as characters in the film, notably Olive Stanton, John Adair, and Will Geer, while others were replaced by fictional characters. Leading man Howard Da Silva was replaced by the fictional "Aldo Silvano" (John Turturro). Although Will Geer played Mr. Mister in the 1937 production, for the movie he was recast in the smaller role of the Druggist. The name of the actor who played Doctor Specialist in the original production is given to the fictional character "Frank Marvel" (Barnard Hughes), who plays Mr. Mister. The film's climax recreates scenes from the original, legendary performance of the show, performed by veteran Broadway performers Victoria Clark, Gregg Edelman, Audra McDonald, Daniel Jenkins, Erin Hill, and Chris McKinney. Robbins wrote a book, Cradle Will Rock: The Movie and the Moment, as a companion to the movie; it discusses the original show, his adaptation, and the filming of the motion picture. Recordings A slightly abridged version of Welles's 1937 Mercury Theatre production with narration by Blitzstein was recorded in April 1938 and released on the Musicraft label (number 18). It was the first original cast recording ever made. A digital version of the Musicraft 78s is available through the Internet Archive. In December 1964 the recording was re-released in a limited-edition LP on the American Legacy Records label (T1001). Discography key to casts: Moll/Ella Hammer/Editor Daily/Larry Foreman/Mr. Mister 1938label: Musicraftconductor: Blitzsteincast: Stanton/Collins/Weston/da Silva/MacBane 1964label: MGMconductor: Kingsleycast: Peters-L/Grant/Dittmann/Orbach/Clarke 1985label: TERconductor: Barrettcast: LuPone/Woods-MD/Matthews-A/Mell/Schramm 1994label: Lockett-Palmerconductor: Batescast: Dawn?/Green-MP?/Lund?/Baratta?/van Norden? 1999label: RCA Victorconductor: Campbell'''cast: Harvey/McDonald/unknown/unknown/unknown (soundtrack of Robbins movie; music is abridged) References Bordman, Gerald (2001). American Musical Theater: A Chronicle. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. Robbins, Tim (1999). Cradle Will Rock: The Movie and the Moment''. Newmarket Press. External links The Cradle Will Rock information on marc-blitzstein.org. Includes scoring, cast, publication info, synopsis, press clippings and commentary. The Cradle Will Rock: a detailed analysis by Scott Miller, newlinetheatre.com, with background to the 1937 musical and discussion of the 1999 movie 1937 musicals Broadway musicals Original musicals Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Operas by Marc Blitzstein United States National Recording Registry recordings Federal Theatre Project