Frank Loesser

Foreword ix Preface xii Acknowledgments xvii Biographical Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1. Juvenile Poet, Hollywood Lyricist, Wartime Songwriter 16 CHAPTER 2. The First Broadway Hit: Where's Charley? 50 CHAPTER 3. The Broadway Composer Arrives: Guys and Dolls 74 CHAPTER 4. Just Don't Call It Opera: 'The Most Happy Fella 117 CHAPTER 5. Another Way to Write a Broadway Hit: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 167 CHAPTER 6. The Unknown Loesser: Greenwillow, Pleasures and Palaces, Se or Discretion Himself 192 CHAPTER 7. The Legacy of Frank Loesser 224 Stage Works by Frank Loesser 261 The Song Lyrics of Frank Loesser in Three Lists 267 Notes 281 Bibliography 303 Selected Discography 309 Permissions 311 Index 319