Harry R. Auracher (1886-1960), Part 2

A January 12, 1920 U.S. Federal Census record reveals that Harry Auracher (34), musician in the theater industry,  and wife Dorothy (27) were staying with friends in Manhattan.

1920 U.S.Federal Census for Borough of Manhattan with Harry Auracher's entry divided into two parts for easier reading.

Like most married women of her time, Dorothy Dyrenforth Auracher, who had been a Northwestern instructor, dancer, and aspiring actress before marriage, appears in the census as having no occupation.

The Aurachers' trip to Manhattan was not just a social visit.

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The Frivolities of 1920

Harry Auracher was back on Broadway.

After a month's run in Boston as The Frivolities of 1919, G. M. Anderson's renamed Frivolities of 1920 opened on January 8 at the Shuberts' 44th Street Theatre.  Harry Auracher was music director.

Although William B. Friedlander had written most of the music, several online sources indicate that the show included three songs with words by Tom Johnstone and music by Harry Auracher:  "Jazz Up Jasper," "My Frivolity Girl," and "Pretty Polly." 

The 44th Street Theatre, Broadway

Click here for this sheet music at Arizona State University Library Digital Depository

Reviews focused on the show’s vulgarity,  its girls, and the likelihood of its success, not on its  music.

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