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Hold Everything!

Opened 1928

413 performances

Musical, Early

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Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley

Bearing a title more applicable to a tale about wrestling, Hold Everything! was a saga of the manly art of boxing. In it, we are concerned with the ambitions of Sonny Jim Brooks (Jack Whiting), a welterweight challenger, and his girl, Sue Burke (Ona Munson), who is the cream in his coffee.

Music
Ray Henderson
Lyrics
B. G. DeSylva & Lew Brown
Book
B. G. DeSylva & John McGowan

Productions1 on Broadway

1928
Broadhurst TheatreBroadway Original, opened October 10, 1928, directed by (uncredited)
413 performances

Songs4 songs

Don’t Hold Everything, You’re the Cream in My Coffee, Too Good to Be True, To Know You Is to Love You

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