Three’s a Crowd

Once the sponsors of The Second Little Show decided that the stars of the first Little Show — Clifton Webb, Fred Allen, and Libby Holman — would not be in their new revue, fledgling producer Max Gordon persuaded the trio to appear in his own revue. He further assured that Three’s a Crowd would be accepted in fact if not in name as the sequel to The Little Show by bringing along composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist Howard Dietz (with Dietz additionally credited with having “conceived and compiled” the new show). The musical standouts of the evening were Miss Holman’s masochistic “Body and Soul” and her “Something to Remember You By,” a tearful ballad of farewell she sang to a matelot played by Fred MacMurray. Fred Allen won his biggest laughs as explorer Admiral Byrd, who has just returned from the Antarctic to announce his discovery of 500,000 square miles of brand new snow.

Music

Arthur Schwartz, etc.

Lyrics

Howard Dietz, etc.