George White's Scandals
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George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1911-1939, modelled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.C. Fields, The Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr, and Rudy Vallee. Louise Brooks and Eleanor Powell got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Most of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920-24 Scandals.
George White's Scandals is also the name of several movies set within the "Scandals", all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's George White's Scandals which marked the film debut of Alice Faye.
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George and Ira Gershwin musicals and operas | |
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| Together | A Dangerous Maid • Primrose • Lady, Be Good! • Tell Me More • Tip-Toes • Oh, Kay! • Strike Up the Band • Funny Face • Rosalie • Treasure Girl • Show Girl • Girl Crazy • Of Thee I Sing • Pardon My English • Let 'Em Eat Cake • Porgy and Bess |
| George | La La Lucille • Morris Gest "Midnight Whirl" • Blue Monday • Limehouse Nights • George White's Scandals • The Broadway Whirl • Our Nell • By and By • Innocent Ingenue Baby • Walking Home with Angeline • The Rainbow • Sweet Little Devil • Song of the Flame |
| Ira | Ladies First • The Sweetheart Shop • Two Little Girls in Blue • For Goodness Sake • Molly Darling • Captain Jinks • Garrick Gaieties • Sweet and Low • Shoot the Works • Life Begins at 8:40 • Thumbs Up! • Lady in the Dark • The Firebrand of Florence • Park Avenue |
