No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette is a musical with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach. The book wrote Frank Mandel and Otto Harbach on the play My Lady Friends by Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray. The musical ran in 1924 in Detroit, Cincinnati and Chicago. A revised version was then on 11 March 1925 at London's West End at the Palace Theatre premiered. On Broadway, the production started on 16 September 1925 at the Globe Theatre, and in Berlin on November 7, 1925 at the Metropolitan Theater. 1971 came to a successful revival on Broadway in a reworking of Burt Shevelove who carried out the direction. Busby Berkeley acted as a "Supervisor" in this production with. Patsy Kelly was awarded in 1971 for her role in this musical, a Tony Award.
Action
Jimmy Smith has become through his Bible publishing business millionaire. His little handsome wife Sue leads him in New York a perfect Puritan household. With them lives her chirpy ward Nanette. Their education, a decent and God-fearing beings, Sue has taken on the task. Nanette is however no longer a child and of course has a secret admirer. It's Tom Trainor, the nephew of his friend, the couple Early. Even Jimmy has secrets. He uses a portion of his income to charity and supports three picture beautiful but fallen women. They can not get enough, so he decides to get rid of a redundancy payment. To the discrete settlement of the matter, he asks his friend Billy Early. For the finale, all actors find in Atlantic City at Jimmy's beach house. There are, according to several misunderstandings, secrets come to light, after which Jimmy is forgiven, Nanette may get engaged and Sue dresses up properly in her life for the first time.
Filming
No, No, Nanette was filmed as a movie musical three times: in 1930, directed by Clarence Badger, 1940, directed by Herbert Wilcox and 1950 under the title Tea for Two by David Butler with Doris Day.
Known Music
- Tea For Two
- I Want to Be Happy