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Fireworks for Christmas (1972)
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What seemed an ideal Independence Day/July 4th attraction became part of the “Great Christmas Show” in 1972. And the opening date of November 9th also made the patriotic musical the Thanksgiving holiday offering for that year.
The last Music Hall movie that was so successful(at the Hall) it sometimes sold out the last stage show.
‘This line is for the movie only!’
The Hall played the film again in 1976.
I believe it replaced the dire Bluebird which was unwatchable and had audience members leaving and waiting in the foyer for the stage show.
Yes, “1776” did return in the bicentennial year of 1976 for two weeks only as replacement for the disastrous “Blue Bird,” keeping the same stage show.
When I saw Butterflies are Free the summer of ‘72 there was a very long preview of 1776. It seemed like it must have been 15 minutes.
It included some of Cool Cool Considerate Men.
So when I saw the film at Christmas I was like ‘what the hell happened to Cool Cool Considerate Men?’
Did I dream I saw it in that preview?
Little did I know what tricky Dick was up to.
Still have never seen it but it’s nice to know it exists unlike the Coffee Break from How to Succeed which was included in that film’s poster artwork but cut before the film premiered and never seen again.