Here Comes the Bride
The lead role of Robert Sinclair was taken over almost immediately by Edmund Gwenn, with Pip Powell given a new role (Judge Al Phillips) that hadn’t been listed at Blackpool.
Nita Croft was credited at Blackpool with a second character, ‘Flower Girl’. Eddie Jaye was initially credited with both Hawkins and ‘Registrar’, before the roles were split and Martin Sands was cast as Hawkins. When the London run moved to the Lyceum, the roles were put together again and Jaye resumed playing both.
20-year-old Anita Foy Tipping (stage name: Nita Foy) was in the chorus of this show, and in March 1930 was also cast in the film SPANISH EYES, which was shot at night at Twickenham Studios. Having performed in HERE COMES THE BRIDE the previous evening, she was in a Twickenham dressing room shortly after midnight on 1st April when her tulle crinoline came into contact with an unprotected radiator. She was consumed in flame and died at the Royal Hospital, Richmond at 11.30am. (See ‘Burned to Death’, Daily Mirror 2nd April 1930, page 1 / ‘Crinoline Drama’, same issue, page 2.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
acrobatic trio (West End) | [Helen] Howell, Harger and [Mario] Naldi |
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dancers | Mr Wylie’s Chorus Girls |
Frederick Tile | Clifford Mollison |
Hawkins | Eddie Jaye |
Hawkins (temporary replacement) | Martin Sands |
Jimmy Carlton | Richard Dolman |
Judge Al Phillips | Pip Powell |
Kitty Sinclair | Jean Colin |
Maria | Maria Minetti |
Miss Simpson | Nita Croft |
Miss Simpson (replacement) | Vera Blanche |
Pat Sinclair | Vera Bryer |
principal dancer (tour) | Hilda Butsova |
Registrar | Eddie Jaye |
Registrar’s Clerk | Frederic Mackay |
Robert Sinclair | Pip Powell |
Roberto Ricardos | Albert Brouett |
SeƱor Almonte Alvarez | Fred Kitchen |
Witness | Peggy Evelyn |
Robert Sinclair (replacement) | Edmund Gwenn
(started 14th October 1929) |
Crew | |
Book | Bert Lee |
Book | R P Weston |
Dances and Ensembles arranged by | Frederick Lord |
Director / Producer | Julian Wylie |
Dresses designed by | Gladys Calthrop
(credited as G E Calthrop) |
Dresses designed by | Anna Zinkeisen |
Lyrics mostly by (sic) | Desmond Carter |
Music | Arthur Schwartz |
Musical arrangements and orchestrations | Debroy Somers |
Orchestra under the direction of | Leonard Hornsey |
Scenic Design | Aubrey Hammond |
Stage Manager | Alfred Bellew |
General Manager | George Harris |
Presented by (West End) | Edward Laurillard, Piccadilly Theatre Co (1928) Ltd |
Publicity | H C G Stevens |
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Play description
Adapted from the play by Edgar MacGregor and Otto Harbach.
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