Date (happened)
8 August 1927
(probable)
Atlanta Journal review by Frank Daniel, media:1962: '...triumphed signally over the machinations of the gol-derned city slickers Monday evening, when the Atlanta Municipal Opera association presented Arthur Hammerstein's "The Wildflower" at the Erlanger theater before the most spontaneous and responsive audience any of the seven weekly premieres of the summer season has assembled... Ever since Alice MacKenzie played ... plus the Lorelei Lee part... last week in "Dearest Enemy."' External: Cool Wisdom Books' 'Neville & Amerique' page documents the same 8-week season order: ...Dearest Enemy, The Wildflower, Pom-Pom (i.e. Wildflower = week 7, immediately after Dearest Enemy) — matching this review's own internal cross-reference to 'last week in Dearest Enemy' exactly.
Persons
Danced a first-act tarantella and a second-act tango in the Atlanta Municipal Opera Association's production of 'The Wildflower' (Arthur Hammerstein) at the Erlanger Theatre — the seventh production of the company's eight-week 1927 summer season, per the Atlanta Journal's own account (Monday 8 Aug 1927, the week after 'Dearest Enemy'); cast included Claire Madjette, Alice Mackenzie, Richard Powell, Sudworth Frasier.
The ovation for Amerique and Neville's first-act tarantella and second-act tango was so forceful that the audience demanded an encore, calling for repeats of their interpretations of Samson and Delilah, Antony and Thais, Paris and Helen, and John and Salome, until a stage set nearly fell on comedian Richard Powell mid-scene; too sporting to accept applause 'thus distracted', Amerique and Neville declined to repeat their number. (Frank Daniel, Atlanta Journal.)