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re: WWII Item... Music Program - "Oklahoma"...
Posted on 10/20/22 at 8:20 pm to FearlessFreep
Posted on 10/20/22 at 8:20 pm to FearlessFreep
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My maternal grandfather was an instructor at West Point at the time. I'm sure my mother (who would have been 14) and her sister (who was 18) would have both been in attendance.
Their older brother, who was 22 and in England with the Army, ended up working with many of the names on that program as he ended up an actor and musician in NYC from 1949-1980.
Thanks for sharing.
No.. Thank you for sharing.. please provide more Info if u can.
On another snote.
It is the Original Broadway opening cast. Oklahoma appeared in March 43 and ran until 1948.
The cast in the playbill is the same as the opening one in NYC.. at the St. JAMES theater on 44th Street.
Oh. My word.. This is Bambi Linn who performed opening in NYC and at West Point in 43.
I am on a phone, but will do way more research at home on computer in a few days...
This post was edited on 10/20/22 at 8:22 pm
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Posted on 10/20/22 at 9:29 pm to WWII Collector
There’s several name actors/actresses there.
Good find in my opinion.
Good find in my opinion.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 10:42 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:Olds probably stole the commandant's liquor supply and railed the leading lady backstage during a scene change.
Olds probably played a football game the day before.
Posted on 10/20/22 at 11:11 pm to WWII Collector
What does that have to do with WW2?
Posted on 10/21/22 at 1:22 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Oklahoma the Musical held a special place in the hearts of the returning GIs and the ones who were being deployed.
It is an American musical that reminded the soldiers of what they were fighting for. The sooners embodied the spirit of America expanding across the country and the work it too much grow the nation’s identity.
It is an American musical that reminded the soldiers of what they were fighting for. The sooners embodied the spirit of America expanding across the country and the work it too much grow the nation’s identity.
Posted on 10/21/22 at 5:54 am to WWII Collector
Dames looked so classy back then.
This post was edited on 10/21/22 at 5:56 am
Posted on 10/21/22 at 10:34 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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What does that have to do with WW2?
I guess a Christmas musical put on for the SS, with a Luftwaffe band just outside of Dachau concentration camp on Dec 18, 1943 wouldn't have anything to do with WWII either.
This post was edited on 10/21/22 at 10:38 am
Posted on 10/21/22 at 10:45 am to WWII Collector
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I believe it to be a professional if not THE Broadway production hired by the theater.
I think this assumption is correct. The cast performing the play at West Point is the original cast.
Oklahoma opened on Broadway in the Spring of ‘43. This West Point production occurred only a few months later.
Posted on 10/30/22 at 8:23 pm to WWII Collector
Joan Roberts and Celeste Holm
Posted on 10/30/22 at 8:36 pm to WWII Collector
Bambi Linn (pictured R)
Evidently still alive, born in NYC in 1926
And a little something for our Aggie friends here too.
Evidently still alive, born in NYC in 1926
And a little something for our Aggie friends here too.
Posted on 10/30/22 at 8:45 pm to soccerfüt
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Evidently still alive,
It looks that way.. 96..
At the age of 17, she made her Broadway debut in the original production of Oklahoma! (1943). With the death of actor George S. Irving, she is the last surviving cast member of Oklahoma!'s opening night.
Posted on 10/30/22 at 9:02 pm to WWII Collector
I have a photo book produced by Robert Ley in 1938 of all black and white photos of Adolf Hitler, his minions, the military and adoring crowds done for his birthday. My father brought it back from Germany at the end of WW2. I think it is a well known work that cannot be found in Germany (except in museums), but is occasionally found in collections in America and England. My copy is without the cover, but is otherwise complete. Any value to it?
Posted on 10/30/22 at 9:11 pm to beachdude
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Any value to it?
Yes, of course there is. And pretty solid value too... But It is something that I couldn't appraise... But if you wanted to e-mail me any pictures you can do so and I can share with some of my other collector buddies and groups and see if I can get some kind of estimate for you.
you can email me at: the1943museum@yahoo.com
This post was edited on 10/30/22 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 10/30/22 at 10:43 pm to WWII Collector
Ran across two neat books ins a used store in Lafayette. Never seen anything like it. Have you? I almost picked em up to see if you wanted me to mail them to you haha.
Posted on 10/31/22 at 9:09 am to thejudge
thejudge - Thank You Sir... I would gladly accept your offer if it wasn't for the fact that I already own both little books.. But I will definitely buy you a beer one of these days.... But please accept my most heartfelt "Thank You".. And If I didn't already own them I would ask you to pick them up...
beachdude - It looks like your Book is averaging about $155 - $250.
https://od43.com/product/1937-photo-book-by-dr-robert-ley-head-of-the-german-labor-front/
beachdude - It looks like your Book is averaging about $155 - $250.
https://od43.com/product/1937-photo-book-by-dr-robert-ley-head-of-the-german-labor-front/
This post was edited on 10/31/22 at 9:11 am
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