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 1919-1939, 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 editions of 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 written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye.

George White's Scandals of 1920 was featured in an episode of the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

Contents 1 The Scandals Cast (Year-By-Year) 1.1 1919 1.2 1920 1.3 1921 1.4 1922 1.5 1923 1.6 1924 1.7 1925 1.8 1926 1.9 1928 1.10 1931 1.11 1932 (Music Hall Varieties) 1.12 1936 1.13 1939 2 External links

[edit] The Scandals Cast (Year-By-Year)

[edit] 1919

• Lester Allen
• La Sylphe
• Ann Pennington
• Ona Munson
• George White

[edit] 1920

• Lester Allen
• Peggy Dolan
• Lou Holtz
• La Sylphe
• Ann Pennington
• George White

[edit] 1921

• Lester Allen
• Lou Holtz
• Tess Gardella
• Charles King
• Ann Pennington
• George White

[edit] 1922

• Lester Allen
• Dolores Costello
• Peggy Dolan
• W.C. Fields
• Winnie Lightner
• Sally Long
• George White
• Paul Whiteman

[edit] 1923

• Lester Allen
• Winnie Lightner
• The George White Girls (including Alice White)

[edit] 1924

• Lester Allen
• Dolores Costello
• Peggy Dolan
• Winnie Lightner
• The George White Girls (including Louise Brooks, Dorothy Sebastian, Sally Starr, and Alice White)

[edit] 1925

• Helen Morgan
• The George White Girls (including Louise Brooks)

[edit] 1926

• The Fairbanks Twins
• Portland Hoffa
• Ann Pennington
• The George White Girls (including Alice White)

[edit] 1928

• Harry Richman
• The Russell Markert Dancers
• George White
• The George White Girls (including Boots Mallory)

[edit] 1931

• Ray Bolger
• Ethel Merman
• Rudy Vallee
• The George White Girls (including Alice Faye)

[edit] 1932 (Music Hall Varieties)

• Lili Damita
• Bert Lahr
• Harry Richman
• The Dancing Beauties (including Eleanor Powell and Barbara Pepper)

[edit] 1936

• Cliff Edwards
• Bert Lahr
• Rudy Vallee
• The George White Girls

[edit] 1939

• Ben Blue
• Ella Logan
• Ann Miller
• Harry Stockwell
• The Three Stooges

[edit] External links

• PBS article on "George White's Scandals"

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