Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline (1929), a musical play by Oscar Hammerstein (book, lyrics), Jerome Kern (music). [Hammerstein Theatre, 234 perf.] When Addie Schmidt (Helen Morgan), who sings at her father's Hoboken beer garden, loses her beloved Tom Martin (Max Hoffman Jr.) to her own sister Nellie (Caryl Bergman), she leaves New Jersey to seek a stage career. Her climb is aided by James Day (Robert Chisholm), who also makes her forget Tom. Notable songs: Don't Ever Leave Me; Here Am I; 'Twas Not So Long Ago; Why Was I Born?; Some Girl Is on Your Mind. Written as a vehicle for Morgan after her success in Show Boat, the Arthur Hammerstein offering started out as a smash hit only to have its run curtailed by the onset of the Depression.

Sweet Adeline may refer to:

• Sweet Adeline (song), a 1903 ballad best known as a barbershop standard
• Sweet Adeline (musical), a 1929 Broadway musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
• Sweet Adeline (film), a 1934 Warner Brothers film based on the Broadway musical

• "Sweet Adeline", a song by Elliott Smith from his album XO

See also

• Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers of barbershop harmony

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