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";s:4:"text";s:19008:"The whole project has been sabotaged by Mary not being able to sing it. So the time was ripe for this ambitious production in colour by Peter Rogers just before he hit it rich with the 'Carry On' films.Now that so few men bother to wear collars and ties, music hall acts like Vesta Tilley's look even more archaic that they did at the turn of the last century, when Tilly instructs husband-to-be Walter de Frece "You really must learn how to tie a tie! "After the Ball" is the title of one of those evergreen songs many of us somehow know about, even in the age of hip-hop, though few of us have ever heard the song. You may send this item to up to five recipients. This FAQ is empty. With guest musicians. Frances Black, vocals. It opens as the assembled Allied ... See full summary ». After the ball is over, After the break of morn, After the dancers leaving, After the stars are gone; Many a heart is aching, If you could read them all; Many the hopes that have vanished After the ball! He delegated the first draft of the script to his assistant Cole Lesley. Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events. In other words, the tincture of Wilde is a very uncertain asset, but if one can forget it there is still a good ewal in After The Ball to be enjoyed simply as a musical comedy. 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. You may have already requested this item. Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It 0 with reviews - Be the first. He delegated the first draft of the script to his assistant Cole Lesley. In fact, Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere's mother, whom her daughter believes to be dead, and Lord Windermere is paying her money to keep her from revealing the relationship. The ecstatic little ballet in which Mr Hopper and Lady Agatha (Patricia Cree) celebrate their engagement must have given Mr. Helpmann as much pleasure as it does us." Brendan Larrisey, fiddle, viola. Robert Helpmann was the director, and the cast included Mary Ellis, Vanessa Lee, Peter Graves and Irene Browne. A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: Your request to send this item has been completed. After the Ball (2015) Soundtracks. Mr. Coward has written pleasing music and a number of extremely nimble lyrics. When this film was made Vesta Tilly had only died five years ago, and Leonard Sachs (who appears in a small part) had already been playing the verbose chairman on TV in 'The Good Old Days' for four. Unfortunately she is a strong personality and plays it well, otherwise I would of course have had her out of the cast weeks ago." Coward cast Mary Ellis in the leading role of Mrs Erlynne, unwisely accepting without audition her assurance that, in her late fifties, she was singing as well as ever. Search. After a provincial tour, the musical premiered at the Globe Theatre, London, on 10 June 1954 and ran for 188 performances until 20 November 1954. All rights reserved. Hackforth remembered, "If [Coward] had struck me across the face and told me I was no bloody good it would have been less painful!" Was this review helpful to you? The E-mail Address(es) field is required. “After the Ball’s” sentimentality ultimately helped sell over five million copies of sheet music, making it the biggest hit in Tin Pan Alley’s long history. After the ball. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. (Chorus), Part 2: London at Night (Chorus) Lady Windermere's Aria (Vanessa Lee) May I Have the Pleasure? Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es). A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims. “After the Ball,” by Charles K. Harris kicked American popular music into a higher gear. Separate up to five addresses with commas (,). Please enter recipient e-mail address(es). 1Jackie Daly, accordion. And a graver obstacle is the basic melodrama of the original. Please enter the message. The Windermeres are reconciled, and all ends happily. Don't have an account? Patsy Broderick, piano, keyboards. Robert Helpmann, having good voices at his disposal, has seen to it that they are sunbg with maximum effect, and Doris Zinkeisen, although i found her sets a little dull, has dressed the production charmingly. The story behind the song is that Harris watched two young lovers at a dance in Chicago quarrel and leave separately, which prompted him to make a note "Many a heart is aching, after the ball." Lesley "cut out the more glaringly melodramatic of Wilde's lines and divided the remainder into sections ending with a suitable 'cue for a song'" "I know that it is very good indeed," wrote Coward of the finished piece, "I have... turned out some of the best lyrics I have ever written" Coward worked on the piece during his customary winter holiday in Jamaica in December 1953. Coward engaged Phil Green to reorchestrate the score and revised much of Helpmann's production, but he was still "terribly disappointed about After the Ball. The show ran from 10 June until 20 November 1954. I know that your sense of the urbane, sophisticated Coward wit will appreciate this simile." After the Ball. To prevent the exposure of Lady Windermere, Mrs Erlynne enters, saying that it is she who is under Lord Darlington's roof and must have picked up Lady Windermere's fan by mistake. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. The song was used by Kern and Hammerstein in their musical, Show Boat (1927). "After The Ball" is sometimes credited with beginning the commercial exploitation of popular music or even with the music industry itself. Typical of most popular 1890s tunes, the song was a tearjerker, a melodramatic evocation of lost love. WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. As above but with the inclusion of 7 songs by Mary Martin and Graham Payn, from Sigh No More and Pacific 1860, and two unrelated tracks by Vanessa Lee. I Wanna Be With You Written by Ali McNally, Chuck Normann, Dan Gamble, Simon Byrt Performed by YYZ . View production, box office, & company info, Films se déroulant dans les années 1920 - Movies set in the 1920s, British TV & Films 1957 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2. Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties. The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. )Laurence Harvey is as usual completely out of his depth as a romantic leading man. From Saint Maud to The Wicker Man here are some British horror movies that are certain to keep you looking over your shoulder for weeks to come. The subject field is required. He fired his old friend Hackforth as musical director. [Arcady (Musical group)] Home. Certainly, publishers and performers had long attempted to make as much money as they could by appealing to the tastes of a … Caroline Astor has ruled New York society with a steely grip for 20 years. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Johnny McDonagh, bodhran, bones, percussion. "Most of the film is given over to Pat Kirkwood recreating Ms Tilly's musical numbers, looking most fetching in a variety of formal outfits including Great War khaki. (not yet rated) Looking for some great streaming picks? After the ball. Everything that Noel sent up, Wilde was sentimental about, and everything that Wilde sent up Noel was sentimental about. Use the HTML below. Beaconsfield Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, 'Little Tilley' / 0 of 0 people found this review helpful. With Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey, Jerry Stovin, Jerry Verno. Mary Ellis acted well but sang so badly I could hardly bear it. He was still more forthright to his friends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne: "I have been having a terrible time with After the Ball, mainly on account of Mary Ellis's singing voice which, to coin a phrase, sounds like someone fucking the cat. Add the first question. The orchestra was appalling, the orchestrations beneath contempt, and poor Norman [Hackforth] conducted like a stick of wet asparagus.". The song 'Why Is It The Woman Who Pays? It was two different points of view and it didn't work.". Erik Keown Punch 1954, Opening - Home - Welcome - Musicals - Music - Lyrics - Site Index - Links. The name field is required. Copyright © 2001-2020 OCLC. After The Ball Lyrics: A little maiden climbed an old man's knee / Begged for a story - "Do, uncle, please!" WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Coward decided to base a musical on Oscar Wilde's play, Lady Windermere's Fan, in August 1953 and worked on it until January 1954. You can easily create a free account. A man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello. The ladies conceal themselves, but Lord Windermere discovers the fan that he has recently given his wife as a birthday present and demands to know if Lord Darlington has Lady Windermere in his rooms. Learn more ››. Without letting Lady Windermere know that they are mother and daughter, Mrs Erlynne persuades her that a liaison with Lord Darlington would be disastrous, but before they can leave, Lord Windermere arrives. the cast is by no means uniform in style - Shamus Locke's Lord Darlington, for instance, is the wrong kind of Irishman - but Mary Ellis and Vanessa Lee are impressive as Mrs Erlynne and Lady Windermere, Irene Browne scores as the outrageous Duchess, and Mr Hopper and Mr Dumby are particularly happy with Graham Payn and Dennis Bowan. A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly one thousand four hundred cameramen. Thus it was used as the title of a history of popular music by Whitcomb (1972, 2nd ed 1994). Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? (Tilly's repertoire had in fact originally also included principal boys; but sadly we never see Kirkwood in fishnets. Lady Windermere's reputation is saved, but Mrs Erlynne's is compromised. Part 1: Oh, What a Century It's Been (Chorus) I Knew That You Would Be My Love (Vanessa Lee and Peter Graves) Mr Hopper's Chanty (Graham Payn, Dennis Bowen, Tom Gill) Sweet Day (Vanessa Lee) Oh, What a Century (Lois Green, Pam Marmont, Dennis Bowen, Tom Gill) Creme de la Creme (Chorus) Light Is the Heart (Mary Ellis) Why Is it the Woman Who Pays? Mrs Erlynne, learning of this before Lord Windermere, rushes to Darlington's flat to prevent her daughter from committing a destructive folly similar to that which she herself committed twenty years earlier. The E-mail message field is required. + 1 insert. 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