Where's Charley?

Where's Charley? is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by George Abbott. The story was based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. The musical debuted on Broadway in 1948 and was revived on Broadway and in the West End. Ray Bolger starred, and sang the popular song "Once In Love With Amy".

An audio recording of the 1958 London production has been released, but no complete recording of the Broadway score ever appeared, due to a labor dispute that year. Bolger and the cast recorded two songs for a 45-rpm single, "Once in Love With Amy" b/w "Make a Miracle." (Decca 1-191) (This version of "Once in Love" appears on several Broadway CD anthologies.) A 1952 film was made by Warner Bros., featuring Bolger and other original cast stars -- a soundtrack of this would be the closest approximation to the Broadway version.

Plot

The setting is Oxford University in the year 1892 where a group of college seniors are bidding farewell to the years gone by ("The Years Before Us"). In his dorm room, graduating Jack Chesney is excitedly talking with his butler, Brassett, making sure that luncheon will be ready for later that afternoon. He is so excited because his roommate, Charley Wykeham, has gone to the train station to meet his aunt, Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez, who is coming in from Brazil for a visit. Having Charley's aunt there as chaperone will make it quite easy for their two girl friends, Kitty Verdun and Amy Spettigue, to come for a visit.

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Where's Charley? (film)

Where's Charley? is a 1952 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton. It was an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley? which was in turn based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Bolger, McLerie and Horace Cooper reprised the performances they originated on Broadway. Some scenes were filmed in Oxford, England, the setting for the comedy.

It earned an estimated $1.5 million at the North American box office in 1952. The movie has never been released on VHS or DVD, though bootleg copies circulate.