Operetta Films 1907–38

Films of operettas from the German stage.

Abraham

• Die Privatsekretärin, 1931, screen operetta, dir. Thiele.
• Viktoria und ihr Husar, 1931, dir. Oswald; 1954, dir. Schündler.
• Die Blume von Hawai, 1933, dir. Oswald; 1953, dir. Cziffra. (80–81)
• Bál a Savoyban [Ball im Savoy], 1935 (with Alpár), 1st Hungarian musical film, dir, Stefan Szekely; 1955, Ball im Savoy, dir. Martin. (42)
• Die entführte Braut [Roxy und ihr Wunderteam], 1938, dir. Vásáry, later renamed Roxy und das Wunderteam.

Ascher

• Marie’s Soldier [Der Soldat der Marie], 1927 (silent), dir. Schönfelder.

Benatzky

• Im weißen Rössl, 1935, dir. Carl Lamac; 1948 Argentine version, La Hosteria del Caballito Blanco, dir. Perojo; 1952, dir. Forst & Charell; 1960, in Gm and Fr versions (L’Auberge du Cheval Blanc), dir. Jacobs.

Berté/Schubert/Clutsam

• Blossom Time, 1934 (with Tauber), dir. Stein, April Romance in USA (to avoid confusion with Romberg); Drei Mäderl von Schubert, 1936, dir. Emo.

Cuvillier

• The Lilac Domino {Der lila Domino], 1937, dir. Zelnick.

Eysler

• Der unsterbliche Lump, 1930, dir. Ucicky & May.

Fall

• Die Dollarprinzessin, 1908, dir. Duskes, 1911 (Messters-Projektion).
• Die Rose von Stambul, 1919 (with Massary), dir. Basch.
• Die geschiedene Frau, 1926 (silent), Aafa-Film.
• Madame Pompadour, 1927 (with Lillian Gish), dir. Wilcox (British film).
• Der fidele Bauer, 1929 (silent), Ferry-Film.

Gilbert

• Die keusche Susanne, 1926, dir. Eichberg; 1937, in Eng and Fr versions, The Girl in the Taxi and La Chaste Suzanne, dir. Berthomieu.
• The Lady in Ermine [Die Frau im Hermelin], 1927, dir. Flood; Bride of the Regiment, 1930, dir. Dillon.

Heymann

• Die Drei von der Tankstelle, 1930, screen operetta. dir. Thiele, Ufa’s first operetta (banned in 1937).
• Der Kongreß tanzt, 1931, screen operetta, dir. Charell.

Jarno

• Die Förster-Christl, 1925, dir. Zelnick; 1931, dir. Zelnick.

Jessel

• Schwarzwaldmädel, 1933, dir. Zoch.

Kálmán

• Die Csárdásfürstin, 1919, dir. Leyde; 1927, dir. Schwarz; 1934, dir. Jacoby, shot in Gm (with Eggerth) & Fr versions (Princesse Czardas, with Lemonnier) with diff casts.
• Gräfin Mariza, 1925, dir. Steinhoff; 1932, dir. Oswald.
• Die Zirkusprinzessin, 1929 (silent), dir. Janson.
• Golden Dawn, 1930, screen operetta, dir. Enright.
• Ronny, 1931, screen operetta, dir. Schünzel.
• Die Faschingsfee, 1931 (with Ahlers), dir. Steinhoff.

Kollo

• Wie einst im Mai, 1937, dir. Schneider-Edenkoben.

Künneke

• Glückliche Reise, 1933, dir. Abel.
• Der Vetter aus Dingsda, 1934, dir. Zoch.

Lehár

• Die lustige Witwe, 1907, Deutsche Bioscop; 1907, Nordisk film (Sweden), 14 mins; 1908, Kalem film (USA); 1909, Brazilian film, c. 10 mins; 1912, Reliance-Majestic film (USA), 15 mins; 1913, Solax film, dir. Guy-Blaché; 1913, Elge-Gaumont; 1913 La Veuve joyeuse (Éclair Film, France); 1918, A Víg Özvegy (Hungarian), dir. Curtiz, 70 mins; 1925 The Merry Widow, dir. von Stroheim; 1934 (with MacDonald & Chevalier), simultaneous Eng & Fr versions, with change of cast except for MacDonald & Chevalier, dir. Lubitsch.
• Der Graf von Luxemburg, 1909, dir. Messter (10 mins with synchronized records), 1926, dir. Gregor.
• Wo die Lerche singt, 1918, same year as stage premiere, dir. Marischka; 1936 (with Eggerth), dir. Karel Lamac.
• Der Rastelbinder, 1926 (silent), dir. Gottlein, Hanus & Mondet.
• Paganini, 1926, dir. Rahn; 1934, as Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt, dir. Emo.
• Die Fürstenkind, 1927 (silent), dir. J. & L. Fleck.
• Der Zarewitsch, 1929 (silent), dir. J. & L. Fleck; 1933 (with Eggerth), dir. Janson, and dir. Janson & Bernard-Derosne in Fr (Son Altesse Impériale) with diff cast.
• The Rogue Song [Zigeunerliebe], 1930 (with Tibbett), dir. Barrymore & Roach.
• Das Land des Lächelns, 1930 (with Tauber), dir. Reichman.
• Die große Attraktion, 1931 (with Tauber), dir. Reichmann.
• Es war einmal ein Walzer, 1932 (with Eggerth), dir. Janson, text: Billy Wilder, Gm and Eng versions (Where Is This Lady?).
• Friederike, 1932, dir. Friedmann-Frederich.
• Großfürstin Alexandra, 1933, dir. Thiele.
• Frasquita, 1934, dir. Carl Lamac.
• Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe [Clo-Clo], 1935 (with Eggerth), dir. Tourjansky.
• Eva, 1935, dir. Riemann.

Millöcker

• Der Bettelstudent, 1931, dir. Viktor Jansen, shot in Eng & Germ versions with diff casts; 1936, dir. Georg Jacoby, Ufa.
• Millöcker/Mackeben, I Give My Heart [The Dubarry], 1935 (with Gitta Alpár), dir. Varney, The Loves of Madame Dubarry in USA.
• Gasparone, 1937, dir. Jacoby.

Nedbal

• Polenblut, 1934, dir. Karel Lamac.

Stolz

• Zwei Herzen in Deivierteltakt, 1930, first Gm sound film, a screen operetta, dir. Bolváry, later adapted for stage as Der verlorene Walzer (1933).
• Das Lied ist aus, 1930, dir. Bolváry, screen operetta containing song “Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier” (used in UK & US White Horse Inn).
• Die lustigen Weiber von Wien, 1931, dir. Bolváry.
• Liebeskommando, 1931, screen operetta, dir. Bolváry.

Straus

• The Chocolate Soldier [Der tapfere Soldat], 1914, dir. Morton & Stange.
• Ein Walzertraum, 1925, dir. Berger; 1931, The Smiling Lieutenant (with Chevalier), dir. Lubitsch.
• Der letzte Walzer, 1927 (silent), dir. Robison, Ufa; 1934, dir. Jacoby; 1936, in Eng and Fr versions with some changes of cast, but Novotná retained as Vera, The Last Waltz, dir. Barry & Mittler, and La dernière valse, dir. Mittler.
• Married in Hollywood [Hochzeit in Hollywood], 1929, dir. Silver, 1st Holywood sound operetta, only 12 mins survives).
• Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will, 1934 (Czech), dir. Binovec; 1934 (Germ), dir. Janson.
• Les trois valses [Drei Wälzer], 1938 (with Printemps), dir. Berger.

Strauss

• Der Zigeunerbaron, 1927, dir. Zelnick; 1935, shot simultaneously in Gm & Fr with diff casts, but Adolf Wöhlbrook retained as Sandor, Gm version dir. Hartl; 1935, Le Baron tzigane (Fr), dir. Chomette.
• Die Fledermaus, 1931, made in Gm and Fr (La Chauve-souris) versions, dir. Karel Lamac; 1933, Waltz Time [Die Fledermaus], dir. Thiele; 1937, dir. Verhoeven.
• Waltzes from Vienna, 1934, dir. Hitchcock, 1938, The Great Waltz, dir. Duvivier & Fleming.
• Eine Nacht in Venedig, 1934, dir. Wiene.

Weill

• Die Dreigroschenoper, 1931, simultaneously made in French with diff cast as L’Opéra de quat’ sous, dir. Pabst.

Zeller

• Der Vogelhändler, 1935, dir. Emo.

Ziehrer

• Die Landstreicher, 1937, dir. Karel Lamac.

English Adaptations of Operettas from the German Stage: London 1907–38

(Ranked in order of the highest number of performances of the first production.)

1. Lehár, The Merry Widow (Daly’s Theatre, 1907) 778
2. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (Empire Theatre, 1918) 747
3. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (London Coliseum, 1931) 651
4. Berté/Schubert/Clutsam, Lilac Time (Lyric Theatre, 1922) 628
5. Strauss Sr & Jr, Waltzes from Vienna (Alhambra Theatre, 1931) 607
6. Gilbert, The Lady of the Rose, Daly’s Theatre, 1922) 515
7. Gilbert, Katja, the Dancer (Gaiety, then Daly’s, 1925) 514
8. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric Theatre, 1910) 500
9. Fall, Madame Pompadour (Daly’s Theatre, 1923) 461
10. Benatzky and Strauss, Casanova (London Coliseum, 1932) 429
11. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Daly’s Theatre, 1909) 428
12. Mackeben and Millöcker, The Dubarry (His Majesty’s, 1932) 398
13. Gilbert, The Girl in the Taxi (Lyric, 1912) 384
14. Kálmán, Soldier Boy (Apollo, 1918) 374
15. Fall, The Girl in the Train (Vaudeville Theatre, 1910) 339
16. Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (Daly’s Theatre, 1911) 339
17. Lehár, Gipsy Love (Daly’s Theatre, 1912) 299
18. Stolz, Wild Violets (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1932) 290
19. Straus, The Last Waltz (Gaiety Theatre, 1922) 283
20. Gilbert, Yvonne (Daly’s, 1926) 281
21. Fall, Princess Caprice (Shaftesbury Theatre, 1912) 265
22. Straus, My Son John Shaftesbury Theatre, 1926) 255
23. Hirsch, Toni (Shaftesbury Theatre, 1924) 248
24. Stolz, Whirled into Happiness (Lyric Theatre, 1922) 245
25. Kollo, The Girl on the Film (Gaiety, 1913) 232
26. Kálmán, A Little Dutch Girl (Lyric Theatre, 1920) 215
27. Kálmán, The Gipsy Princess (Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 1921) 212
28. Straus, Mother of Pearl (Gaiety Theatre, 1933) 181
29. Benatzky, The Apache (Palladium, 1927) 166
30. Künneke, The Song of the Sea (His Majesty’s, 1928) 155
31. Straus, A Waltz Dream (Hick’s Theatre, 1908) 146
32. Abraham, Ball at the Savoy (Drury Lane, 1933) 146
33. Lehár, The Blue Mazurka (Daly’s, 1927) 138
34. Strauss, Nightbirds (Lyric, 1911) 133
35. Stolz, The Blue Train (Prince of Wales’s, 1927) 126
36. Lehár, The Three Graces (Empire, 1924) 121
37. Straus, Cleopatra (Daly’s, 1925) 111
38. Lehár, Frederica (Palace Theatre, 1930) 110
39. Gilbert, The Cinema Star (Shaftesbury, 1914) 108
40. Gilbert, Mam’selle Tra-La-La (Lyric, 1914) 107
41. Künneke, The Cousin from Nowhere (Prince’s Theatre, 1923) 106
42. Gilbert, The Joy-Ride Lady (New Theatre, 1914) 105
43. Abraham, Viktoria and Her Hussar (Palace Theatre, 1931) 100
44. Lehár, Clo-Clo (Shaftesbury, 1925) 95
45. Kálmán, A Kiss in Spring (Alhambra, 1932) 83
46. Eysler, The Laughing Husband (New Theatre, 1913) 78*
47. Kálmán, Autumn Manoeuvres (Royal Adelphi Theatre, 1912) 74
48. Benatzky, The Flying Trapeze (Alhambra Theatre, 1935)73
49. Lehár, The Land of Smiles (Drury Lane, 1931) 72
50. Fall, The Merry Peasant (Strand Theatre, 1909) 69
51. Eysler, The Girl Who Didn’t (Lyric, 1913) 68
52. Kálmán, Maritza (Palace Theatre, 1938) 68
53. Lincke, Castles in the Air (Scala Theatre, 1911) 65
54. Straus, Love and Laughter (New Theatre, 1913) 65
55. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (Whitney Theatre, 1911) 63
56. Lehár, Paganini (Lyceum, 1937) 59
57. Lehár, Mitislaw (London Hippodrome, 1909) 56
58. Straus, The Dancing Viennese (London Coliseum, 1912) 48**
59. Granichstaedten, Hearts and Diamonds (Strand, 1926) 43
60. Künneke, Love’s Awakening (Empire Theatre, 1922) 37
61. Weill, A Kingdom for a Cow (Savoy Theatre, 1935) 18
62. Benatzky, My Sister and I (Shaftesbury, 1931) 8
63. Gilbert, Lovely Lady (Phoenix, 1932) 4

* Revised version produced at the Lyric in Dec. 1913 as The Girl Who Didn’t.

** Preceded by 48 performances in German.

40 have 100 performances or more.

5 new German operetta adaptations produced in the West End in 1912, 3 in 1913, 3 in 1914. In 1912, Fall’s Darby and Joan (Brüderlein fein) produced at Coliseum, and Lincke’s The H’arum Lily at the London Pavilion) both one-act operettas. In 1914, Reinhardt’s The Daring of Diane (one act) was produced at the Pavilion.

5 new productions in 1922, 3 in 1925, 5 in 1931, 5 in 1932. No productions of new operetta from the German stage after Maritza (1938) until Three Waltzes (Oscar Straus) in 1945.

Operettas to English texts (1906–36) by composers for the German stage:

1          Felix, The Merveilleuses (Daly’s, 1906) 197

2          Fall (L.), The Eternal Waltz (London Hippodrome, 1911) 100

3          Fall (R.), Arms and the Girl (London Hippodrome, 1912) 95

4          Straus, Love and Laughter (Lyric Theatre, 1913) 67

5          Kálmán, The Blue House (London Hippodrome, 1912) 64

6          Stolz, Rise and Shine (Drury Lane, 1936) 44

7          Gilbert, The Girl from Cook’s (Gaiety, 1927) 30

8          Künneke, Riki-Tiki (Gaiety Theatre, 1926) 18

9          Künneke, Lover’s Lane (1923) ?

Operetta to French text by composer for German stage:

Straus, Mariette (His Majesty’s Theatre, 1929) 21

Operettas adapted directly from the Hungarian stage:

1          Jacobi, The Marriage Market (Daly’s, 1913) 423

2          Jacobi, Sybil (Daly’s, 1921) 374

Top Composers:

Lehár  10

Gilbert 9

Straus  9

Kálmán  7

Fall 6

Benatzky 5

The Top Twenty adaptations of silver-age operettas ranked in order of the highest number of West End performances, 1907–38. Date of first London performance given.

1. Lehár, The Merry Widow (1907) 1317
2. Berté/Schubert/Clutsam, Lilac Time (1922) 1092[1]
3. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (1918) 747
4. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (1931) 651
5. Strauss Sr & Jr, Waltzes from Vienna (1931) 607
6. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (1910) 599
7. Gilbert, The Girl in the Taxi (1912) 597
8. Gilbert, The Lady of the Rose (1922) 543
9. Gilbert, Katja, the Dancer (1925) 514
10. Fall, The Dollar Princess (1909) 497
11. Fall, Madame Pompadour (1923) 461
12. Benatzky and Strauss, Casanova (1932) 429
13. Jacobi, The Marriage Market (Daly’s, 1913) 423
14. Mackeben and Millöcker, The Dubarry (1932) 398
15. Jacobi, Sybil (Daly’s, 1921) 374
16. Fall, The Girl in the Train (1910) 339
17. Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (1911) 339
18. Lehár, Gipsy Love (1912) 299
19. Stolz, Wild Violets (1932) 290
20. Straus, The Last Waltz (1922) 283

In top twenty are 3 by Gilbert, 3 by Lehár, 3 by Fall, and 2 by Jacobi, and 2 by Straus.

[1] 35 performances were given in German at the Aldwych (1933).

London Charts

English Adaptations of Operettas from the German Stage: New York 1907–38

(Ranked in order of the highest number of performances of the first production.)

1. Berté/Schubert/Romberg, Blossom Time (Ambassador, 1921) 516
2. Romberg (orig. Kollo), Maytime (Shubert Theatre, 1917) 492
3. Lehár, The Merry Widow (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1907) 416
4. Eysler, The Blue Paradise (Casino Theatre, 1915) 356
5. Kálmán, Countess Maritza (Shubert Theatre, 1926) 321
6. Strauss Jr. & Sr., arr. Korngold & Bittner, The Great Waltz (Center Theatre, 1934)
7. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (Lyric Theatre, 1909) 296
8. Fall, The Dollar Princess (Knickerbocker Theatre, 1909) 288
9. Gilbert, The Lady in Ermine, (Ambassador Theatre, 1922) 238
10. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (Center Theatre, 1936) 233
11. Kálmán, Miss Springtime (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1916) 224
12. Stolz, Sky High (Shubert Theatre, 1925) 217
13. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (Liberty Theatre, 1910) 208
14. Kálmán, Her Soldier Boy (Astor Theatre, 1916) 198
15. Kálmán, The Circus Princess (Winter Garden Theatre, 1927) 192
16. Straus, The Last Waltz (Century Theatre, 1921) 185
17. Berény, Little Boy Blue (Lyric Theatre, 1911) 184
18. Granichstaedten, The Rose Maid (Globe Theatre, 1912) 181
19. Lehár, Alone at Last (Shubert Theatre, 1915)                         180
20. Gilbert, The Red Robe (Shubert Theatre, 1928) 167
21. Benatzky, Meet My Sister (Shubert Theatre, 1930) 167
22. Künneke + Offenbach, The Love Song (Century Theatre, 1925) 157
23. Kálmán, Sari (Liberty Theatre, 1914) 151
24. Künneke, Caroline (Ambassador Theatre, 1923) 151
25. Fall, The Siren (Knickerbocker Theatre, 1911) 136
26. Reinhardt, The Purple Road (Liberty Theatre, 1913) 136
27. Straus (+Strauss Sr & Jr) Three Waltzes (Majestic Theatre, 1937) 122
28. Lehár, The Count of Luxembourg (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1912) 120
29. Eysler, Vera Violetta (Winter Garden Theatre, 1911) 112
30. Cuvillier, Flora Bella (Casino Theatre, 1916) 112
31. Gilbert, Katja (44th Street Theatre, 1925) 112
32. Straus, A Waltz Dream (Broadway Theatre, 1908) 111
33. Nedbal, The Peasant Girl (44th Street Theatre, 1915) 111
34. Fall, The Rose of Stamboul (Century Theatre, 1922) 111
35. Cuvillier, The Lilac Domino (44th Street Theatre, 1914) 109
36. Kollo, Three Little Girls (Shubert Theatre, 1930) 104
37. Gilbert, The Queen of the Movies (Globe Theatre, 1914) 104
38. Ziehrer, Mlle. Mischief (Lyric Theatre, 1908) 96
39. Lehár, Frederika (Imperial Theatre, 1937) 95
40. Ziehrer, The Kiss Waltz (Casino Theatre, 1911) 88
41. Fall, The Doll Girl (Globe Theatre, 1913) 88
42. Burgess, et al. (orig. Straus), Naughty Riquette (Cosmopolitan,’26) 88
43. Mackeben + Millöcker, The Du Barry (Cohen Theatre, 1932) 87
44. Fall, Madame Pompadour (Martin Beck Theatre, 1924) 80
45. Kálmán, The Yankee Princess (Knickerbocker Theatre, 1922) 80
46. Eysler, The Love Cure (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1910) 78
47. Romberg (orig. Ascher), Follow Me (Casino Theatre, 1916) 78
48. Kálmán, The Riviera Girl (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1917) 78
49. Berény, The Girl from Montmartre (Criterion Theatre, 1912) 72
50. Kollo, Springtime of Youth (Broadhurst Theatre, 1922) 68
51. Jarno, The Girl and the Kaiser (Herald Square Theatre, 1910) 64
52. Kollo, The Girl on the Film (44th Street Theatre, 1913) 64
53. Winterberg, The Girl from Brazil (44th Street Theatre, 1916) 61
54. Gilbert, A Modern Eve (Casino Theatre, 1915) 56
55. Lehár, The Man with Three Wives (Weber and Fields’ Music Hall, 1913)
56. Eysler, The Laughing Husband (Knickerbocker Theatre, 1914) 48
57. Winterberg, The Lady in Red (Lyric Theatre, 1919) 48
58. Kálmán, The Gay Hussars (Knickerbocker Theatre, 1909) 44
59. Fall, The Girl in the Train (Globe Theatre, 1910) 40
60. Fall, Lieber Augustin (Casino Theatre, 1913) 37
61. Heuberger, The Opera Ball (Liberty Theatre, 1912) 32
62. Kálmán, The Woman Haters (Astor Theatre, 1912) 32
63. Lehár, Gypsy Love (Globe Theatre, 1911) 31
64. Gilbert, Modest Suzanne (Liberty Theatre, 1912) 24
65. Berté, The Rose of Panama (Daly’s Theatre, 1912) 24
66. Lehár, Eva (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1912) 24
67. Straus, My Little Friend (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1913) 24
68. Lehár, Maids of Athens (New Amsterdam Theatre, 1914) 22
69. Straus, My Lady’s Glove (Lyric Theatre, 1917) 16
70. Kollo, Phoebe of Quality Street (Shubert Theatre, 1921) 16
71. Fall, The Eternal Waltz (Palace Theatre, 1913) 12
72. Gilbert, Marching By (Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre, 1932) 12
73. Weill, The Threepenny Opera (Empire Theatre, 1933) 12
74. Lehár, The Star Gazer (Plymouth Theatre, 1917) 8
75. Lehár, Where the Lark Sings (Manhattan Opera House, 1920) 5

36 have runs of over 100.

Last operetta here is Three Waltzes, which closed on 9 Apr. 1938. Last to be performed was Blossom Time on 26 Dec. 1938, closing after 19 perfs in Jan. 1939. Then nothing till 15 Jul. 1942, Merry Widow revival at Carnegie Hall (39 perfs). No Broadway production of a new operetta from the German stage until the belated New York premiere of Lehár’s Das Land des Lächelns in 1946, which then ran for just 36 performances under the title Yours Is My Heart. Kálmán’s Marinka (1945) was composed to an English text, and did well (165 perfs). Sky High was the title given to Stolz’s operetta Der Tanz ins Glück (1920), produced in London as Whirled into Happiness (Lyric Theatre, 1922).

Operettas to English texts (1908–1938) by composers for the German stage:

1          Goetzl, The Royal Vagabond (Cohan and Harris, 1919) 348

2          Jacobi & Kreisler, Apple Blossoms (Globe, 1919) 256

3          Kálmán, Golden Dawn (Hammerstein’s, 1927) 184

4          Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday (Ethel Barrymore, 1938) 168

5          Felix, Lassie (Nora Bayes, 1920) 159

6          Künneke, The Love Song (Century, 1925)  157

7          Weill, The Eternal Road (Manhattan Opera House, 1937) 153

8          Felix, Pom-pom (Cohan, 1916) 128

9          Jacobi, Rambler Rose (Empire, 1917) 72

10        Weill, Johnny Johnson (44th Street, 1936) 68

11        Sirmay, Ripples (New Amsterdam, 1930) 55

12        Jacobi, The Half Moon (Liberty, 1920) 48

13        Felix, Peg-o’-My-Dreams (Jolson, 1924) 32

14        Felix, Tantalizing Tommy (Criterion, 1912) 31

15        Jacobi, The Love Letter (Globe, 1921) 31

16        Holländer, The Charity Girl (Globe, 1912) 21

17        Fall, The Eternal Waltz (Palace, 1913) 12

Operettas adapted directly from the Hungarian stage:

1          Jacobi, Sybil (Liberty, 1916)                                                               168

2          Jacobi, The Marriage Market (Knickerbocker, 1913)                        88

Top Composers:

Lehár               10

Kálmán            9

Fall                  8

Gilbert             7

Straus              6

Eysler              4

Kollo               4

The Top Twenty adaptations of silver-age operettas ranked in order of the highest number of Broadway performances, 1907–38. Date of first New York performance given.

1. Berté/Schubert/Romberg, Blossom Time (1921) 651
2. Lehár, The Merry Widow (1907) 520
3. Straus, The Chocolate Soldier (1909) 441
4. Eysler, The Blue Paradise (1915) 356
5. Strauss Jr. & Sr., arr. Korngold & Bittner, The Great Waltz (Center Theatre, 1934) 347
6. Kálmán, Countess Maritza (1926) 337
7. Fall, The Dollar Princess (1909) 288
8. Gilbert, The Lady in Ermine, (1922) 238
9. Benatzky, White Horse Inn (1936) 233
10. Kálmán, Miss Springtime (1916) 224
11. Stolz, Sky High (1925) 217
12. Reinhardt, The Spring Maid (1910) 208
13. Kálmán, Her Soldier Boy (1916) 198
14. Kálmán, The Circus Princess (1927) 192
15. Straus, The Last Waltz (1921) 185
16. Berény, Little Boy Blue (1911) 184
17. Lehár, Alone at Last (1915) 180
18. Granichstaedten, The Rose Maid (1912) 176
19. Jacobi, Sybil (Liberty, 1916) 168
20. Gilbert, The Red Robe (1928) 167
21. Benatzky, Meet My Sister (1930) 167

In the top twenty are 4 by Kálmán, 2 by Benatzky, 2 by Gilbert, 2 by Lehár, and 2 by Straus.

New York Charts