Stage Play: Too Many Girls. Musical comedy. Book by
George Marion Jr. Music by
Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by
Lorenz Hart. Musical Staging by
Robert Alton. Vocal arrangements by
Hugh Martin. Music orchestrated by
Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by
Raoul Pene Du Bois. Directed by
George Abbott. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Broadway Theatre from unknown date 1940- close): 18 Oct 1939- 18 May 1940 (249 performances). Cast:
Desi Arnaz (as "Manuelito"), Robert Arnold, Margorie Baglin, Sondra Barrett, Libby Bennett, John Beton, Betty Boyce,
Eddie Bracken (as "Jojo Jordan"), Florine Callahan, Renee Cettel, Diosa Costello, Alice Craig, Betty De Elmo, Louise de Forrest, Romolo Di Spirito, Willis Duncan, Marge Ellis,
Leila Ernst (as "Talullah Lou"), Vera Fern,
Clyde Fillmore (as "Harvey Casey"), Vernon Hammer, Charlene Harkins, Bob Howard, Randolph Hughes, Harry Jackson, Clarence Jaeger,
Van Johnson (as "Student"),
Richard Kollmar (as "Clint Kelley"), Jeanette Lavis, Mildred Law, Lita Lede,
Hal Le Roy (as "Al Terwillinger"), La Verne Lupton, Herb Lurie, James MacColl, William Mende, Russ Milton, Amarilla Morris, Mildred Patterson, Harry Pedersen, Dorothy Poplar, Edison Rice, Jack Riley, Hans Robert,
Ivy Scott, Bob Shaw, Byron Shores, Diane Sinclair, Leonor Sola, Mildred Solly,
Olga Suarez (as "Co-Ed"), Key Taylor, Anna Mae Tesslo, Mary Jane Walsh, Davenie Watson, Marcy Wescott (as "Consuelo Casey"), James Wilkinson, Claire Wolf, Harold Young. Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed by RKO Radio Pictures as
Too Many Girls (1940). Directed by Mr. Abbott, it featured much of the stage cast along with the significant addition of
Lucille Ball who replaced Marcy Westcott in the role of Consuelo Casey.
