THE PERFECT FOOL



Composer: Ed Wynn
Lyricist: Ed Wynn

Opened: November 7, 1921, George M. Cohan Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 275


A Doll House (M: Lou Davis; Harry Richman):

1. 78/Columbia A 3532 (The Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe)


She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not:

1. 78/Columbia A 3532 (The Columbians Dance Orchestra De Luxe)
2. 78/Victor 18864 (Club Royale Orchestra directed by Clyde Doerr)
3. 78/Vocalion 35009 (Ray Miller’s Black and White Melody Boys)


Stealing (M/L: Dan Sullivan) (interpolated into the score):

1. 78/Vocalion 35009 (The Newport Society Orchestra)
2. 78/Gennett 4826 A (Lanin’s Famous Players) [also 78/Starr 9206]
3. 78/Brunswick 2180 (Carl Fenton’s Orchestra)
4. 78/Columbia A 3531 (The Happy Six)
5. 78/Bell P 121 (Merry Melody Men)
6. 78/Regal 9161 (Joseph Samuel’s Music Masters)
7. 78/Victor 18845 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
8. The Original Piano Trio Plays Nostalgia 20’s Style, CD/Klavier Records 77027 (Original Piano Trio)
9. Kitten On The Keys, CD/Saydisc 355 (unknown performer)


Unrecorded Material:

The Ballet Of Perfumes
Daisy (sheet music only)
Finale
Girls, Pretty Girls
My Garden Of Perfumes
My Log-Cabin Home (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving Caesar; B.G. DeSylva)
No One Else But That Girl Of Mine (M: George Gershwin; L: Irving Caesar)
Old Home Week (In Maine)
Romantic Days (Days Of Romance)
Sweetheart (Will You) Answer Yes (M: Rolf Piquet; L: James Brennan; Al Wilson) (added after opening)
The Typewriter Song
Visions That Pass In The Night