(ABC Primetime, 1963 - 1964) [aka: "The Edie Adams Show"; Comedian Ernie Kovac's widow, vocalist Edie Adams had her own show in 1963, alternating with "The Sid Caesar Show" (which see) on Thursday nights]
[aka: "I Wait For A Ship", from "Marie Galante"; The sentimental novel "Marie Galante" by French playwright Jacques Déval was the basis for this late musical play by German born composer Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950) who was best known for his "Three Penny Opera" and the song "Mortitat" which was adapted into a jazz song called "Mack The Knife"; The musical play "Marie Galante" in ten scenes premiered at the Théâtre de Paris in December, 1934 and was the beginning of a new style for Weill, quite different from his earlier works in Berlin; they seemed almost French in spirit; The wartime plot involves an espionage agent who teams up with a kidnapped dance-hall girl to foil a plan to sabotage the Panama Canal. The next year Weill (1935) emigrated to the United States where his music became popular; His many connections among admirers in the Broadway theatre helped him establish a successful career; The same year the play premiered in Paris, a movie of "Marie Galante" appeared starring Spencer Tracy, with Helen Morgan singing a couple of songs; This song from "Marie Galante" was apparently a favorite melody of Edie Adams who used it for her THEME song] Composers: music by Kurt Weill (ASCAP), with French lyric by Jacques Boularan (ASCAP) Original Publisher: Henry Heugel, et cie (SACEM) 1978 Publishers: Henry Heugel, et cie (SACEM) and Hampshire House Pub. Corp. (ASCAP) 2002 Publishers: Henry Heugel, et cie (SACEM) of Paris, France; European-American Music Distributors Corp. (ASCAP) of Miami, FL; and Theodore Presser Company (ASCAP) of King of Prussia, PA Composition Date: 1934 U.S. Copyright Date: U.S. Renewal Date: Recordings: