George Grossmith Jr.
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George Grossmith, known until 1912 as George Grossmith Jr., was an English actor, theatre producer and manager, director, playwright and songwriter, remembered for his work in and with Edwardian music
Grossmith in 1912
Début, in Haste to the Wedding, with Marie Studholme, 1892
With his frequent stage companion Edmund Payne in The New Aladdin, 1906
The Toreador, 1901
Jerome Kern
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Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in o
George Grossmith Jr.
…Theodore Wragge in Theodore and Co, at the Gaiety. It was adapted by Grossmith and H. M. Harwood from a French farce, had music by Ivor Novello and Jerome Kern and ran for more than 500 performances from September 1916. After the initial weeks of the run Grossmith handed the role to Austin Melford, one of his…
Jerome Kern in 1934
Angela Lansbury sings "How'd you like to spoon with me?" in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Jerome Kern in 1918
Sheet music from Oh Boy!