Posted on 11/23/2015 9:22:06 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
Percival Mackey & His Band plays "Mercenary Mary Selections" on UK Columbia 9062, issued in 1925.
Mercenary Mary is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by William B. Friedlander & Isabel Leighton.
Music is by Con Conrad & William B. Friedlander.
The show was more popular in England than in America. The New York opening was at the Longacre Theatre on April 13, 1925. It closed in New York after 136 performances.
In England it opened at the London Hippodrome on October 7, 1925, running for 262 performances.
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