THE
BEAUTY PRIZE
Composer: Jerome
Kern
Lyricist: P.G. Wodehouse
Opened: September 5, 1923, Winter Garden Theatre, London
Performances: 214
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. City Of Dreams: Rediscovered Gems
From The Early Days Of Musical Theatre Vol. II, CD/Operetta
Archives OA 1013 (Robin Farnsley and Peter Halverson with
Victoria Kirsch, piano)
Honeymoon Isle:
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London Theatre
Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set To
Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
It’s A Long, Long Way (L: George
Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
Joy Bells:
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
Meet Me Down On Main Street (L: George
Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
Moon Love:
1. 78/Columbia 957
(London Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
[reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From
Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records
MCSR 3004]
2. 78/Zonophone 2468 (Blanche Tomlin with Max Darewski, piano)
Non-Stop Dancing (Craze):
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) (two renditions)
[reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From
Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records
MCSR 3004]
2. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (Karon Kearney and Kevin McMahon with musical
direction by Ethyl Will)
3. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The
Lyrics Of P.G. Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet and
Sylvia McNair with Steven Blier, piano)
Overture:
1. Lost Broadway And More Volume 6:
Jerome Kern, CD/Original Cast OC-1399 (Michael Lavine,
piano)
When You Take The Road With Me (Opening Number) (L: George
Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse):
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (David Staller and Anna Marie Gutierrez with musical
direction by David Holcenberg)
You Can’t Make Love By Wireless (L:
George Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse) (music later used for “Bow
Bells” in BLUE EYES):
1. 78/Columbia 957 (London
Theatre Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey) [reissued on Set
To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (David Holcenberg, piano; Dermot Mulroney, cello;
Kieran Mulroney,
violin)
3. Jerome Kern In London And Hollywood, CD/Rialto Recordings
SLRR-9201 (Rebecca Luker and Adam Grupper with musical direction
by Ethyl Will)
4. The Land Where The Good Songs Go: The Lyrics Of P.G.
Wodehouse, CD/Harbinger HCD 1901 (Hal Cazalet and Sylvia McNair
with Steven Blier, piano)
Unrecorded Material:
Concerted Number (sheet
music only)
Entrance Scene (L: George Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse)
Finale Act I (L: George Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse)
Finale Act II (L: George Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse)
For The Man I Love (L: George Grossmith; P.G. Wodehouse)
I’m A Prize
(You’ll Find Me Playing) Mah-Jong
Melodrama
Opening Act II
Opening Act III
We Will Take The Road Together (Finale Act III)