George White's Scandals
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George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1911-1939, modelled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.C. Fields, The Three Stooges, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Ethel Merman, Ann Miller, Bert Lahr, and Rudy Vallee. Louise Brooks and Eleanor Powell got their show business start as lavishly dressed (or underdressed) chorus girls strutting to the "Scandal Walk". Most of George Gershwin's early work appeared in the 1920-24 Scandals.
George White's Scandals is also the name of several movies set within the "Scandals", all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's George White's Scandals which the film debut of Alice Faye.
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