George Gershwin in the Thirties

George Gershwin relaxing at home in 1936. Photo courtesy jackgibbons.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1930 Sheet music for "I Got Rhythm." Image courtesy Sam DeVincent Collection Illustrated American Sheet Music, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethel Merman and the Crazy Girl Chorus, 1930. Photo courtesy pbs.org

1935 Musical America Magazine; George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998, Gregory R. Suriano

Scene from 1935 stage production of Porgy & Bess. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998 Gregory R. Suriano


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George & Ira Gershwin on their way to Hollywood, 1936. Photo courtesy Culver Service

1937 sheet music for "A Foggy Day" from A Damsel in Distress, Gershwin's last complete musical score. Image courtesy Sam DeVincent Collection Illustrated American Sheet Music, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last known photograph of George Gershwin at RKO conference, 1937. Photo from Gershwin in His Time, Copyright 1998 Gregory R. Surian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded in part by the Ira and Lenore Gershwin Philanthropic Trust

 

Gershwin in the Twenties