Product Description
"Lil Abner" Theatre Program-1956-9" x 12"-8 pages. This vintage theatre program features the 1956 production of "Lil Abner". The musical comedy stars Edie Adams,Peter Palmer,Stubby Kaye,Tina Louise and Charlotte Rae and they are featured in original scenes thruout the program with their biographies........Born Elizabeth Edith Enke, on April 16, 1927, in Kingston, PA, Edie Adams was a graduate of both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama. She began her career in television, utilizing her singing and comedic talent as a regular on the popular Ernie Kovacs Show in the early '50s. Adams and Kovacs were married in 1955 and remained together until his death in 1962. Before appearing in films, she starred on Broadway in Wonderful Town (1953) and Li'l Abner (1956). Her first major film role was playing Miss Olsen in Billy Wilder's 1960 comedy The Apartment. The film work that followed cast Adams in mostly secondary roles that highlighted her talent for comedy and displayed her spirited presence. Other films include: Lover Come Back (1961), Call Me Bwana (1963), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), Love With the Proper Stranger (1963), The Best Man (1964), Made in Paris, The Oscar (1966), The Honey Pot (1967), Up in Smoke (1978), and Raquet (1979). Adams also appeared in the documentary Kovacs in 1971. The theatre program has been autographed on the page with their photos by Edie Adams in blue,Peter Palmer in green fountain pen and Stubby Kaye in brown fountain pen...................BOTH PROGRAM AND AUTOGRAPHS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION................
