris, Gordon Edwards); “I Can Hear It Now” (song) (Jane Harvey; The Poor Girl: Dorothy Etheridge; The Poor Boy: Richard Reed; The Rich Girl: Eleanor Boleyn; The Rich Boy: Donald Saddler; Dancing Couples: Carlene Carroll, Sage Fuller, Vera Lee, Ilona Murai, Emy St. Just, Helen Wenzel, Swen Swenson, Joseph Gifford, Philip Nasta, Bertram Ross, John Sandal, Parker Wilson); “When” (song) (Pearl Bailey; A Boy: Joe Nash; A Girl: Elmira Jones-Bey); “Back to Napoli” (sketch) (Benson: Robert Chisholm; Miss Kane: Charlene Harris; Jaroslav: Garry Davis; Laszlo: Gene Barry; The Ladies: Gwenna Lee Smith, Dell Parker, Jill Medford, Jeane Williams; Enrico Bonzo: Jules Munshin; The Children: Lee Barnett, Billie Kirpich, Clive Dill, Irene Riley, Betsy Holland, Ray Morrissey); “Little Things Meant So Much to Me” (song) (Mary McCarty); “A Rose Is a Rose” (song) (Jane Harvey, Byron Palmer; The Rose: Valerie Bettis; The Musicos: Joseph Gifford, Richard Reed, Bertram Ross; The Mobile: Donald Saddler; The Sleeping Boy: Joe Nash; A Piece of Sculpture: Elmira Jones-Bey; The Revelers: Ilona Murai, Helen Wenzel, Parker Wilson); “Love Letter to Manhattan” (song) (Byron Palmer); “TV over the White House” (sketch and songs) (Announcer: Gene Barry; Joseph Gabriel Blow: Jules Munshin; Jane Blow: Mary McCarty; Their Son: Lee Barnett): (a) “Love That Man” (song) (Jules Munshin, Ensemble); (b) “Breakfast with Joe and Jane” (sketch) (Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty); (c) “Just a Little White House” (song) (Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty, Lee Barnett); (d) “Somewhere up There” (sketch) (George Washington: Noel Gordon; Abe Lincoln: Garry Davis; Teddy Roosevelt: Robert Chisholm); (e) “Voting Blues” (song) (Valerie Bettis); (f) “Stop the Politics!” (sketch) (Jules Munshin, Mary McCarty; Miss Strong Constitution: Dell Parker; Miss Natural Resources: Jeane Williams; Miss International Peace: Kris Nodland; Miss Federal Water Power: Gwenna Lee Smith); (g) Finale (Jules Munshin, Ensemble) Act Two: “Summer Dresses” (song) (Byron Palmer, Ensemble; The Mannequin: Gwenna Lee Smith; Morning Dresses: Jeane Williams, Blanche Grady, Sage Fuller, Emy St. Just; Cocktail Dresses: Jill Medford, Gloria Olson, Eleanor Boleyn, Vera Lee, Billie Kirpich; Evening Dresses: Kris Nodland, Dell Parker, Madelyn Remini, Carlene Carroll, Ilona Murai, Helen Wenzel; Stock Boys: Bertram Ross, Swen Swenson); “The Cold War” (sketch) (Bill Slade: Jules Munshin; The Druggist: Garry Davis); “Take Off the Coat” (song) (Jane Harvey); “The Nobbiest Hobby” (sketch) (An Art Enthusiast: Jules Munshin; A Clergyman: Robert Chisholm; Aunty: Margaret Wright; Doctor Smith: Noel Gordon; Grandma: Charlene Harris; A Nursemaid: Grace Varik; A Good Humor Man: Gene Barry; A Dowager: Geraldine Hamburg; An Old Fisherman: Gordon Edwards; A Pretty Young Girl: Eileen Turner; A Lifeguard: Ray Morrissey; A Schoolgirl: Irene Riley; Bathers: Gloria Olson, Madelyn Remini, Kris Nodland, Jill Medford, Blanche Grady, Dell Parker, Gwenna Lee Smith, Jeane Williams); “The Desert Flame” (dance) (music by Don Walker) (Desert Flame: Valerie Bettis; Monsieur le Commandant: Parker Wilson; Gendarmes: Joe Gifford,

Music

Harold Rome (ballet music by Mischa and Wesley Portnoff, and Don Walker)