II ("Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!") 24A. Following Blackout ("Lonesome Cowboy") 24B. "When It's Cactus Time in Arizona" (with Ukulele & Guitar specialty dance; then girls rope number to "Treat Me Rough") — Molly & Boys 25. Finale II: "Embraceable You" (reprise) and "I Got Rhythm" (reprise) — Entire Company Original cast Willie Howard as Gieber Goldfarb Allen Kearns as Danny Churchill Ginger Rogers as Molly Gray William Kent as Slick Fothergill Ethel Merman as Frisco Kate Fothergill Eunice Healy as Flora James Olive Brady as Tess Parker Peggy O'Connor as Patsy West Clyde Veaux as Pete Carlton Macy as Lank Sanders Ray Johnson, Del Porter, Marshall Smith and Dwight Snyder as The Foursome The pit orchestra included "Red" Nichols, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Jack Teagarden.<ref>The 1953 biopic “The Glenn Miller Story”, starring Jimmy Stewart, recreated the “I’m Biding My Time” sequence, with Miller (Stewart) playing tombone in the pit orchestra. Girl Crazy notes" New York City Center" accessed January 16, 2011</ref> Roger Edens was the onstage pianist for Ethel Merman. It was conducted on opening night by George Gershwin himself. The 1953 biopic “The Glenn Miller Story” recreated the “I’m Biding My Time” scene, with Miller (Stewart) playing trombone in the orchestra. Reception It was said by one critic to be "fresh, ingenious...a rich delight". Film adaptations The 1932 RKO Radio Pictures production was very unlike the stage play except for its score. The film was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a then-popular comedy team. In 1943, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a lavish version starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. In 1965, MGM once again made the musical into a film, for Connie Francis. Unlike the previous two versions, the title was changed to When the Boys Meet the Girls''. It co-starred Herman's Hermits, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Louis Armstrong, and Liberace. A number of Gershwin songs were retained, including "Embraceable You", "Bidin' My Time", "But Not for Me", "Treat Me Rough", and "I Got Rhythm". Recordings No original cast recording was ever made, as original cast recordings did not exist in the U.S. prior to 1943. Several studio recordings of the score have been released, including an early 1950s version with Mary Martin, but the only one using the full score and original 1930 orchestrations was released by Nonesuch Records (Nonesuch 9 79250-2) in 1990 with Lorna