The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (song)

"The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" (originally titled "The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo") is a popular British music hall song published in 1891 by Fred Gilbert, a theatrical agent who had begun to write comic songs as a sideline some twenty years previously. The song was popularised by singer and comedian Charles Coborn. The song appears in Booth Tarkington's 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons, as well as in Orson Welles' 1942 film adaptation. A parody titled The Tanks That Broke the Ranks Out in Picardy was written in 1916.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (song)

"The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" (originally titled "The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo") is a popular British music hall song published in 1891 by Fred Gilbert, a theatrical agent who had begun to write comic songs as a sideline some twenty years previously. The song was popularised by singer and comedian Charles Coborn. The song appears in Booth Tarkington's 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons, as well as in Orson Welles' 1942 film adaptation. A parody titled The Tanks That Broke the Ranks Out in Picardy was written in 1916.