Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids from Brooklyn
Exhibition Items
Danny Kaye Onstage
- The staff at White Roe, Livingston Manor, New York, summer of 1935. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
- Dave Harvey, Danny Kaye, and Cathleen Young as “The Three Terpsichoreans,” ca. 1933. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
- Danny Kaye as Russell Paxton in the circus scene from Lady in the Dark. Alvin Theatre, New York, 1941. Facsimile. Music Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
- Kurt Weill, composer and Ira Gershwin, lyricist. “Tschaikovsky [and Other Russians],” between 1945 and 1950. Stage show arrangement. Music Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
- Playbill for Let’s Face It. Imperial Theatre, New York, 1941. Music Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, composer and Buddy Breuman, arranger. “Concerto for Tongue and Orchestra,” arranged for the Paramount Theatre Orchestra, ca. 1952. Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
- Program for the November 1, 1948, Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium. Cover. Music Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
- View of stage and auditorium during the Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium. Danny Kaye at the microphone onstage, the Royal box is seen through the spotlights, November 1, 1948. Photograph. London: Fox Photos Ltd., 1948. Music Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)
- Scene outside the RKO Palace in New York City before a Danny Kaye variety show performance, 1953. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
- Danny Kaye at the Famous London Palladium, 1955. Program. Music Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
- Danny Kaye dances with the Dunhills onstage at Harrah’s in Tahoe, Nevada, 1968. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
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Danny Kaye in Film
- White Christmas. Film poster. United States: Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1954. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Film poster. United States: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1947. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)
- On the Riviera. Film poster. United States: 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1951. Music Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine and Sammy Cahn. “Le Ciel me Sourit/Life Could Not Better Be,” from The Court Jester. Sheet music. Roger Desbois, translator. Hollywood: Dena Music, Inc., 1955. Music Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine. “The Five Pennies.” Sheet music. New York: Dena Music, Inc., 1959. Music Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
- Danny Kaye onstage at the European premiere of Knock on Wood, April 23, 1954. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (019.01.00)
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Radio, Television, and Recordings
- Script from The Danny Kaye Show (radio) from March 1, 1946. Cover page and page 3. Guest stars: Orson Welles and Georgia Gibbs. Writers: Goodman Ace, Sylvia Fine, Bud Gagnon, and Henry Howard. Music Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00 and 020.01.00)
- CBS News press information for October 13, 1964: Lucille Ball, John Gary are “The Danny Kaye Show” Guest Stars Nov. 4. Music Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
- Contact sheet of Lucille Ball and Danny Kaye performing “The Balloonists” on The Danny Kaye Show, Nov. 4. Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
- Danny Kaye and David Kapp in the Decca recording studio to record “Tubby the Tuba,” May 13, 1947. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, composer. Johnny Green, arranger. “The Liddle Fiddle/ Symphony for Unstrung Tongue,” ca. 1947. Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (023.01.00)
- Sylvia Fine, lyricist. “Little Fiddle/ Symphony for Unstrung Tongue,” ca. 1947. Typed lyric sheet. Music Division, Library of Congress (025.01.00)
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Sylvia Fine: The Woman Behind the Curtain
- Class Night Program, Brooklyn College, May 13, 1933. Pamphlet. Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine (at piano) and Rhoda Fine (sister), 1937. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, nicknamed “Snappy,” at Camp Tamiment, summer of 1938. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
- “Sunday Night Varieties,” Barbizon Plaza Theater, April 9, 1939. Program. Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00)
- “Anatole of Paris” from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 1947. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, composer and Irving Sheinker, arranger. “Anatole of Paris.” Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine. “Anatole of Paris” lyrics, 1939. Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
- The Tamiment Players Present: “Shooting Stars,” 1939. Program. Music Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
- Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine walk down the aisle in a formal wedding ceremony, February 22, 1943. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye, and Dena Kaye, July 8, 1947. Facsimile. Music Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine. “Happy Times,” from The Inspector General, 1949. Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine at the piano composing music for The Five Pennies, ca. 1959. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine, lyricist, and Elmer Bernstein, composer. “Delilah Jones” from Man with the Golden Arm. Sheet music. Hollywood: Dena Music, Inc., 1955. Music Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine. Main theme from The Man with the Golden Arm, ca. 1956. Holograph manuscript. Music Division, Library of Congress (037.00.00)
- Sylvia Fine. Script for Musical Comedy Tonight, ca. 1979. Typescript. Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00 and 040.01.00)
- Bob Deutsch, photographer. Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine hold Sylvia Fine’s Peabody Award, 1980. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)
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Humanitarian Efforts
- CPL Mervyn Lew, photographer. Comedian Danny Kaye Entertains Troops of the 5th RCT, 24th U.S. Infantry Division, during Show Held Near Kumsong, Korea, November 6, 1951. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
- Letter from Holgar J. Johnson (USO) to Sylvia Fine, December 29, 1958, regarding Sylvia’s participation in producing the USO Christmas show. Holograph letter. Music Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)
- Danny Kaye Talks to an Injured GI (Douerfel of Oklahoma) at the Casualty Staging Flight Unit, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 1961. Official USAP Photograph, Tachikawa Air Force Base. Music Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)
- Danny Kaye entertains troops onboard the USS Hancock, March 1966. Music Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00)
- Homai Vyarawalla, photographer. Doctors look on as Danny Kaye, visits a little boy in a hospital in New Delhi, India, during a UNICEF tour. Photograph. New Delhi, India: V.I.P. Photo Service, 1954. Music Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00)
- Danny Kaye with children and reporters in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1966 UNICEF Trick-or-Treat Tour. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
- Eugene Ormandy, music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, to Danny Kaye, September 30, 1964. Holograph letter. Music Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)
- Danny Kaye conducts the Yale Symphony in a concert on April 24, 1976. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00)
- An Evening with Danny Kaye and the Cleveland Orchestra, May 14, 1978. Concert program. Music Division, Library of Congress (054.00.00)
- Danny Kaye conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a concert on November 10, 1974. Photograph. Music Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)
- UNICEF Canada Honours Danny Kaye, for 30 Years as Goodwill Ambassador, June 23, 1983. Event program. Music Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00)
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