Navy Relief Show Program Madison Square Garden Walter Winchell March 10, 1942

-Excellent Condition

The program for the March 10 1942 Navy Relief Show, held at Madison Square Garden, NYC and organized by Walter Winchell. The show was attended by twenty one thousand people and included the famous first appearance of the Floradora Sextette, w Boris Karloff, Eddie Cantor, Clifton Webb, Danny Kaye, Ed Wynn and Vincent Price performing in drag dressed as women and Tallulah Bankhead, Gertrude Lawrence, Eve Arden, Leonora Corbett, Peggy Wood, and Sophie Tucker costumed as men. Myrna Loy performed a mock strip tease auctioning off pieces of her wardrobe as she disrobed.

The show raised $10 million in bonds and inspired the Hollywood Victory Caravan, a bond raising nationwide tour by Hollywood stars. Cartoons sprinkled throughout by Charles Addams, Peter Arno, Sidney Hoff, James Thurber, William Stieg, and others

Cover illustration by McClelland Barclay. Lists of performers, organizers, participants and advertisements. Donation envelope is still tipped in. Staple bound