TODAY 5-4-1956: DAVE GARROWAY ATTENDS BROADWAY OPENING OF :THE MOST HAPPY FELLA:

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Event Date(s): 05/04/1956 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio;New York City, New York; | Description: BSP TRANSFER: NY-20010102-0024 WR *** J. FRED MUGGS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. CONTACT LEGAL DEPT OR RIGHTS AND CLEARANCES FOR INFO *** DAVE GARROWAY V.O. SCENES OF FUTURISTIC HAT AND EYEGLASS FASHIONS MODELED BY BARBARA LARSEN. GARROWAY WALKS OVER TO J. FRED MUGGS AND CALLS HIM BUTCH. MUGGS CHEWS ON STRAW HAT. MUGGS SEEN WITH TOP HAT ON. GARROWAY RAISES HIS VOICE AND TELLS MUGGS TO PUT THE HAT ON OR ELSE. THE CHIMP COMPLIES. DAVE SAYS TO HIMSELF"THAT'S RIGHT. RAISE YOUR VOICE A LITTLE, DAVE. THAT WORKS FINE." MUGGS CHEWS ON HAT STRING. HE ACTS CHUMMY WITH GARROWAY. MUGGS TOSSES ASIDE SAILOR'S HAT. FILM FEATURE SHOWS GARROWAY DRESSING UP IN BLACK TIE AND HOMBURG FOR THE BROADWAY OPENING OF MUSICAL"THE MOST HAPPY FELLA." HE GETS INTO LIMOUSINE AND GOES TO PICK UP MS. PAMELA WILDE. THEY ARRIVE AT THE IMPERIAL THEATRE. GARROWAY CHATS WITH OLD FRIENDS JOHN CHAPMAN AND ABE BURROWS. MARQUEE VIEWED. PEOPLE SEEN IN THE LOBBY AT INTERMISSION AS"STANDING ON THE CORNER" IS HEARD OVER. DAVE MAKES FACES AT THE CAMERA. GARROWAY AND AUDIENCE DEPART. HE CHATS WITH BILLY ROSE. GARROWAY AND WILDE ENTER SARDI'S AND ARE SEATED AT THEIR TABLE. HE GOES TO BED WITH HIS HAT ON."THE MOST HAPPY FELLA" SONG IS HEARD. GARROWAY NOTES THE REVIEWS ARE ECSTATIC AND HE HIGHLY RECOMMENDS IT. PLAYBILL SHOWN. AVAILABLE ON 35MM COMP NEG IN KINE BOX 249, TAG # 16564 3/4" FILM XFER: 86K1326 WR