Sally

Sally (1920), a musical comedy by Guy Bolton (book), Jerome Kern (music), Clifford Grey and others (lyrics). [ New Amsterdam Theatre, 570 perf.] Sally Rhinelander (Marilyn Miller), an orphan and a dishwasher at the Elm Tree Alley Inn, is befriended by her co‐worker “Connie” (Leon Errol), the exiled Duke Constantine of Czechogovinia, and by the rich young bachelor Blair Farquar (Irving Fisher). She later substitutes for a dancer at a party Blair has thrown, which leads to a fight between her and Blair, but also to a contract to dance in the Ziegfeld Follies. Sally is a big hit, and she and Blair are reconciled. Notable songs: Look for the Silver Lining; Whip‐Poor‐Will; Wild Rose; The Church 'Round the Corner. Hailed by Charles Darnton of the World as “nothing less than idealized musical comedy,” the Florenz Ziegfeld show was one of its era's biggest and most beloved successes and established the beautiful, light‐footed Miller as the leading female musical star of her day. A 1948 revival—without Miller, Ziegfeld's flair, and Joseph Urban's great designs—failed.