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Where's Charley? is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott. The story was based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas . The musical debuted on Broadway in 1948 and was revived on Broadway and in the West End .
Where's Charley?: Directed by David Butler. With Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Shackleton, Horace Cooper. From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas's 1890's farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate's aunt from Brazil--"where the nuts come from."
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- Comedy, Musical
- David Butler
- 1952-10-24
Where's Charley? is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler. It starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton. It is an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley?, which was in turn based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.
Based on the musical Where's Charley? book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, produced by Ernest Martin and Cy Feuer, in association with Gwen Rickard (New York, 11 Oct 1948), which was based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas (London, 1892).
- David Butler, Phil Quinn
- Ray Bolger
Writer Robert J. Elisberg relates a fascinating story behind a long-forgotten Broadway musical titled Where's Charley? that premiered in 1948. The play, with a score by legendary composer Frank Loesser, starred Ray Bolger, then at the height of his career and launched the classic love song Once in Love With Amy.
A musical adaptation of Brandon Thomas’s 1890’s farce about an Oxford undergraduate posing as a classmate’s aunt from Brazil—“where the nuts come from.”.
Overview. Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up. David Butler. Director. John Monks Jr. Screenplay. Social. Reviews 0. Discussions 0.
