Red, Hot and Blue!Original Broadway ProductionA Musical Comedy in Two Acts Tryouts began October 7, 1936 at the Colonial Theatre, Boston Opened October 29, 1936 at the Alvin Theatre, NYC SynopsisFormer manicurist "Nails" Duquesne is now a wealthy widow determined to fill her time with philanthropic ventures. With the aid of her assistant, ex-convict "Policy" Pinkle, she takes up the case of lawyer Bob Hale, who lost the love of his life at age six when he shoved her into a waffle iron and branded her on the rear. When "Nails" starts a national lottery to find the girl, the Senate Finance Committee, hoping to use the contest money to balance the national budget, complicates an already messy situation. CastEthel Merman ("Nails" O'Reilly Duquesne) Dorothy Vernon (Anne Westcott), Thurston Crane (Sonny Hadley), Forrest Orr (Warden of Larks Nest Prison, Senator O'Shaughnessy), Vivian Vance (Vivian), Lew Parker (Deputy Warden, Senator Musilovitch), Lucille Johnson (Lucille), Cecile Carey (Cecile), Kay Picture (Kay), Ethelyne Holt (Irene), Betty Allen (Betty), Bill Benner ("Ratface" Dugan), Prentiss Davis ("Sure-Thing" Simpson), Leo Schippers ("Flap-Ears" Metelli), Bernard Jannsen (Louie the Louse), May Abbey (Mrs. Peabody), Anne Wolf (Tiny), Jeanette Owens (Louella), Robert Leonard (Senator Malvinsky), Houston Richards (Senator Del Grasso, Decorator), Norman Lind (Sergeant-at-Arms), Geoffrey Errett (First Expressman), Karl Kohrs (Second Expressman), Gloria Clare (Girl), Frank Archer (First Marine), Bruce Covert (Second Marine), and the Wallace Sisters Musical Numbers
Act One Act Two Cut Songs
Original Cast Recordings"Down in the Depths" / "It's De-Lovely" - Ethel Merman
"Ridin' High" / "Red, Hot and Blue" - Ethel Merman
Red, Hot and BlueEthel Merman, vocals Note: This release is a collection of the songs recorded for the Liberty Music Shop record label (see above). It also includes numbers recorded by Merman for Arthur Schwartz's "Stars in Your Eyes" (1939) Selections
Note: The four songs by Ethel Merman are also included on the Smithsonian archival reconstruction of Let's Face It Contemporaneous Recordings"Down in the Depths" - Ruby Newman and His Orchestra
"It's De-Lovely" / "You've Got Something" - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
"It's De-Lovely" / "You've Got Smething" - Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra [vocal: Jerry Cooper]
"It's De-Lovely" - Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra
"It's De-Lovely" - Will Osborne and His Orchestra
"It's De-Lovely" - Kitty Brown / Les Brown and His Duke Blue Devils
"It's De-Lovely" - Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra
"The Ozarks are Calling Me Home" - Ramona Davies
"Ridin' HIgh" - Benny Goodman
"Ridin' HIgh" - Mal Hallett and His Orchestra
"Ridin' HIgh" - Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
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