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Music and Related Materials (continued)
Silk Stockings (1955, 1957), (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 24/1-4 [Silk Stockings lyric sheets]
Holograph (unless otherwise noted) lyric sheets, lyric sketches and lyric research in pencil
Song titles and pagination:
  • Art ; [6] leaves
  • As on through the seasons we sail ; [2] leaves, typed
  • Don't you think it's about time for a love scene ; [1] leaf. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Fated to be mated ; [1] leaf
  • Give me the land ; [20] leaves
  • Hail Bibinski ; [5] leaves
  • I love you ; [2] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • If ever we get out of jail ; [3] leaves, 2 typed
  • I'm the queen that goes too far ; [1] leaf. [Note: incomplete, also known as "I'm the queen Thamar"]
  • Josephine ; [11] leaves, 2 typed. [Laid in: carbon of typed letter from Porter to Cy [Feuer], dated 1/27/55]
  • Keep your chin up ; [5] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Let's make it a night ; [2] leaves
  • Ode to a tractor ; [4] leaves. [Note: incomplete, lyric previously unknown, known as an instrumental]
  • Own a little old modern French painting ; [3] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Perfume of love ; [10] leaves, 4 not in Porter's hand. [Laid in: McCall's Perfume Guide booklet, 1953 ; 43 p.]
  • The red blues ; [2] leaves, typed
  • The Ritz roll and rock ; [1] leaf, typed
  • Satin and silk ; [16] leaves, 5 typed
  • Siberia ; [11] leaves, 1 typed. [Laid in: 2 TLS from George S. Kaufman with postscripts in pencil, n.d.]
  • Siberia ; [9] leaves, typed
  • Silk stockings ; [2] leaves, typed
  • Stereophonic sound ; [16] leaves, 8 typed, 1 not in Porter's hand
  • There's a Hollywood that's good ; [16] leaves, 4 typed
  • Too bad ; [13] leaves, 2 typed
  • Under the dress ; [2] leaves, typed
  • What a ball ; [8] leaves, 8 typed
  • Why should I trust you ; [8] leaves, 4 typed
  • Without love ; [2] leaves, typed
  • [Unidentified] ; [3] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 ["Silk Stockings" song lyrics]
Bound set of typed lyrics, dated 4/25/56
Laid in: copy of TLS from Motion Picture Association of America to Dore Schary, dated 5/7/56 ; carbon of typed letter from Porter to Arthur Freed, dated 9/29/56 ; TLS from Arthur Freed to Porter, dated 9/20/56
Note: correspondence re censorship of lyrics for film
BOX-FOLDER 25/1 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, marked "old," dated 1/54
BOX-FOLDER 25/2 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, marked "old," dated 1/19/54
Laid in: note by Porter in pencil marked "Music lay out act 2"
Includes: cut pages at back
BOX-FOLDER 25/3 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, and Abe Burrows
BOX-FOLDER 25/4 [Silk Stockings stage settings]
Photocopies of drawings for stage settings by Jo Mielzner ; [12] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 25/5 [Silk Stockings playbills]
Programs (2), dated 2/24/55 and 5/2/55
BOX-FOLDER 25/6 [Silk Stockings miscellaneous]
Typed lists of clippings, opening night gifts, contact sheets, "Music line-up," record orders, contents of collection ; some items include annotations in Porter's hand
BOX-FOLDER 25/7 [Silk Stockings correspondence & notes re tickets & seating for opening night]
Note: of particular interest is the carbon of a typed letter from Porter to J. Omar Cole, dated 1/17/55
BOX-FOLDER 25/8 [Silk Stockings miscellaneous regarding film]
Typed cast list, musical breakdown, clippings
BOX-FOLDER 25/9 [Silk Stockings clippings]
BOX 26, OV 28/3 High Society (film, 1956)
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Caroline
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Caroline
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 3 p. each
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 High society calypso
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 High society calypso
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 Calypso
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 I love you, Samantha
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 I love you, Samantha
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 I love you, Samantha
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 Let's vocalize
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/4 Let's vocalize
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 13 p. each
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Little one
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Hot reprise of "Little one"
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Little one
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 4 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/5 Little one
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 Mind if I make love to you?
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 Mind if I make love to you?
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/6 Mind if I make love to you?
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Now you has jazz
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [2] p. + 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Now you has jazz: extra refrain
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Now you has jazz
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, dated 10/26/55 ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Now you has jazz
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, dated 11/15/55 ; 8 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/7 Now you has jazz
Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p.
See America first
See See America First (1916), See America First [version 2]
BOX-FOLDER 26/8 So what?
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
Note: unused; a.k.a. "Why not?"
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 True love
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 True love
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 4 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 True love
Printed piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 True love
Printed piano-vocal score, French language version "Le premier matin"
BOX-FOLDER 26/9 True love
Printed piano-vocal score, German language version "Deine Liebe..."
BOX-FOLDER 26/10 Well, did you evah?
Printed piano-vocal score from Du Barry Was a Lady (1939) with extra pages laid in and new lyric ms. in ink ; 11 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/10 Well, did you evah?
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score, annotations in Porter's hand in pencil ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/10 Well, did you evah?
Printed piano-vocal scores (2) ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/11 Who wants to be a millionaire
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [1] p. + 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/11 Who wants to be a millionaire
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/11 Who wants to be a millionaire
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/11 Who wants to be a millionaire
Printed piano-vocal score ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/12 You're sensational
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/12 You're sensational
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 version ; 4 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 26/12 You're sensational
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/13 [High Society lyric sheets]
Typed lyric sheets, some with annotations in Porter's hand, most dated ; [24] leaves
Includes: holograph lyric sheet in pencil of verse to "Who wants to be a millionaire"
BOX-FOLDER 26/14 [High Society lyric booklet]
Typed lyric sheets, some with annotations in Porter's hand, dated, bound with string ; [27] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 26/15 [High Society miscellaneous]
Letter and report on "True love" publicity ; [3] p.
Final synopsis of "High Society" ; [2] p.
Invitation and program to Hollywood premiere
2 folders labeled by Porter
Clippings
BOX-FOLDER OV 28/3 [High Society publicity materials]
Typed lyric sheets, some with annotations in Porter's hand, dated, bound with string ; [27] leaves
BOX 27 Les Girls (film, 1957)
BOX-FOLDER 27/1 Ca, c'est l'amour
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
See also Box/Folder 27/5
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