JACK O' LANTERN

Composer: Ivan Caryll
Lyricists: Anne Caldwell; R.H. Burnside

Opened: October 16, 1917, Globe Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 265

Comedy Tom (M: Gus King):

1. 78/Victor 18385 (Six Brown Brothers)
2. Smiles And Chuckles: Celebrating The Music Of The Six Brown Brothers, CD/CBC 1160 (Royal City Saxophone Quartet) (bonus track)


Darktown Strutters' Ball (M/L: Shelton Brooks):

I have not attempted to provide discological information for this particular standard. However, I note that an original cast performance by the Six Brown Brothers exists (78/Victor 18376), as does a performance by the composer (Legends & Songwriters In Concert 1941, CD/Original Cast OC-9839).


Follow The Girls (Around) (L: Anne Caldwell):

1. Gems from Jack O' Lantern, 78/Victor 35666 (Victor Light Opera Company) (part of medley) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]


I'll Take You Back To Italy (M/L: Irving Berlin) (aka "Sunny Italy"):

1. 78/Edison 50473 (Ada Jones and Billy Murray with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 18436; reissued on The Wizard Of Oz: Vintage Recordings From The 1903 Broadway Musical, CD/Hungry Tiger 20-11074/75]
2. 78/Columbia A 2459 (Elizabeth Brice and Charles King)
3. 78/Path 20415 (Peppino and Perry, accordion duet)
4. Wallowitch & Ross, CD/Miranda Music MMCD1004 (John Wallowitch and Bertram Ross with John Wallowitch, piano)


Jack O' Lantern (cut or added to the score?):

1. 78/Edison 80383 (Jaudas' Society Orchestra) (possibly a medley?)


Knit, Knit, Knit (L: Anne Caldwell):

1. Gems from Jack O' Lantern, 78/Victor 35666 (Victor Light Opera Company) (part of medley) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Edison 80383 (Gladys Rice, Helen Clark, and Marion Evelyn Cox with orchestra)


A Sweetheart Of My Own:

1. 78/Victor 18408 (Elizabeth Spencer with mixed quartet and orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A 2422 (James Harrod with orchestra)


Take A Swing With Me (aka "Come And Have A Swing With Me") (L: Anne Caldwell) (added after opening):

1. Gems from Jack O' Lantern, 78/Victor 35666 (Victor Light Opera Company) (part of medley) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]


Take A Trip To Candyland (aka "Candyland") (L: Anne Caldwell):

1. Gems from Jack O' Lantern, 78/Victor 35666 (Victor Light Opera Company) (part of medley) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]


Wait Till The Cows Come Home (L: Anne Caldwell):

1. Gems from Jack O' Lantern, 78/Victor 35666 (Victor Light Opera Company) (two parts of medley) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
2. 78/Victor 18408 (Alice Green and Harry MacDonough with mixed quartet and orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 2422 (Henry Burr with orchestra)
4. 78-7"/Emerson 7296 (Jack Warner with orchestra)
5. Song Hits Of 1917, 78/Decca 24003 (Bob Grant Orchestra) [reissued on Vocalion VL 73629]


Unrecorded Numbers:

Along Came Another Little Girl (L: Benjamin Hapgood Burt)
And Then I Danced Away (L: Louis Harrison) (sheet music only)
Charlotte Russe (inst.)
Drum Dance (inst.)
Finale
(The) Girls I've Met (L: Louis Harrison)
Gypsy Music (inst.)
Hear The Bell
The Kidnapper (Finale Act 1)
The Man With A Hundred Faces (specialty monologue)
Nightmare Dance (inst.)
Oh, Papa!
The Recruiting Doll (L: Louis Harrison)
Signal Corps March (inst.)
Skating Octette (inst.)