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    Take your pick, Six:

     

     

     

    [The|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043065/][Traveling Saleslady|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027133/] (1935)

     

    [ Traveling Saleswoman|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043065/] (1950)

     

    [The First Traveling Saleslady|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049212/] (1956)

     

  2. *"Someone to Watch Over Me"* is a song composed by [George Gershwin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin|George Gershwin] with lyrics by [ira Gershwin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin|Ira Gershwin] from the musical [Oh, Kay!|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_Kay%21|Oh, Kay!] (1926), where it was introduced by [Gertrude Lawrence|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence|Gertrude Lawrence].

     

     

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  3. The first of Tennessee Williams' plays adapted for the Screen was "The Glass Menagarie"(1950), starring Gertrude Lawrence in her only successful movie role, as an aging Southern Belle with a dreamer son, Tom (Kirk Douglas), and a crippled daughter, Laura(Jane Wyman)...

     

    In the scene in which Laura helps her brother Tom get into bed, ["Someone to Watch Over Me"|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_to_Watch_Over_Me_%28song%29|Someone to Watch Over Me (song)] is used as the [underscore|http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Underscore_%28music%29&action=edit&redlink=1|Underscore (music) (page does not exist)]. The song, written by [George|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin|George Gershwin] and [ira Gershwin|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Gershwin|Ira Gershwin], was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the Broadway show [Oh, Kay!|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh,_Kay%21|Oh, Kay!] in 1926.....

     

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  4. Very good, Miles....Also, Oscar Homolka married Joan Tetzel a few years after the play opened on Broadway....I'm surprised none of the stars won the Oscar although four were nominated. Irene Dunne was perfect for the role that Greta Garbo turned down....Your thread, Miles...

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