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Will Rogers "ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC" Leather "Little Red Book" 1921 Date Book

$ 132

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

This is a rare promotional "My Little Red Book" appointment book from the 1921 musical revue, "ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC" atop the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City. (The production opened November 17th, 1921 and ran for 123 performances.) ..... The "ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC" was a late-night series that Florenz Ziegfeld staged in the New Amsterdam's intimate rooftop theater, "Danse de Follies". It featured a glass runway that let the chorus girls parade over the audiences heads, wearing tasteful ankle-length linen bloomers. A genuine hit, Ziegfeld produced a fully revised edition each year beginning in 1915. Ziegfeld produced two editions in 1921, but Prohibition and changes in popular taste kept attendance down and made this the last regular year for the
Frolic
. Ziegfeld would stage one further edition in 1928. (Wikipedia) ..... The 1921 edition featured WILL ROGERS, LEON ERROL, CARLOS and INEZ, GLORIA FOY, ALEXANDER GRAY, LUCILLE LAYTON, CARL RANDALL, CARLETTA RYAN, the SHAW SISTERS and MURIEL STRYKER ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by DAVE STAMPER and GENE BUCK; Staged by LEON ERROL; Produced by FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr. ..... DETAILS: The booklet measures 2 1/8" X 3 1/8" inches, has a red leather cover with the show's title in gold type on the front and advertising for Brunswick Phonographs and Records on the back and includes calendars for the years 1921 and 1922 inside the covers and a 64 page appointment book inside (with one additional Brunswick Records ad) ..... CONDITION: The appointment book has writing on 5 of the 64 pages (in pencil) and has become detached at the seam. Otherwise, with the exception of minor edge wear to the leather cover, this rare booklet is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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