This is a rare February 23rd, 1920 "Plays and "Players" program (playbill) from the two-week, out-of-town tryout of the ROSAMOND HODGES, EDWARD STREETER and JOHN HODGES musical comedy "DERE MABLE" at the Garrick Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (The production played two weeks in Philadelphia but closed on the road, cancelling the scheduled Broadway opening.) ..... Featuring three songs by GEORGE GERSHWIN (fifth scanned image)), the musical starred LOUIS BENNISON, JOHN JOHNSON, GEORGE ALLEN, RONALD ST. JOHN, PAUL HEPNER, future motion picture legend GEORGE D. CUKOR, ROBERT WOOLSEY, ELIZA... |