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LADY
IN
THE
DARK
(1954
TELEVISION
CAST)
1.
Introduction
/
Oh
Fabulous
One
-
Ensemble
2:55
LISTEN
2.
One
Life
To
Live
-
Ann
Sothern
3:58
3.
Girl
Of
The
Moment
-
Ensemble
2:07
4.
What
Is
Liza
Really
Like
-
Ensemble
2:57
5.
This
Is
New
-
Ann
Sothern
5:45
6.
The
Greatest
Show
On
Earth
-
Carleton
Carpenter
3:00
7.
The
Trial
Of
Liza
Elliott
-
Ann
Sothern
&
Carleton
Carpenter
5:28
8.
Tchaikovsky
-
Carleton
Carpenter
0:56
9.
The
Saga
Of
Jenny
-
Ann
Sothern
4:37
10.
Make
Up
Your
Mind
-
Ensemble
1:10
11.
My
Ship
-
Ann
Sothern
2:57
12.
Ballet
-
Orchestra
4:46
13.
Finale
-
Ensemble
1:16
DOWN
IN
THE
VALLEY
(1950
TELEVISION
CAST)
14.
Down
In
The
Valley
Part
1
-
Marion
Bell,
William
Mcgraw
14:00
15.
Down
In
The
Valley
Part
2
-
Marion
Bell,
William
Mcgraw
14:39
BONUS
TRACKS
16.
If
I
Loved
You
-
Marion
Bell
3:24
17.
They
Say
It's
Wonderful
-
Marion
Bell
&
Jimmy
Carroll
3:12
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Title:
Lady
in
the
Dark
/
Down
in
the
Valley
Artist:
Original
Television
Cast
(Ann
Sothern
/
Marion
Bell)
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1052
Barcode:
5055122110521
Release
Date:
6
June
2005
Two
of
composer
Kurt
Weill's
works
were
presented
by
NBC
in
the
early
days
of
American
television
-
Down
in
the
Valley
was
aired
in
1950
as
the
first
of
the
NBC
Opera
Theatre
productions,
followed
by
Lady
in
the
Dark,
televised
as
an
NBC
colour
spectacular
in
1954.
Billed
as
"An
American
Folk
Opera",
Down
in
the
Valley
starred
Marion
Bell,
who
had
recently
won
acclaim
on
Broadway
starring
in
Brigadoon.
Bell
played
Jennie
and
the
piece
tells,
with
the
help
of
flashbacks,
the
story
of
the
love
between
the
lead
characters
Jennie
and
Brack
played
here
by
William
McGraw.
Brack
is
imprisoned
for
the
murder
of
Jennie's
other
suitor
but
manages
to
escape
from
prison
on
the
evening
before
his
execution.
He
proves
that
Jennie
still
loves
him
and
returns
to
jail
for
his
execution.
For
Lady
in
the
Dark
-
Hollywood
star
Ann
Sothern
played
Liza
Elliott,
the
highly
successful
women's
magazine
editor
who
tells
her
readers
with
conviction
how
to
be
feminine,
but
lacks
the
belief
that
she
herself
fits
the
bill.
This
insecurity
results
in
her
having
psychoanalysis
which
helps
bring
the
piece
to
a
satisfactory
end.
Prior
to
this
TV
production,
Lady
in
the
Dark
had
been
presented
on
Broadway,
starring
Gertrude
Lawrence,
to
great
success.
It
is
these
two
TV
productions,
recorded
with
the
cast,
that
are
featured
here.
Appearing
on
CD
for
the
first
time
all
tracks
have
been
re-mastered,
including
two
very
rare
bonus
Marion
Bell
tracks.
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