| Hold Everything! | |
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 Sheet music cover (cropped) | |
| Music | Ray Henderson |
| Lyrics | Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva |
| Book | John McGowan and B. G. de Sylva |
| Productions | 1928 Broadway |
Hold Everything! is a musical comedy with lyrics by Lew Brown and B. G. de Sylva, music by Ray Henderson, and has an accompanying book by John McGowan and B. G. de Sylva. A musical about professional boxing, the work's central character is welterweight Sonny Jim Brooks. [1] The musical takes place at "Pop" O'Keefe's Training Camp on Long Island; at the Hotel Wood; and at Madison Square Garden, New York.
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Produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, the Broadway production opened on 10 October 1928 at the Broadhurst Theatre for a total run of 409 performances. The cast included Jack Whiting as Sonny Jim Brooks, Bert Lahr as Brooks' sidekick, Gink Schiner; Ona Munson as Brooks' love interest, Sue Burke; Betty Compton as high society dame and villainess Norine Lloyd, Edmund Elton as "Pop" O'Keefe, and Victor Moore as "Nosey" Bartlett. [1]
Bert Lahr had a critical triumph with this production which made him a star. [1] The most famous song from the show is "You're the Cream in My Coffee". In 1930, Warner Bros. Pictures produced a movie version Hold Everything filmed entirely in Technicolor, however, only the soundtrack survives.