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PUBLISH "UP IN THE AIR" SCORE
Sherman, Clay & Co. Featuring Music of New
Production Very Effectively Through Medium
of Advertising and Window Displays
SAN FRANCISCO, CAT.., September 16.—Sherman,
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Cort Theatre and proved an immediate hit, its
success being due largely to the music. Sher-
man, Clay & Co. not only advertised the score
liberally, but arranged a most attractive win-
dow display, pictured herewith, at the time the
sbow opened at the Cort.
Sherman, Clay & Co. incidentally are develop-
ing the publishing business very strongly, and
SEPTEMBER 21, 1918
"GIRL BEHIND THE GUN" ARRIVES
New Musical Comedy With Score by Ivan
Caryll Wins Success at New Amsterdam—
Some Excellent Musical Numbers
"The Girl Behind the Gun," the first musical
production by Klaw & Frlanger for the current
season, came to the New Amsterdam Theatre
on Monday night and was received enthusias-
tically as being one of the best shows seen on
Broadway for a long time.
The book is by Guy Bolton, the unusually ex-
cellent lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse, and the
music by Ivan Caryll. It may be said that the
lyrics and the music, together with the staging,
have been instrumental in making the show a
success.
There is, of course, a story regarding a French
actress, who has turned her house into a home
for convalesce.its. She has a soldier godson
who comes to see her, and who is persuaded by
a youir» playwright in the same regiment to
change places with him for a certain purpose.
The actress, to get even with her flirtatious hus-
band, makes love to the playwright and the ar-
rival of the latter's wife causes further compli-
cations. Donald Brian, as the playwright, and
Sherman, Clay & Co. Display of "Up in the Air"
Jack Hazzard, as the husband of the actress,
publishers of this city, are featuring in a big in addition to the score of "Up in the Air" with Wilda Bennett and Ada Meade carry the
way and with great success the music of the there are a number of excellent songs and in- principal burden of the play.
new musical farce "Up in the Air," published strumental pieces in their catalog that are en-
There are several numbers that will be whis-
joying considerable popularity in all sections of
by that house.
tled
and played around town for a long while
The new production opened recently at the the country.
to come, and they include "Some Day Waiting
Will End," "Back to the Dear Old Trenches,"
'SOME NIGHT" COMES TO NEW YORK
GUS EDWARDS' NEW SONG REVUE
"Women Haven't Any Mercy on a Man," and a
Gus Edwards, who is now actively associated bright waltz song, "There's a Light in Your
New Musical Comedy Well Received at the Har-
with the writing and producing staff of M. Wit- Kyes." Chappell & Co. publish the score.
ris Theatre on Monday Night
mark & Sons, has launched his new annual
"Some Xight," a new musical comedy, with song revue in Chicago, which is declared to be
REFUSED $5,000 FOR SONG
book, lyrics and music by Harry Delf, was pre- fully the equal of its famous predecessors. Olga
sented in New York for the first time at the Cook is the prima donna, and there are thirty
The Rialtu Music Co., which recently opened
Harris Theatre on Monday night and proved people in the cast. A number of Gus Edwards' offices in the Astor Theatre Building, announce
thoroughly amusing, as well as tuneful. The songs are featured in the production, among they have just refused a cash offer of $5,000 for
piece may best be described as a crook play them being "Laddie Boy," "You're Your Mam- the rights to the song "Those Mother's Tears
brought up-to-date with a couple of war scenes, ma's Little Daddy Now," etc. George M. Will Bring a Curse on You." The number is
and particularly notable for the lively musical Cohan's new march song "When You Come from the pen of Abner Greenberg, who is the
numbers, and the manner in which they are Back" is also featured.
author of a number of songs which have found
featured by the principals and chorus. The
favor.
cast is headed by Forrest Winant and Roma
"WHILE YOU'RE AWAY" A SUCCESS
June, supported by a carefully-chosen company
If everybody said "I'd like to buy some bonds,
of talented folks.
" who would win the war?
Maxwell Silver, general manager of Gilbert but
The music is of the light, tuneful order, and
& Friedland, Inc., states "While You're Away,"
includes several numbers that promise to prove Wolfe Gilbert and Anatol Friedland's latest
Two Sensational English
distinctly popular, among them "Something song, is meeting with success everywhere. Gil-
Ballad Successes
That Money Can't Buy," "Send Me a Real Girl" bert and Friedland are now on a Western tour
and "With the Boy 1 Love." The score is pub- and are featuring the number daily as well as
lished by M. Witmark & Sons.
inducing a large number of their friends in the
profession to do likewise.
Clay & Co., the prominent music dealers and
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