YIP’S SHOWS, FILMS AND BOOKS
(listed by date of opening / release / publication)
M (Stage Musical) R (Stage Revue) P (Stage Play) F (Film) B (Book)
Top 10
- Americana – 1932 (“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” – music by Jay Gorney)
- The Great Magoo – 1932 (“It’s Only a Paper Moon” – music by Harold Arlen)
- Walk a Little Faster – 1932 (“April in Paris” – music by Vernon Duke)
- Life Begins at 8:40 – 1934 (with Ira Gershwin; “Fun to Be Fooled” – music by Harold Arlen)
- The Wizard of Oz – 1939 (“Over the Rainbow” – music by Harold Arlen)
- At the Circus – 1939 (“Lydia, the Tattooed Lady” – music by Harold Arlen)
- Cabin in the Sky – 1943 (“Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” – music by Harold Arlen)
- Bloomer Girl – 1944 (“The Eagle and Me” – music by Harold Arlen)
- Finian’s Rainbow – 1947 (“How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” – music by Burton Lane)
- The Happiest Girl in the World – 1961 (“Adrift on a Star” – music by Jacques Offenbach)
| Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book (R) |
July 1, 1929
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| Applause (F) |
Oct. 9, 1929
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| Glorifying the American Girl (F) |
Dec. 7, 1929
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| Roadhouse Nights (F) |
Feb. 21, 1930
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| The Garrick Gaieties (R) |
June 4, 1930
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| Leave It to Lester (F) |
June 11, 1930
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| Earl Carroll Vanities (R) |
July 1, 1930
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| The Sap from Syracuse (F) |
July 25, 1930
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| Queen High (F) |
Aug. 8, 1930
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| Heads Up (F) |
Oct. 12, 1930
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| Song Service (F) |
Oct. 24, 1930
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| The Vanderbilt Revue (R) |
Nov. 5, 1930
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| Office Blues (F) |
Nov. 21, 1930
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| Billy Rose’s Crazy Quilt (R) |
May 19, 1931
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| Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (R) |
July 1, 1931
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| Shoot the Works! (R) |
July 21, 1931
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| Accidentally Yours [not Bway] (M) |
Summer 1931
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| Sein Liebeslied (His Love Song) (F) |
Nov. 18, 1931
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| Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt (Her Highness Commands) (F) |
1931
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| Ronny (F) |
Apr. 18, 1932
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| Ballyhoo of ’32 (R) |
Sept. 6, 1932
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| Americana (R) |
Oct. 5, 1932
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| The Great Magoo (P) |
Dec. 2, 1932
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| Walk a Little Faster (R) |
Dec. 7, 1932
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| Moonlight and Pretzels (F) |
Aug. 22, 1933
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| Take a Chance (F) |
Nov. 26, 1933
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| Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (R) |
Jan. 4, 1934
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| New Faces of 1934 (R) |
Mar. 15, 1934
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| Life Begins at 8:40 (R) |
Aug. 27, 1934
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| The Count of Monte Cristo (F) |
Sept. 26, 1934
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| Continental Varieties (R) |
Oct. 3, 1934
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| Stop Press (R) |
Feb. 21, 1935
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| *Broadway Gondolier (F) |
July 17, 1935
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| Manhattan Moon (F) |
Aug. 19, 1935
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| The Affair of Susan (F) |
Sept. 1, 1935
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| The Singing Kid (F) |
Apr. 3, 1936
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| Stage Struck (F) |
Sept. 27, 1936
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| Gold Diggers of 1937 (F) |
Dec. 24, 1936
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| **The Show Is On (R) |
Sept. 18, 1937
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| Merry Go Round of 1938 (F) |
Nov. 25, 1937
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| Hooray for What! (M) |
Dec. 1, 1937
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| The Wizard of Oz (F) |
Aug. 17, 1939
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| Babes in Arms (F) |
Oct. 19, 1939
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| At the Circus (F) |
Nov. 16, 1939
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| Hold on to Your Hats (M) |
Sept. 11, 1940
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| Babes on Broadway (F) |
Dec. 31, 1941
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| Sticks and Stones [not Bway] (R) |
1941
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| Rio Rita (F) |
May 7, 1942
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| Ship Ahoy (F) |
June 25, 1942
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| ***Seven Sweethearts (F) |
Aug. 12, 1942
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| Panama Hattie (F) |
Oct. 21, 1942
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| Cairo (F) |
Nov. 5, 1942
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| Presenting Lily Mars (F) |
Apr. 29, 1943
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| Cabin in the Sky (F) |
May 27, 1943
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| DuBarry Was a Lady (F) |
Aug. 19, 1943
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| Thousands Cheer (F) |
Sept. 13, 1943
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| Princess O’Rourke (F) |
Nov. 5, 1943
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| Song of Russia (F) |
Feb. 10, 1944
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| Cover Girl (F) |
Mar. 30, 1944
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| Kismet (F) |
Aug. 22, 1944
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| Meet the People (F) |
Sept. 7, 1944
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| Bloomer Girl (M) |
Oct. 5, 1944
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| Hollywood Canteen (F) |
Dec. 15, 1944
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| Can’t Help Singing (F) |
Dec. 25, 1944
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| Hell-Bent for Election (F) |
1944
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| Blue Holiday (R) |
May 21, 1945
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| Centennial Summer (F) |
July 17, 1946
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| The Great Morgan (F) |
1946
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| Finian’s Rainbow (M) |
Jan. 10, 1947
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| California (F) |
Jan. 14, 1947
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| Flahooley (M) |
May 14, 1951
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| Huckleberry Finn (F) (unproduced) |
1951
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| Jollyanna (M) |
Aug. 11, 1952
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| April in Paris (F) |
Dec. 24, 1952
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| Jamaica (M) |
Oct. 31, 1957
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| The Happiest Girl in the World (M) |
Apr. 3, 1961
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| Gary Purr-ee (F) |
Dec. 5, 1962
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| I Could Go on Singing (F) |
May 15, 1963
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| Rhymes for the Irreverent (B) |
1965
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| Darling of the Day (M) |
Jan. 27, 1968
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| Finian’s Rainbow (F) |
Oct. 9, 1968
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| What a Day for a Miracle [not Bway] (M) |
Apr. 29, 1971
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| The Grate Mans Wiskurs (F for TV) |
Feb. 13, 1973
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| At This Point in Rhyme (B) |
Fall 1976
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* co-wrote story; didn’t contribute lyrics
** reopened 9/18/37 for 17 performances
***wrote rhymed dialogue for prologue