George White's Scandals

Tom Patricola and Ann Pennington dance "The Black Bottom" for George White

George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1919–1939, modeled after the Ziegfeld Follies.[1] The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W. C. Fields, the Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell, Bert Lahr and Rudy Vallée.[1] Louise Brooks, Dolores Costello, Barbara Pepper, and Alice Faye got their show business start as lavishly (or scantily) dressed chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920–24 editions of Scandals. The Black Bottom, danced by Ziegfeld Follies star Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola, touched off a national dance craze.

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, with music and additional dialogue by Jack Yellen,[2] which marked the film debut of Alice Faye.[3] Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway in various capacities; for George White's Scandals of 1936, he served as scenic designer.[4] George White's Scandals of 1920 was featured in a film-length episode in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920 is the 8th episode in the second season.

George White

White was an American theatrical producer and director who also was an actor, choreographer, composer, dancer, dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter, as well as a Broadway theater-owner. Appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, he popularized the Turkey Trot dance.[5]

The Scandals casts

Christine Welford appeared in the 1919, 1920 and 1921 editions.
A young white woman with coiffed hair, in near-profile
Peggy Dolan appeared in the 1919, 1920, 1922 and 1924 editions.

1919

  • Lester Allen
  • La Sylphe
  • Peggy Dolan
  • Ann Pennington
  • Ona Munson
  • Yvette Rugel
  • The George White Girls (including Christine Welford)[6]

1920

  • Lester Allen
  • Peggy Dolan
  • Lou Holtz
  • La Sylphe
  • Ann Pennington
  • The George White Girls (including Christine Welford)[6]

1921

  • Lester Allen
  • Lou Holtz
  • Tess Gardella
  • Charles King
  • Ann Pennington
  • The George White Girls (including Christine Welford)[6]

1922

1923

1924

1925

  • Helen Morgan
  • Elm City Four
  • Tom Patricola
  • The George White Girls (including Louise Brooks)
  • Patricia Bowman

1926

  • The Fairbanks Twins
  • Portland Hoffa
  • Willie and Eugene Howard
  • Tom Patricola
  • Ann Pennington
  • Harry Richman
  • Fowler & Tamara
  • Frances Williams
  • The George White Girls
  • Patricia Bowman

1928

  • Tom Patricola
  • Willie and Eugene Howard
  • Ann Pennington
  • Harry Richman
  • The Russell Markert Dancers
  • June MacCloy
  • Frances Williams
  • Elm City Four (including Thomas W. Ross)
  • The George White Girls (including Boots Mallory)

1929

  • Willie and Eugene Howard
  • Frances Williams
  • Marietta Canty
  • Elm City Four (including Thomas W. Ross)
  • The George White Girls

1931

  • Ray Bolger
  • Ethel Barrymore Colt
  • Willie and Eugene Howard, including "Pay the Two Dollars"
  • Everett Marshall, introducing "That's Why Darkies Were Born"
  • Ethel Merman, introducing “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries”
  • Rudy Vallée
  • Alice Faye
  • The George White Girls

1932 (Music Hall Varieties)

1934 (film)

1935 (film)

1936

1939

Source: IBDb

See also

  • George White's Scandals (1945 film)

References

  1. ^ a b MUZE. "Broadway The American Musical". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "George White's Scandals". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. ^ Arnold, Jeremy. "George White's Scandals 1945". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ^ "George White's Scandals". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  5. ^ "George White", PBS, accessed October 7, 2015
  6. ^ a b c Christine Welford at IBDB
  7. ^ Li, Leslie. Just Us Girls, Four Seasons Press (2015), p. 1067, Kindle
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