Jean Gilbert (Max Winterfeld)
German composer and conductor. Born Hamburg 11 February, 1879; Died Buenos Aires 20 Decmber, 1942
Stage Works
- Der Prim Regent - Berlin (1903)
- Die keusche Susanne (book and lyrics by Georg Okonkowski) - Magdeburg (1910). as The Girl In the Taxi (book and
Lyrics Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis - Lyric Theatre, London
5 September, 1912
- Das Autoliebchen - Thalia-Theater, Berlin (1912); as The
Joy-Ride Lady- New Theatre London (105 perfs)
- Die elfte Muse - Hamburg (1912); as Die Kinokönigen (Book and Lyrics by Julius Freund and Georg Okonowski) - Thalia-Theater,
Berlin 1913; as The Cinema Star (book by Jack Hulbert, lyrics
by Harry Graham, additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank) - Shaftesbury
Theatre, London 4 June 1914; as The Queen of the Movies (lyrics
by Edward E. Paulton) - Globe Theatre, New York 12 January 1914 (104
perfs)
- Püppchen
- Die Tangoprinzessin - Thalia-Theater, Berlin 1913
- Wenn die Frühling kommt (1914)
- Die moderne Eva - with Victor Holländer (book and lyrics
by Georg Okonkowski and A. Schönfeld) - Casino Theatre, New York
- 3 May 1915 (56 perfs)
- Aritonda (1916)
- Die Frau im Hermelin (Book & lyrics by Rudolf Schanzer
and Ernst Welisch) - Thalia-Theater, Berlin (1919); as The
Lady of the Rose (book by Frederick Lonsdale. Lyrics
by Harry Graham and Frederick Lonsdale. Additional songs by Leslie
Stuart and Sigmund Romberg - Daly's Theatre, London 21 February, 1922;
as The Lady in Ermine (Book by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus
Wood. Lyrics by Harry Graham and Cyrus Wood) Ambassador Theatre,
New York 2 October 1922, transferred to Century Theatre, New
York 29 January, 1923 (238 perfs)
- Katja die Tänzerin (Book & lyrics by Leopold Jacobson and Rudolph Österreicher - Vienna 1922; as Katja the Dancer (Book by Harry Graham and
Frederick Lonsdale, Lyrics by Harry Graham) - Gaiety Theatre, London
21 February, 1925; as Katja - 44th Street Theatre, New York
18 October, 1926 (112 perfs)
- Eine Nacht in Kairo (1928)
- The Red Robe (Based on the novel Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: Book by Harry B. Smith and Edward Delaney Dunn,
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. - Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York
25 December, 1928; transferred to Jolson's Theatre 13 May 1929 (167
perfs)
- Hotel Stadt-Lemberg - Book & lyrics by Ernst Neubach.
Based on the novel by Lajos Biró. Adapted by Harry B. Smith
and Harry Clarke. 46th Street Theatre, New York 3 March 1932 (12 perfs)