The Follies of 1907

The first of two dozen theatrical revues that are collectively known as the Ziegfeld Follies, the work featured material written by a variety of individuals, including music by Seymour Furth, E. Ray Goetz, Gus Edwards, Billy Gaston, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein, Matt Woodward and Gertrude Hoffman; lyrics by Vincent Bryan, Edgar Selden, Will D. Cobb, Billy Gaston, William Jerome, Matt Woodward, Martin Brown and Paul West; and comic and dramatic sketches by Harry B. Smith used in-between and around the musical numbers; Smith also served as head lyricist.

[3] The production included entertainers from vaudeville, such as singer Emma Carus, actresses Grace La Rue and Lillian Lee, actor Charley Ross, comediennes Florence Tempest and Harry Watson Jr., dancer Mademoiselle Dazie, and the troupe of chorus girls from Anna Held's touring company, among others.

[1] The Follies of 1907 consisted of a series of independent musical, dance and comic sketches that were connected through a loose plot in which romanticized historical figures of explorer John Smith and Pocahontas are introduced to "modern life" in America in 1907.

The opening scene featured Grace La Rue as the Native American woman singing "My Pocahontas", which recounts the legend of her relationship with Smith.

[4] In subsequent sketches set in the United States, Smith and Pocohontas periodically appear as observers and commentators of the proceedings; most of them not geographically or chronologically connected to the Jamestown settlement.