Revusical.
Stiffy and Mo are janitors at a bank. The other characters are Mr Morgan (a banker), Mazie (his daughter), Freddie (her fiancee), Jacques (the manager), Quilpy (a clerk), Miss Fussy (the head typist), Dora (a secretary), and Mrs Mush (the charwoman). An advertisement for the 1925 Bijou Theatre production records, however, that Stiffy and Mo appeared 'as do it yourself bank clerks' (Age 23 Mar. 1925, p.12), while the Brisbane Courier records in 1927 that Stiffy and 'Erb (Nat Phillips and Jack Kellaway) portrayed 'bank clerks of the never-to-be-seen order' with the pair developing 'many highly amusing situations in the world of finance' (7 February 1927, p.15).
Among the songs presented during the 1922 Sydney production (Fullers' Theatre) were 'Come, Be a Sport' (chorus), 'If it comes from Dixieland' (Ivy Davis, Ida Merton and girls), 'Parisian Jazz' (Doc O'Brien and girls), 'Maizie' (Connors and Paul), 'Oh, Laws Laugh' (Merton and O'Brien), 'Jaffalla' (Mike Connors and girls), 'Belgravia' (Nat Phillips and Gladys Shaw), 'All By Myself' (Queenie Paul and girls), 'On My Feet Again' (Keith Connolly and girls), and 'Close the Bank' (company).
Two of the hits from the 1927 Whirligig version were 'Let's Buy the Bank' (a duet sung by Stiffy and 'Erb) and 'Talking to the Moon' (by Dorothy Manning).
1920: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 12-18 June.
1921: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 24-30 September.
1922: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 22-28 April.
1924: Fullers' Theatre, Sydney, 15-21 November.
1925: Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, 21-27 March.
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1925: Majestic Theatre, Adelaide; 12-18 September.
1927: Empire Theatre, Brisbane, 5-11 February.