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Thread #45056   Message #664725
Posted By: GUEST,MCP
07-Mar-02 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Elizabeth (Robert Katscher, 1930)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Elizabeth by Robert Katscher c. 1930
The song was probably Elizabeth by Katscher & Caesar from the original German Wenn Die Elizabeth. (The stage show c1930 was based on a translation of a German original and was something of a flop).

The 1934 film version of Wonder Bar had songs by Al Dubin and Harry Warren and did not include Elizabeth (or possibly any of the songs from the original - though I haven't verified that), though it did have a blackface Jolson singing Going To Heaven On A Mule to 200 children done up as black angels the one blemish on an otherwise immaculate career (says my film musical book).

I haven't located any text for it but I haven't checked all my sources yet. If I have time tomorrow I'll try and look a bit more.

Mick