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"NELLIE KELLY" LONDON SUCCESS
Dupli cates I ts G reat New York Hit A):ross th e
Water in O peni ng on July 2
"Little Ne lli e Ke ll y" d uly made her fir s t bo w
to a London, E n g la nd , a udi ence o n IvIonday
evening, Jul y 2, at the Ne \\, Oxford T heatre.
Ca bl e di spatc hes recei ve d next mornin g here
a ll bor e ev id e nce t o th e fac t t h a t lhi s G eo r ge
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'\!e lli e Ke ll y" we nt w ith a ri p roa r H om ota rt
to fin ish . T h e dan ces \"ere u proa rio us ly re ­
cei vcd, e n co r e d and r e-en co r e d, a nd t here was
. n o le t up to th e e nthu siasm. Th e r e was n o
nonc h a lan c(; abo ut th e performanc e. It was'
q~i t c as li vel y as the New Yo rk show. Thi s is
hi gh pra ise w Il e n it is reca ll ed th a t th e ,\Jew
Yo rk s ho w ju s t r ece lltl y fini s h e d almo s t a year 's
e n gage m e nt.
A ll th e musi ca l n Ulllb~r~' ''' of "Little Ne ll ie
K e ll y" p ubli s h ed b y M. Witmark & Sons re­
ceived th e so rt of we lcom e that L ondon 10) 0\\1 s'
ho w lo g ive . to the snappy, the tun ef ul a nd th e
unu s ual. Th e New York Ameri can m adL: spe·
c ial Ill <.:ntion ot "Till My Luck Co m e.; Eollin g
A long," whi c h i[ d esc ribed as "a riot." "Ne lli e
Kel ly, I Lo ve You, " "Yo u Relllinu Me of My
:\-[oth er" an d "T h e Voic e in My H ea rt" were
all e n o rmo us hits; a nd, take it all in a ll, it looks
as th o u g h "J .iltle N eUie K elly" was t he r ea l
th in g our Br iti s h cous ins have bee n waiti n g fo r
to make th ea trica l lif e over th e r e positi ve ly
wort h while. "Little Nelli e Ke ll y" with its bunch
o f hit so n gs see ms de s tin e d to b e t h e g r eate s t
mu s ica l come d y ::; uccess of t wo co ntinent s s in ce
th e da ys before th e wa r and p e rh aps longe r
th an that. 13. Feldman & Co . are to be co n­
g rat ul ate d o n having secure d th e publi s hil1~
ri g ht s [or Great B ritain .
MILLER FEATURES "STEAMBOAT SAL"
Ge orge M . Cohan
J.,lr. Coha n son g an d d ance s how had score d a
h it in th e Bri li s h metro polis, )Jo wond e r. L on­
d o ne rs h a ve not bee n tr ea t ed this season t o
any t hea tri cal iare much a bo v~ th e med io c re
a nd " Lit tle Nellie K e ll y" burst upon their atten·
tion like a spark lin g dra u gh t of rea l Ameri can
z ip wat e r and forthwith set th e old town b y the
ea r s. T h e indefat iga ble G eo r ge :VI. Cohan hilll­
self h a s rehears ed the L on d o n CO lllpa ny, w hich
in clud e d several Ameri cans, and was prese nt at
the London premie re . He was lit e ra ll y dra~'['e d
fr om a bo x to ack no wledge t he unu s ua l p laudits
th a t greeted this phenom e na l s u ccess of hi s, a nd
in a cab le to his general mana ge r here he wi r e d
(hat th e s how w as a treme nd o us hit a lld had
occas ione d a wo nd e rful demons~ r a tion. This
was fu ll y born e out b y th e ca bl ed acco unts of
the openi n g in the New Yo rk papers next morn ­
in g. T h e New Yo rk Herald a n noun ce d th a t th e
piece not on ly d elight ed Lo ndon , but had the
o r chestra, pit and gall e ry ch eer in g with e n­
thu s iasm. " Round afte r round of applause an d
e nco r es a fte r ev e ry s in g in g n nmber ," it ad d e d .
Th e )J e w York A.meri ca n sa id th at " Little
"TILLIE OH BY! 08 BY! GEE"
.\ Dandy Novelty FOX-TROT, des tin ed to
s w c'e p t h e co untry. It possesses m e rit, m elody
a nll harmony with full of sn a p a nd g·o.
" ARGENTINE"
Th e sensa t io n a l Spa ni s h hit Wi,i ch is going
big-ge r a nd big-g'er ev(·.'Y cl a y.
Eve .'y bod y is
b egi nnin g to like it b e tte r each d ay.
There's a Bungalow that's
Waiting
A no th er wonderf ul Novelty Fox-Trot w h ic h is
crea ting a great sen 'atio n. GOODY HO LDEN
says it' s a knock -out. Deale r s a nd .Jobbers:
P l ease , pla c( ! yo ur orders in ear'l y as we ff!a f
of be ing overloaded with o rders a nd will b e
una bl e to guarantee dd ive ti es,
Lewis Frederick Stafford
& Company
' 344 South Avenue
Syracuse, N. Y.
Ib y Miller a nd Hi s O rche s tra ope ned on Sa t­
urd ay ni g ht, July 14, at the Ritz-Carlton, A t­
I;.lnti c Cit,.)· , w\i: h g reat succe ss. On e of hi s fea­
tur e nu m bers a nd th e on e whi ch Ill e t w illI t he
greates t s uccess ' was "St eamboat Sa l," pub·
li s hed by F r e el F is her . From pr es.e nt indi ca­
ti ons it wil l soon be one of th e l ea cii ~ftte'llers
in the cata log, on a par with "C hi cago," "1{ e d
Head Ga l," "M-A Do ubl e M-Y, " etc., which th e
F r eel Fi s her ca tal og illcl ud e~ , a ll o f wh ich arc
hi gh ly popu la r.
JULY
A PROPHECY THAT WAS FULFILLED
Eli za Doyle S,n"it1H, Chicago Publishe r, F ulfills
Prophecy of Popularity Due to Her Numbers
Which Have Become International Hits
CH ICAGO, I LL., Jul y 2.- W h cn E liza D oyle Smith,
music . pub lisher, !l OW loc ate d at 59 Ea s t Van
D uren street, was a st ud e nt of music at Co lo g n e,
'Germany, it was said that he r nam e wo uld be
hea rd all ov e r t h e wo rld . This proph ecy has
now been fulfi ll ed throu g h recognition of th e
pop ula rit y of h er numb ers s ince s h e sta rt e d pub­
li shing h er ow n mu s ic, as well as sev era l other
well-kn own writer s a few yearS ago. O ne of
tbe lat es t hit s p u b li s lJ ed b y E li za D oy le Smith
is th e pop ul a r numb er, "J o na h," whic h is now
be in g p layed throughout the l'nited States.
Thi s numb e r \\'ill s oon be pop ul a ri ze d in E ur ope
as th e W es t's, Lt d ., mu s ic p ubli s h e r s of Londo n,
England, a nd original publis h ers of "Three
o'C lock in the :iI o rllin g," h ave just sec ur e d th e
p ubli shi n g right s in E n g land a nd all Br iti oh
colonies .
Th e J'. F. Co ll in s Mu sic Co. , Ltd., of Me l­
bourn e and Sydney, Au s trali a, has al so sec ur ed
th e pub li s hin g ri g ht s for "Jonah" in A us tra lia
a nu New Zea la nd.
-Richmond-Robbins, I nc., is m aking an ac ti ve
campaign o n th e n ew so n g "Bonnie," with a
ly ri c by Wa ll e r Hirsc h and a m elod y by H,u g o'
Frey. Hirsc h h as be en s u ccess fui "' il1' writin g
oo n g-s for th e pas t seve ral years; Hu go Frey is
a w e ll-kno w n pi a n·i st 'a nd COl11 P ?~~ ~; .... ~ ;.
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NEW SHERWOOD CO. NUMBERS
Th e Sherwood Music Co., 1658 B roadway,
ew York City, distributor for t he M cKinl ey
Music Co. , h as announce d the fir s t four of a
se ri es of songs for its own catalog, Th e nu m ­
bers we r e introduc ed to th e tr a d e this week
a I1d <;xp lo itation act ivities were immediately
commenced. Th ey inclu de "Whe n 1. ou' r e Tire d
o f Ca llin g Me Swee th ea rt " (Yo u Ca n A lways
Ca ll M e P a l) , ''I'm St ill in Lo ve W ith Yo u, "
': Your Goo dnight Kiss" and ''Lou.'' ...
JONAH JJ d.J
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, "Chicago"
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28, 1923
"ASM~SH'N~
SPLASHING HIT
"The Thfet'''-''
"That Red Head Gal"
"No One Loves You
Any Better Than Your
M-A,l)Quble
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ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
1'1"\I( PUBlIIH'"
59 E.VAN BUREN S1.(HICAGO
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