Tags: Musical.
Life Begins at 8:40 is a musical revue with music by Harold Arlen lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg and sketches by Gershwin Harburg David Freedman H.I. Phillips Alan Baxter Henry Clapp Smith and Frank Gabrielson.When Harburg and Vernon Duke parted ways after clashing over Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 the lyricist invited Arlen with whom he had written the hit tune It’s Only a Paper Moon to collaborate on the revue.