Flyer for “No, No, Nanette”
Description
A color slide of an illustrated poster for the musical comedy "No, No, Nanette." A woman dressed like a flapper in a fur coat and short dress stands on a table in the left center of the middle yellow section of the poster. She is surrounded by women dressed in a similar style, with two to her left and seven more to her right. A red ball with a string is behind the woman on the stage. Red lines separate the yellow middle section from the top and bottom blue sections. The words "H.H. FRAZEE presents" in the top blue section are in white letters. Underneath this and to the right of the woman on stage, the poster proclaims "THE ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIUMPH" just above "No, No Nanette" in black letters with a red outline. In the yellow center section to the left of the woman, the words "The MOST SENSATIONAL MUSICAL SUCCESS of this GENERATION." In the bottom blue section, there are three columns with white lettering. The bottom left section reads "Book by FRANK MANDEL & OTTO HARBAGH." The bottom center says "Music by VINCENT YOUMANS" and the right reads "Lyrics by OTTO HARBAGH & IRVING CAESAR." For a long time, legend held that producer Harry Herbert Frazee, the owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1919 to 1926, financed "No, No, Nanette" by selling Babe Ruth to New York Yankees in 1919. This led to the Curse of the Bambino, which held that the deal prevented the Red Sox from winning the World Series from 1918 to 2004. But according to a 2006 book by Leigh Montville, "No, No, Nanette" was a musical comedy based on the 1919 Broadway play "My Lady Friends." Frazee didn't produce "No, No, Nanette" until 1924, long after Ruth went to New York, but he did use the sale to finance "My Lady Friends." See ruthba01_275, and ruthba01_367.
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1925–1926