Mary Ellis

On stage 14 productions, 10 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• The musical was a hit in London, opening at His Majesty’s Theatre on May 19, 1933, for 275 performances and starring Mary Ellis, Broadway’s original Rose-Marie. A 1935 film version by Fox starred Gloria Swanson, and Al Shean reprised his role from the original production.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Cast: Mary Ellis, Dennis King, William Kent, Dorothy Mackaye, Eduardo Ciannelli, Pearl Regay, Arthur Deagonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• It lasts for three long hours. There is not one memorable tune in it, though some of the lyrics show that Coward is still capable of deliciously funny lines – if only they were audible. The cast are modern and completely lacking in any sense of period style. Both men and women move badly. Only Mary Ellis and Irene Browne know how to wear…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
• After the Ball Music, lyrics and book by Noel Coward, based on the play Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde. Globe Theatre, 10 June 1954. PC: Mary Ellis, Vanessa Lee, Graham Payn, Peter Graves, Shamus Locke. MN: Oh, What a Century It’s Been; I Knew That You Would Be My Love; Mr Hopper’s Chanty; Sweet Day; Stay on the Side of the Angels;…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
• Arc de Triomphe Music and book by Ivor Novello; lyrics by Christopher Hassall. Phoenix Theatre, 9 November 1943. PC: Mary Ellis, Peter Graves, Elisabeth Welch, Raymond Lovell, Olive Gilbert. MN: Prelude; Shepherd Song; Man of My Heart; Easy to Live With; I Wonder Why; Apache Ballet; Josephine; Waking or Sleeping; Royal France; Paris Remin…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
• The Dancing Years Music and lyrics by Ivor Novello; lyrics by Christopher Hassall. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 23 March 1939. PC: Ivor Novello, Mary Ellis, Roma Beaumont, Olive Gilbert. MN: Dawn Prelude; Uniform; Waltz of My Heart; Masque of Vienna 1911; The Wings of Sleep; Lorelei [including My Life Belongs to You]; I Can Give You the Sta…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt

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