Victor Moore

What?

Starring Victor Moore, Don DeFore, and Gale Storm as the titular it happened.

And where did it happen?

New York City.

Wow.

Yeah.

So Victor Moore, who plays McIver, the older homeless man, Storm remembered him as a sweet man whom the cast loved, but said Del Ruth kept demanding additional takes without explaining what more should change.

Sounds like this Del Ruth guy-

He is truly one of America's most beloved figures, the star of such great stage plays as 45 Minutes from Broadway, Funny Face, Okay, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Of Thee I Sing, as well as scores of top motion pictures.

So it's a real pleasure indeed to welcome a veteran of more than 50 years on the American stage and screen, Mr. Victor Moore.

Oh, dear.

Has it been that long?

I'll meet you right here, Les.

Good.

Thank you, Victor Moore.

And now, here is our announcer.

In January of 1906, Cohan wrote, produced, and directed a musical comedy titled 45 Minutes from Broadway about a housemaid who nearly gives up her inheritance for the man she loves, a wisecracking New Yorker named Kid Burns.

That role turned an unknown actor named Victor Moore into one of the biggest comedic stage actors of the era.

The following year, Cohan brought Kid Burns back for a follow-up called The Talk of New York.

While the original had a respectable run of 90 performances, the sequel almost doubled that with 173.

Since then, however, sequels have been a rarity on Broadway, and successful ones even rarer.

Sure, there's exceptions to the rule, like William Finn's Falsettos and Neil Simon's Eugene Trilogy, but many more writers and composers have failed trying to recapture their former glory.

As The New York Times puts it, quote, "Any stage sequel is a delicate operation, especially if the original work set the bar high." Take the 1931 political satire from George and Ira Gershwin called Of Thee I Sing, which also starred Victor Moore and had an impressive run of 441 performances and became the first musical to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

So a couple of years later, the Gershwin brothers teamed up again for round two, called Let 'Em Eat Cake, with the same producer and the same three lead actors.

Hello.

My name is Victor Moore.

Is there a Mr. Andrew

Brown around? Well, well, well, well, what do you want to see him about, mister?

Good night, folks.

Be sure to be with us again next Friday evening at this same time when the makers of Rinseau will again present the Amos and Andy Show.

Our thanks to Victor Moore, who will soon be seen in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, Ziegfeld Follies.

This program is broadcast to our armed forces everywhere.

Ladies

and gentlemen, the angel on tonight's program was played by that great star, Mr. Victor Moore.

And H.B. Caldenborn was impersonated by Ollie O'Toole.

Ladies and gentlemen, during the last war, the chief hope of our enemies was to divide the United States along racial and religious lines and thereby conquer us.