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"The Lilac Domino" (1914)

Music by Charles Cuvillier (1877 - 1955)
Book by Harry B. Smith

ACT I   -   Lounge at the Pavilion de Danse in the Baccarat Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, during a Domino Party.

  • No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Now, old fellow, we will teach you, you're a gay old roué ... Listen to me, I beseech you ... We know what you have to say ... "
  • No. 2 - Duet - Leonie and Elliston - "Why don't you speak?  We are alone ... I feel a fatal fascination that frightens me, yet draws me near ... Why so? ..."
  • No. 3 - Song - André - "My life's been wild - still, I'll stand by it, and I'll pay well for all that I've got.  I've made mistakes, I'll not deny it... "
  • No. 4 - Duet - Georgine and Baroness - "Ha, ha, ha, ha, this is great fun!  I've run away!  Dear me!  I wonder what she'll say! ... Georgine! ... There she is now! ..."
  • No. 5 - Ensemble - "The Lilac Domino, you will meet ev'rywhere you go, and no one knows who she might be, ev'ryone says she's fancy free.  She follows..."
  • No. 6 - Duet - Norman, Prosper and Chorus - "I'm up against it, I can see, I've nothing but my I.O.U. ... Don't turn to me for sympathy, for I am up against it too..."
  • No. 7 - Finale Act I - "Now gather close around me, comrades;  one of us three must pay the price - yes, one of us three must lose his freedom..."

ACT II   -   The Roman Pergola in the Garden of Cornelius Cleveden's Villa.

ACT III   -   Court of the Palms during High Carnival.

  • No. 14 - Song - Elliston - "The spirit of Carnival Night in the air whispers to me, in a voice that is soft and low, of a love that is all aglow.  Whispers of merriment..."
  • No. 15 - Film Music
  • No. 16 - Chorus & Tarantella - "Ev'ry nation hears the call: Come one, come all!  In a boat or aeroplane, taxi or train; over land and overseas, Yankees, Chinese..."
  • No. 17 - King Carnival Chorus - "Ah!  Hail the Carnival!  Corri-corriando, li.  Corri-corriando, li..."
  • No. 18 - Song - Girls and Prosper - "I want somebody nice to cuddle me.  I want someone to love tonight.  A man I want to meet, he will give me kisses sweet ..."
  • No. 19 - Finale Act III - "The Domino!  The Lilac Domino!  The Lilac Domino!  All of you meet ev'ry place you go.  All eyes seem to follow you as you flutter..."

Item nos. 8, 14 and 18 were written by D. S. Parsons and composed by Howard Carr.

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