SHOW BOAT PLAY CAST - INSCRIBED SHOW BILL SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: JULIE WILSON, RUTA LEE, EDDIE FOY JR., JOE E. BROWN, JESTER HAIRSTON, HAROLD WALKER, TOMMY GLEASON, JAQUELYN MCKEEVER, CLARENCE NORDSTROM, RICHARD BANKE, LAWRENCE WINTER, HELEN RAYMOND, VIRGINIA CAPERS, BETTY TESMAN, TONI WINSTEAD, DICK WARREN, WALTER HINTON, NANCY BRAMLAGE, DIANE DOXEE, NANCY FOSTER, JOHN HAWKER, LILI CLARK, ZACK THOMPSON, STELLA HERMAN, NANCI ADAMS, RENEE AUBRY, REGINALD FIELDS, DIANE PARENTI, LORENE YARNELL, WILLIAM GORDON, BARRIE DUFFUS, BELLE MITCHELL, GERALDINE WEST, ROBERT DELANY, JEAN TREVOR, IRWIN CHARONE, ROBERT TURK, LYNN FIELDS, JERRY JACKSON, VICTOR UPSHAW, GRANT GRIFFIN, CHRISTY LYNN, DICK HILLEARY, GORDON EWING, ROBERT VANSELOW, CARL GIBSON, DENICE KING - HFSID 312595

SHOW BOAT PLAY CAST
A program for a 1960 production of Show Boat, featuring over 40 signatures from cast and crew, including Ruta Lee, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Foy Jr., and Julie Wilson
Inscribed show bill signed: "Joe E Brown", "To Violet-/All my best wishes/Hope you're feeling better./Good luck!/Julie Wilson", "To Violet/Eddie Foy", "To Violet/All good wishes/Lawrence/Winters", "Helen Raymond", "Virginia Capers", "Hello Violet-/My Fondest/Wishes/Ruta Lee", "Eddie Foy", "Carl Gibson", "Richard/Banke", "Robert/Delany", "Geraldine West", "Harold Walker", "Barrie Duffus", "William/Gordon", "Lorne Yarnell", "Diane/Parenti", "Reginald Fields", "Jean Trevor/Mel Dangirl", "Betty Tesman", "Toni Winstead", "Dick Warren", "Nancy Bramlage", "Walter/Hinton", "Diane Doxee", "Nancy Foster", "To Alanis/My very best thoughts/John Hawker", "Nanci Adams", "Renee Aubry", "Good Luck, Stella", "Lili Clark", "Zack Thompson", "[scribble] Clarence Nordstrom [drawing of a flower]", "Violet/Best Always/Tom Gleason", "Belle Mitchell", "[scribble]Irwin Charone", "Victor Upshaw", "Lynne Fields", "Robert/Turk", "Jerry Jackson", "The pleasure/was mine-!/Pete/Grant Griffin", "Jester Hairston", "Best Wishes/Gordon Ewing", "Christy Lynn", "Nick Hilleary", "Robert Vanselow", in blue ink, 20 pages, 9x12. Show bill for a 1960 production of Show Boat in San Francisco. A classic in the theatre world, Show Boat is a musical originating from 1927, but has been reproduced countless times both on and off Broadway. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, the musical tells the lives of performers and workers on the Cotton Blossom show boat. This 1960 program features signatures from several key actors, including RUTA LEE, JOE E. BROWN, EDDIE FOY JR., and JULIE WILSON. An expansive list of stage performers and workers, the program collects over 40 unique signatures, forming a one of a kind piece of theatre history. Corners and edges worn. Corners creased. Lightly toned. Light ink transfer. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.