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Date of Birth:

3 November 1877, Canada more

Date of Death:

21 June 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Archibald "Arch" Selwyn, the theater impresario who was one of the founders... more

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Revenge with Music (1934). Musical comedy. Material by Howard Dietz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a variation on the old Spanish folk tale "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro A. de Alarcon. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Dance ensembles by Michael Mordkin. Directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky. New Amsterdam Theater: 28 Nov 1934- 27 Apr 1935 (158 performances). Cast: Libby Holman (as "Maria"), Georges Mataxa, Charles Winninger (as "Don Emilio"), Joseph Macaulay, Helen Arden, Walter Armin, Beatrice Berens, Gertrude Berggren, Marcus Blechman, Geraldine Bork, Andre Charise, Ilka Chase, Natalia Danesi, Margaret Daum, Frank Davenport, Marguerite De Anguera, Nunez de Polanco, Bertha Donn (as "Juanita, Dona Isabella's Maid"), Tamara Doriva, John Dunbar, William Elliott, Frances Farnsworth, Raoul Fernandez, David Friedkin, Ernestine Henoch, Hernandez Brothers, Eleanor King, George Kirk, Ada Korvin, Marion Lawrence, Margaret Lee, Tom Long, Earle MacVeigh, Gene Martel, Paul Mathis, Rex O'Malley, Rosita Ortega, Harry Pick, Detmar Poppen, Frances Reid, Hyla Roberts, Charles Scanlon, Ivy Scott Sidney Stark, George Thornton, Rowan Tudor, Omero Valencia, Bianca Volland, Eleanor Waldon, Herman Weiner, Cliff Whitcombe, Jay Wilson, Molly Wood, Paula Yasgour. Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin. Note: Libby Holman sang "You and the Night and Music." more