Audio Assignment #4:
Musicals: An Escapist Entertainment?
Times Square, 1938
Show Boat (1927)
1. Ol'
Man River (Paul Robeson, 1928)
2. Bill
(Helen Morgan, 1928)
3.
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Helen Morgan, 1928)
As Thousands Cheer
(1933)
1.
Man Bites Dog
2. Supper
Time
3. Easter
Parade
Pins and Needles (1936)
1. Sing
Me a Song With Social Significance
2. One
Big Union for Two
3. Nobody
Makes a Pass at Me
(Who is the performer in this 1961 recording? She retires from
live performances this year.)
The Cradle Will Rock
(1937)
1. John
Houseman Recalls...
2. Moll's
Song
3. Moll
and Gent
4. I'll
Show You Guys