Too Many Girls (musical)
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 Cover of sheet music (cropped) |
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| Music | Richard Rodgers |
| Lyrics | Lorenz Hart |
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Cast (Broadway version) Cast (Hollywood version) Van Johnson |
| Productions | 1939 Broadway |
Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy and a 1940 film version of the show, starring Lucille Ball.
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[edit] Broadway version
Too Many Girls opened October 18, 1939, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by George Marion Jr. It was produced by George Abbott. It ran for 249 performances at the Imperial Theatre, moving to the Broadway Theatre in 1940.
The cast included Desi Arnaz, Richard Kollmar, Eddie Bracken, and Van Johnson.
[edit] Film version
Arnaz and Bracken repeated their roles in the 1940 RKO Radio Pictures movie version.
This was Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's first film together. The two had previously met at the RKO studio commissary while Lucy was filming Dance, Girl, Dance. At that time, Lucy was costumed as a burlesque dancer who had recently been in a fight. Desi initially dismissed her as a "tough broad" who could never play an innocent college girl.
For some reason the popular song "I Like to Recognize the Tune" did not appear in the film version, but it did appear in a later Lucille Ball film, Meet the People (MGM, 1944).
Van Johnson, who was an understudy to all 3 male leads in the theatrical version of 1939, only makes an uncredited, non-speaking cameo appearance in the film version.
[edit] The songs
[edit] Act 1
- Heroes in the Fall - Second Robin Hood and Squad
- Tempt Me Not - Manuelito, Clint Kelley, First Co-Ed, Second Co-Ed, Third Co-Ed, Fourth Co-Ed, Fifth Co-Ed and Sixth Co-Ed
- My Prince - Consuelo Casey
- Pottawattamie - Harvey Casey and Mr. Lister
- Pottawattamie (Reprise) - Male Quartette and Ensemble
- 'Cause We Got Cake - Eileen Eilers
- Love Never Went to College - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
- Spic and Spanish - Pepe
- I Like to Recognize the Tune - Jojo Jordan, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Clint Kelley and Al Terwillinger
- Look Out - Eileen Eilers and Company
[edit] Act 2
- The Sweethearts of the Team - Eileen Eilers and Co-Eds
- She Could Shake the Maracas - Pepe and Manuelito
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley
- Spic and Spanish (Reprise) - Pepe, Consuelo Casey, Eileen Eilers, Al Terwillinger, Clint Kelley, Jojo Jordan, Manuelito and Talullah Lou
- Too Many Girls - Manuelito
- Give It Back to the Indians - Eileen Eilers
[edit] External links
- Too Many Girls at the Internet Movie Database
- Too Many Girls at the Internet Broadway Database
- Overview of show
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