Wilda Bennett

On stage 9 productions, 13 years

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Worked with more than once11 names

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In the literature3 passages

• The scene was performed as a duet by the young operetta star Wilda Bennett, as “The Girl,” and the musical comedy singer Paul Frawley, as “The Man,” each of whom sang a full verse and chorus before exchanging phrases in conversational give-and-take. That Berlin cast an operetta singer to introduce the song gives us a clue about his musica…ebooks/Magee, Jeffrey/Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Broadway Legacies) - Jeffrey Magee.txt
• LILLIAN GISH, WILDA BENNETT, CLAIRE BURKE, MARY PICKFORD, REGINA WALLACE,.GEORGIA FURSMAN, EDNA GRIFFIN in “THE GOOD LITTLE DEVIL’theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
• Beatrice Lillie. Many other musical shows were presented during the year, and the quality was high. The Duncan Sisters appeared in “Topsy and Eva,” Wilda Bennett in “Mme. Pompadour,” the Marx Brothers in “I'll Say She Is,” Fred and Adele Astaire in “Lady, Be Good,” Ed Wynn in “The Grab Bag” and Eleanor Painter in “The Chiffon Girl.”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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