Janet Blair Man" (both 1948), but was dropped by Columbia and did not return to pictures for several years. She made a rare dramatic appearance in the British horror film "Night of the Eagle" (1962). She played the wife of Tony Randall in the comedy "Boys' Night Out", a motion picture released in the same year, which starred James Garner and Kim Novak. In 1950, Blair took the lead role of Nellie Forbush in the U.S touring production of the stage musical "South Pacific", making more than 1,200 performances in three years. "[I] never missed a performance", she noted proudly. During the
Little Nellie Kelly (musical) "The Belle of New York"", the "Star" "a real novelty full of swift surprises, haunting melodies, dancing phenomena, and playful burlesque". "The Daily Telegraph" made a prediction: "For months all New York has been drawn to see, to listen to, and to applaud "Little Nellie Kelly", and London is going to follow its example for an even longer period." Sources – Broadway: and West End: Little Nellie Kelly (musical) Little Nellie Kelly was a two-act musical comedy of the Roaring Twenties, written, produced and directed by George M. Cohan. After opening in Boston in July 1922, it had long runs