I Married an Angel

Infobox Musical
name= I Married An Angel
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music= Richard Rodgers
lyrics= Lorenz Hart
book= Rodgers and Hart
basis= Hungarian play by Johann Vaszary
productions= 1938 Broadway
1942 Film
awards=

"I Married An Angel" is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart. It is based on a Hungarian play by Johann Vaszary. Rodgers and Hart wrote a number of songs for an unproduced film musical based on the same play in 1933.

1938 Broadway production

The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on May 11, 1938 and ran for 338 performances. It was directed by Joshua Logan. The cast was as follows:

*Dennis King "as Willi Palaffi"
*Vera Zorina "as Angel"
*Vivienne Segal "as Peggy Palaffi"
*Walter Slezak "as Harry Szigetti"

ongs

*"Angel Without Wings" (1938)
*"Animated Objects" (1933)
*"At the Roxy Music Hall" (1938)
*"Did You Ever Get Stung?" (1938)
*"Face the Facts" (1938)
*"How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1938)
*"I Married an Angel" (1938)
*"I'll Tell the Man in the Street" (1938)
*"I'm Ruined" (1938)
*"Love Is Queen, Love Is King" (1933)
*"Men from Milwaukee" (1938)
*"The Modiste" (1938)
*"Othello" (1938)
*"Snow Ballet" (1938) (music by Richard Rodgers)
*"Tell Me I Know How to Love" (1933)
*"A Twinkle in Your Eye" (1938)
*"Wedding Scene" (1938)
*"Why Have You Eyes?" (1933)
*"Women Are Women" (1938)

1942 MGM film

The film version was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. It featured several additional songs not written by Rodgers and Hart.

*"But What of Truth?" (written for the 1942 film with music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"Hey Butcher" (written for the 1942 film with music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"May I Present the Girl" (written for the 1942 film with music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"There Comes a Time" (written for the 1942 film with music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"Tira Lira La" (written for the 1942 film with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)
*"To Count Palaffi" (written for the 1942 film with music by Herbert Stothart and lyrics by George Forrest and Robert Wright)

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12349 I Married an Angel] at the IBDB database
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034882/ IMDB]
* [http://www.lorenzhart.org/angel.htm Overview of musical]
* [http://www.jeanettemacdonaldandnelsoneddy.com/films/jmne-angel.htm 1942 film version] at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute