George White's Scandals
"George White's Scandals" were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1919–1939, modeled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W. C. Fields, The Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Eleanor Powell, Bert Lahr and Rudy Vallée. Louise Brooks, Dolores Costello, Barbara Pepper, and Alice Faye got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk." Much of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920–24 editions of Scandals. The Black Bottom, danced by * Ziegfeld Follies star Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola, touched off a national dance craze.
"George White's Scandals" is also the name of several movies set within the Scandals, all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's "George White's Scandals" written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye. Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway in various capacities; for George White's Scandals of 1936, he served as scenic designer. "George White's Scandals" of 1920 was featured in an episode of the television series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles".
External links
- George White at the Internet Broadway Database
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show.php?id=7772 George White's Scandals 1919 on Internet Broadway Data Base
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show.php?id=7773 George White's Scandals 1920 on Internet Broadway Data Base
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