South Pacific (musical) who liked Dinah Shore and did not read anything were raised by Nellie Forbush only to be brushed aside. As for the interracial complexities of raising two Polynesian children, all such issues were subsumed in the general euphoria of true love." Lovensheimer too wonders how Nellie will fare as the second Madame de Becque, "little Nellie Forbush from Arkansas ends up in a tropical paradise, far from her previous world, with a husband, a servant, and two children who speak a language she does not understand". A mammoth hit, "South Pacific" sparked huge media and public attention. "South Pacific" was
Little Nellie Kelly (musical) appear. At the end of June the opening of the show was finally announced for the New Oxford Theatre on 2 July. It ran in London until 16 February 1924, with a total of 255 performances. "Little Nellie Kelly" was succeeded at the New Oxford by the film "Three Weeks", after which the company presented the show in other theatres. At the beginning of April 1924 it was playing at the Golders Green Hippodrome. After the show closed in London, a touring company set off, with Daisy Burrell in the part of Nellie. The production was at the Royal Lyceum