Description
This is a rare promotional advertising card featuring actor JOE COOK endorsing BURGUNDINE BEVERAGE TABLETS with the quote, "It's a swell drink - Have one on me!" ..... JOE COOK was the star of the Original Broadway production of the JAMES GLEASON, MAURICE MARKS, JACK YELLEN, MILTON AGER and OWEN MURPHY musical comedy "RAIN OR SHINE" at the George M. Cohan Theatre in New York City as well as the 1930 Frank Capra film of the same title. (The Original Broadway production opened February 9th, 1928 and ran for 356 performances.) ..... The musical starred JOE COOK and featured TOM HOWARD, ETHEL NORRIS, EDGAR GARDNER, WILMA NOVAK, RITA GARCIA, JOE LYONS, NELL ROY, WARREN HULL, ROSIE MORAN, BEN CUTLER, DIMPLES RIEDE, MARIAN HERSON, FRED GREGORY, DAVE CHASEN, ALEXANDER McKEE, PAT WALSHE, BUDDY GOODROW, PAUL BRACK, MARGARET SULLIVAN, VANCE ELLIOTT, ELSA PETERSEN, DOROTHY DARLEY, ERNEST LAMBART, THE NEW YORKER'S QUARTETTE and DON VORHEES and his "RAIN or SHINE" Band ..... CREDITS: Music by MILTON AGER and OWEN MURPHY; Lyrics by JACK YELLEN; Book by JAMES GLEASON and MAURICE MARKS; Sets designed by CLARK ROBINSON; Costumes designed by CHARLES LeMAIRE; Dances staged by RUSSELL E. MARKERT and TOM NIP; Staged by ALEXANDER LEFTWICH; Entire Production Created, Produced and Directed by A. L. JONES and MORRIS GREEN ..... DETAILS: The promotional card measures 3 3/4" X 5 7/8" inches and may at one time had a sample beverage tablet attached to it. The benefits of the product manufactured by Puritan C.W. in Chicago, Illinois are featured on the backside ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a surface abrasion on the backside and minor edge wear, this rare promotional card is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or classic film historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
