—No. 40
Once again, the Old and the New ! Tonight the music of Ivan Caryll and Vincent Youmans is to be contrasted. Caryll, of course, is a distinguished representative of the old-time school. Remember Seymour Hicks 's musical comedy The Earl and the Girl at the Adelphi in 1903, revived later at the Aldwych in 1914 ? Remember The Duchess of Dantzig ? And Oh ! Oh ! Delphine ! in 1913 ? Fine shows all of them, with fine music, composed by Caryll.
Shorter memories can probably cope better with recalling the works of the later composer, Vincent Youmans. It was he who was responsible for Tie a String Around Your Finger ! ', a ' hit ' that contributed a good deal to the popularity of Mercenary Mary. His music was also heard in Hit the Deck and that great musical comedy, No, No, Nanette. In the film world he is famous for his work in Flying Dozen to Rio and for the theme song in Great Day.
Songs from the Shows will be repeated in the Regional programme tomorrow night at 9.0