Fred Kerner as Lord Haw-Haw, Georgiantics 1940
Terminal Taps, from lecft to right: Peggy Butler, Jean Somerville, Helen Pearson, Dorothy Marshall, Winnie Cook, Pearl Nebach
Rehearsal at Victoria Hall (D-Day minus 1!)
Montreal Mayor J. Adhemar Raynault is greeted at the door of Victoria Hall as he arrives to attend the Georgiantics '42 tribute to the city's Tercentenary--the only celebration of the 300th birthday in the light of wartime austerity. SGW Registrar Ted Sheffield, an "usherette" (?), Mrs. K.E. Norris (the Principal's wife), and Betty Robson
Waltzing: Virginia Dwane (back centre), Betty Lacoe, Dorothy Marshall, Zelda Miller, Dorothy Mulligan, Monique Nantel, Helen Pearson (back left), Vici Tuyl
"1867" or "That Ain't the Way I Heerd it. . ." From left to right: Bill Haymovitch (Common Man). Members of the House (The Singing Chorus): Lois Bishop, Norma Carrick, Irene Cohen, Mariln Cohen, Hilda Dalfen, Roslyn Gurberg (Second Member from Chicoutimi) (first line, at right, behind Murray Fainer), Yona Kremalowsky, Blanche Michlin, Hilaire South, Thelma spelling, Lucille Stern (Third Member from Chicoutimi), Marion Styles. Murray Fainer (First Member from Chicoutimi). Dick Henthorn (Prime Minister). Arthur Simmons (Sergeant-at-arms). In the orchestra pit: Herschel Darwin (violinist)
Sailors Swing: Lorna Moore and Chrorus at Brownburg
Sailors Swing: Hughie Capra, Adeline Ciment, Fritzie Miller, Blanche Perlove, Anita Sanchez (second from left) Pat Walsh at microphone: Lorna Moore
At Brownsburg after the show, the local community fed the entire crew before they boarded buses en route back to Montreal. Among faces discernable in the crowd are Ray Brooks, Zangwill Godlovich, Helen Pearson, Lorna M oore, Merv Gelfand, Andy Fyfe, Roslyn Gurberg, Jean Lockhart, Anita Sanchez, Dorothy Marshall, and Mortimer Tunis.
For the first time in its four-year history, Georgiantics had a prevue performance. The date was March 14, 1942, and the run-through venue was the community centre at Brownsbuurg, P.Q. The hall was filled to capacity and conductor Merv Gelfand prepares to raise his baton on the overture.
Stage Manager Harold Ship
Orchestra conductor and musical arranger Merv Gelfand
Concordia Salus (the entire cast singing the finale). From left to right, where discernable: Lorna Moore (soloist), Lucille Stern (in "1867" costume) and other "House Members", Waltzing: (see separate photo for names), Indian Dance: Peggy Butler, Hughie Capra, Adeline Ciment, Winnie Cook, Martha Geoff rion, Therese Hurtubise, Fritzie Miller, Rose Palevsky, Blanche Perlove, Anita Sanchez, Audrey Schmauder (at lef t), Pat Walsh (at right). Blanche Michlin (standing behind Schmauder and Sanchez), Lillian Berman( at microphone), Grenadier Girls: (see separate photo), Waltzing: (Monique Nantel, in black gown), Sailor's Swing: (see separate photo), Terminal Taps: (see separate photo), Conductor: Merv Gelfand, Violinists: Herschel Darwin (dark hair), Heactor Chandler (in profile at right)
Waltzing: Virginia Dwane (back centre)?, Betty Lacoe?, Dorpthy Marshall?, Zelda Miller?, Dorothy Mulligan?, Monique Nantel?, Helen Pearson? (back left), Vici Tuyl?
Concordia Salus
Waltzing: Rehearsing with Mervin Gelfand and the orchestra
"He Was Only a Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing" or "He Sure Made Montcalm Down" - Dick Howard Farley (Tax Collector), Lucille Stern (Little Red Riding Hood), Bill Hymovitch (Montcalm, prone at foreground), Al DeRosso (French Sargeant, prone at the rear of stage).
Orchestra leader and trumpet soloist Merv Gelfand
Principal Kenneth E. Norris, doesn't get a "pass"-- he buys the first ticket to the revue: Ticket Manager Betty Robson, accompanied by dancers Dorothy Marshall and Peggy Butler
Waltzing (six of eight dancers in costume). From left to right Virginia Dwane, Betty Lacoe, Dorothy Mulligan, Monique Nantel, Vici Tuyl, Zelda Miller
"1867" or "That Ain't the Way I Heerd it. . ." From left to right Bill Haymovitch (Common Man). Members of the House (The Singing Chorus): Lois Bishop, Norma Carrick, Irene Cohen, Mariln Cohen, Hilda Dalfen, Roslyn Gurberg (Second Member from Chicoutimi) (first line, at right, behind Murray Fainer), Yona Kremalowsky, Blanche Michlin, Hilaire South, Thelma spelling, Lucille Stern (Third Member from Chicoutimi), Marion Styles. Murray Fainer (First Member from Chicoutimi). Dick Henthorn (Prime Minister). Arthur Simmons (Sergeant-at-arms). In the orchestra pit: Herschel Darwin (violinist)
Stage Crew and Stage Manager Harold Ship (second from left) making sure the sets fit the stage
The inimitable Dave Campbell, who starred on stage, and played important roles in the overall direction of Georgiantics for the four years from 1939 to 1942, is shown here as he is about to start a monologue (with the help of a couple of stooges) on the subject of laughter. The act brought the house down.
Grenadier Girls: Hughie Capra (far left), Adeline Ciment, Lala Halpin, Ruth Hersh, Marjorie Mortimer, Jean Somerville (third from right)
"Taking Ten"- a breather during rehearsals. Claire Katze (actor) (upper left), Lorna Moore (singer) (at Claire's left), Lucille Stern (lower left), Fred Kerner (at the keyboard)
Photographer on the floor with nine dancers gathered around ( shades of Life magazine). Clockwise from lower right: Helen Pearson, Vici Tuyl, Dorothy Mulligan, ?, Zelda Miller, ?, ?, Monique Nantel, Dorothy Marshall