[Creole Follies] Harper, Leonard. (1899–1943) & Creamer, Henry. (1879–1930) & Still, William Grant. (1895–1978) & Calloway, Blanche. (1904–1978) & Green, Eddie. (1896–1950) etc.. "Creole Follies—First Edition," Program [1926].
Program of the "first edition" (out of apparently three) of the Creole Follies show produced by Leonard Harper in New York in 1926 [date not mentioned], Ciro's Creole Follies, 141 West 56th St., NY, NY. Bifolium, orange paper. Title illustration of two presumably naked women hiding behind an umbrella. 6.25 x 4 inches (16 x 10.5 cm). Slight creases and small tear to outer edge; else in very good condition.
Creole Follies used lyrics by Henry Creamer and music by Jimmy Johnson. William [Grant] Still, Russel Wooding, Izzy Myers, Joe Jordan and Maceo Jefferson are credited as orchestrators. Notable performers include Blanche Calloway, Eddie Green and Roscoe "Red" Simmons (son of the political activist Roscoe Conklin Simmons). Leroy Smith "and his incomparable Creole Follies Orchestra" accompanied.
The program divided in two parts, the first beginning at Midnight with an opening ensemble "Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1926" and including such updates as the "Harlem Topsies" and the "Bronx Evas" together with the "135th Street Bloodhounds." This production was followed by such features as "The Chicago 'Stomp Down,'" "The Memphis 'Low-Down," the "Bengal Ladies and "The Five Crackerjacks." At 2 A.M. it was time for the "Creole Carnival."
[Creole Follies] Harper, Leonard. (1899–1943) & Creamer, Henry. (1879–1930) & Still, William Grant. (1895–1978) & Calloway, Blanche. (1904–1978) & Green, Eddie. (1896–1950) etc.. "Creole Follies—First Edition," Program [1926].
Program of the "first edition" (out of apparently three) of the Creole Follies show produced by Leonard Harper in New York in 1926 [date not mentioned], Ciro's Creole Follies, 141 West 56th St., NY, NY. Bifolium, orange paper. Title illustration of two presumably naked women hiding behind an umbrella. 6.25 x 4 inches (16 x 10.5 cm). Slight creases and small tear to outer edge; else in very good condition.
Creole Follies used lyrics by Henry Creamer and music by Jimmy Johnson. William [Grant] Still, Russel Wooding, Izzy Myers, Joe Jordan and Maceo Jefferson are credited as orchestrators. Notable performers include Blanche Calloway, Eddie Green and Roscoe "Red" Simmons (son of the political activist Roscoe Conklin Simmons). Leroy Smith "and his incomparable Creole Follies Orchestra" accompanied.
The program divided in two parts, the first beginning at Midnight with an opening ensemble "Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1926" and including such updates as the "Harlem Topsies" and the "Bronx Evas" together with the "135th Street Bloodhounds." This production was followed by such features as "The Chicago 'Stomp Down,'" "The Memphis 'Low-Down," the "Bengal Ladies and "The Five Crackerjacks." At 2 A.M. it was time for the "Creole Carnival."