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Television

High Button Shoes (1956)

Original Air Date: November 24, 1956
 
Book by Stephen Longstreet
Adapted From the Novel "The Sisters Liked Them Handsome"
by Stephen Longstreet
Book Adapted by Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Produced and Directed by Joseph Cates
Associate Director: Marcia Kuyper
Composer/Lyricist for "Know How": Ervin Drake
Musical Direction by Ted Raph
Dance Arrangements by Peter Matz
Choral Direction by Earl Rogers
Choreographed by Bob Hamilton
Original Broadway Choreography by Jerome Robbins

Musical Numbers:

  • I Still Get Jealous
  • Know How
  • Lulu Fadoo
  • We're The Ladies' Walking Society (Bird Watchers' Song)
  • Get Away For A Day
  • Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?
  • Can't You Just See Yourself
  • On A Sunday By The Sea
  • Mack Sennett Ballet
  • You're My Girl
  • Nobody Ever Died For Dear Old Rutgers

Cast:

Sara Longstreet Nanette Fabray
Harrison Floy Hal March
Henry Longstreet Don Ameche
Mr. Pontdue Joey Faye
Uncle Willie Jack Collins
Nancy, the maid Janet Ward
Lady Birdwatcher Isabelle Hoops
2nd Lady Birdwatcher Faye Sappington
Glen Walken
Darlene Day
Sam Birch
Sid Raymond
Snag Werris
Jean Williams
Gregory Lafayette
Joel Lawrence
E. Berkely Harris
Singers: Tom Dillon
Ray Drakely
William Ventura
Roger White
Arne Markmussen
Ethel Watts
Craig Timberlake
Mary Hammill
Nancy Price
Ruth Reynolds
G. Rhoads
Eleanor Williams
Dancers: Robert Lindgren
Janet Gaylord
Claire Gunderman
Lila Popper
Will Able
Swen Swenson
Bill Milie
 

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