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A Tailor-Made Man (play)
''A Tailor-Made Man'' is a 1917 American play by Harry James Smith, which ran for 398 performances at the Cohan and Harris Theatre. It debuted on August 27, 1917, and played through August 1918.Bordman, Gerald & Thomas S. HischakThe Oxford Companion to American Theatre p. 604 (3d ed. 2004)"A Tailor-Made Man" - The New Comedy of a Dress-Suit Napoleon ''Current Opinion'', pp. 311-14 (November 1917) The play was adapted from the 1908 Hungarian play ''A Szerencse Fia'' ("Son of Luck") by Gábor Drégely. ''The Playbill'' and press referred to Dregely's play as ''The Well-Fitting Dress Coat'', which derives from the play's German title (''Der gutsitzende Frack''), so presumably Smith worked from that translation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen MacKellar
Helen MacKellar (February 13, 1895 – August 5, 1966) was an American actress. Born in Detroit, Michigan, MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her stage debut came in Spokane in ''The Whirl of the Town'', a musical comedy, when she was 14. She went on to perform in vaudeville and in repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock Company in New Haven. MacKellar's film debut came in ''The Past of Mary Holmes''. She also appeared in '' Two Against the World'', ''Draegerman Courage'', ''The Case of the Stuttering Bishop'', ''Crime School'', ''Little Tough Guy'', '' Barefoot Boy'', '' Valley of the Giants'', ''Disbarred'', ''Boy Slaves'', '' Bad Boy'', ''Northwest Passage'', ''Dark Command'', ''Cheers for Miss Bishop'', '' The Great Mr. Nobody'', '' The Great Train Robbery'', ''Gangs of Sonora'', ''Down Mexico Way'', ''The Man Who Retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Mitchell (actor)
John Grant Mitchell Jr. (June 17, 1874 – May 1, 1957) was an American actor. He appeared on Broadway from 1902 to 1939 and appeared in more than 125 films between 1930 and 1948. Early years Mitchell was born John Grant Mitchell Jr. on June 17, 1874, in Columbus, Ohio, the only son of American Civil War general John G. Mitchell. His paternal grandmother, Fanny Arabella Hayes, was the sister of President Rutherford B. Hayes. He attended Yale University, where he served as feature editor of campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. Like his father, he became an attorney, graduating from the Harvard Law School. However, by his mid-to-late 20s, he tired of his legal practice and turned a long term dream into a reality by becoming an actor on Broadway. He played lead roles in plays such as ''It Pays to Advertise'', ''The Whole Town's Talking'', ''The Champion'', and ''The Baby Cyclone''. Mitchell was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter). Stage Mitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry James Smith
Harry James Smith (May 24, 1880 – March 16, 1918) was an American playwright and novelist. His best known plays include '' A Tailor-Made Man'', first produced in 1917 and adapted into films of the same name in 1922 and 1931. His 1913 play ''Blackbirds'' was also adapted into films. Educated at Williams College and Harvard University, he also studied biology, taught briefly at Oberlin University and was an editor at ''The Atlantic Monthly'' before turning to writing full-time. He was killed in a traffic collision in British Columbia while collecting peat moss for its use in surgical dressings. Early life Harry James Smith was born in New Britain, Connecticut, on May 24, 1880, seventh of the nine children of John B. and Lucy F. Smith. After finishing high school in 1897, he taught for several months in the District School at Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut. He entered Williams College, where he was an honor student and during his senior year was editor of the Williams ''Literary Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam H
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A Tailor-Made Man (1917 Play) 2d Photo '', 1931 American film adaptation of the play
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''A Tailor-Made Man'' may refer to: * ''A Tailor-Made Man'' (play), a 1917 Broadway play by Harry James Smith * ''A Tailor-Made Man'' (1922 film), 1922 silent film adaptation of the play * ''A Tailor Made Man ''A Tailor Made Man'' is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood. Adapted from the 1908 Hungarian play ''A Szerencse Fia'' by Gábor Drégely (staged in English in New York in 1917), the film stars William Haines and Doro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins (May 13, 1871January 29, 1956) was an American writer and editor. Juliet Wilbor Tompkins was born on May 13, 1871, in Oakland, California, to Sarah (Haight) and Edward Tompkins. She received an AB from Vassar College in 1891. Tompkins was an associate editor at ''Munsey's Magazine'' from 1897 to 1901. Around 1898, Frank Munsey appointed her the editor of ''Puritan'', another of his magazines; she remained editor until 1901. She also edited a magazine called ''The Wave''. She published 14 novels and many short stories. According to Richard Ohmann, Tompkins's story "On the Way North", published in ''Munsey's'' in 1895, exemplifies the perspective of the professional–managerial class. A review in the ''Brooklyn Eagle'' called the novel ''Open House'' (1909), about a psychiatrist who runs a facility to which he invites "derelicts", a "very laughable, perverse book". The film ''A Girl Named Mary ''A Girl Named Mary'' is a 1919 American silent romant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tailor-Made Man (1922 Film)
''A Tailor-Made Man'' is a 1922 American comedy silent film directed by Joe De Grasse and written by Albert Ray. The film stars Charles Ray, Tom Ricketts, Ethel Grandin, Victor Potel, Stanton Heck, Edythe Chapman, and Irene. The film was released on August 5, 1922, by United Artists. It is not known whether the film currently survives. at silentera.com Plot summary Cast * Charles Ray as John Paul Bart * as Anton Huber * |
A Tailor Made Man
''A Tailor Made Man'' is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood. Adapted from the 1908 Hungarian play ''A Szerencse Fia'' by Gábor Drégely (staged in English in New York in 1917), the film stars William Haines and Dorothy Jordan. On Broadway, Grant Mitchell starred in the 1917 production and a revival in 1929. The play was the basis for a 1922 American silent film, '' A Tailor-Made Man''. Cast *William Haines - John Paul Bart * Dorothy Jordan - Tanya *Joseph Cawthorn - Huber *Marjorie Rambeau - Kitty Dupuy * William Austin - Theodore Jellicott *Ian Keith - Doctor Gustav von Sonntag *Hedda Hopper - Mrs. Stanlaw * Henry Armetta - Peter * Walter Walker - Abraham Nathan * Forrester Harvey - Arthur Pomeroy *Joan Marsh - Bessie *Martha Sleeper Martha Sleeper (June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983) was a film actress of the 1920s–1930s and, later, a Broadway stage actress. She studied dancing for five years with Russian ballet master, Louis H. Chalif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Weinberg
Gus C. Weinberg (c. 1865 – August 11, 1952) was an actor, writer, and composer who appears in early-twentieth-century American films. He also had theatrical roles during his career. Weinberg lived in Milwaukee but traveled widely, appearing in several lead roles in touring shows in the United States and London. Some of the songs he wrote became popular. Life and career He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As early as 1891, he was described as "familiar to Milwaukee audiences", and it was reported that "his original topical songs are being whistled all over Milwaukee", where he sometimes performed with his sister Joey Weinberg. At least two musicians were recorded performing the song "Girl Wanted" he composed. In 1934 it was reported that " . P.Choate arranged to take over the historic old Mason theater, where he had acted in musical plays with Gus Weinberg and other stars of the day". Weinberg was still alive as of 1936, when it was reported that "Gus Weinberg, play writer and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minna Gale
Minna Gale (September 26, 1869 – March 4, 1944), also credited as Minna K. Gale and Minna Gale Haynes, was an American actress. Early life Minna Kathalina Gale was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the daughter of C. K. Gale; after her father's death, she lived in Europe and studied music and theatre in Paris and Frankfort. "She speaks two languages besides English sufficiently well to play in either of them," noted one reviewer in 1886. Career Minna Gale was known for Shakespearean roles in her early career. In 1885, at age fifteen, Gale was cast as Queen Gertrude, in Lawrence Barrett's production of ''Hamlet'' (Barrett, playing her son in the title role, was 47 years old). She stayed with Barrett's company for six seasons, sometimes as a rival to Helena Modjeska. Later, she played Ophelia to Edwin Booth's last performance as Hamlet. Her beauty was often mentioned in reviews. "If there is a young lady in this land who wishes to look bewitching when mad, she must assiduously cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotta Linthicum
Lotta Linthicum (born in the 1870s, died 1952) was an American actress on Broadway. Early life Lotta Linthicum was born in New York City, the daughter of William Oliver Linthicum and Julia Clark Bogardus Linthicum. After her father's death, she and her mother also lived in France and England, where Lotte trained in music, drama, and art. She was photographed by Alfred Stieglitz on one ocean crossing, in 1894. She and her mother had a home in Sconset, The Moorings, which was described as "a kind of social headquarters" for the summer colony of actors there, "full of unique souvenirs". Career Lotta Linthicum had a long career on the stage, from the 1890s to the 1930s, mainly in London, Montreal, and New York. Broadway appearances by Lotta Linthicum included roles in ''Love Finds the Way'' (1898), ''The Royal Box'' (1898), ''Lady Rose's Daughter'' (1903), ''The Deserters'' (1910), ''Frou-Frou'' (1912), ''Cheer Up'' (1912-1913), '' A Tailor-Made Man'' (1917-1918, 1929), ''The Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Plays
Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (other) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Street), one theatre on Broadway Other arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Broadway'' (1929 film), based on the play by George Abbott and Philip Dunning * ''Broadway'' (1942 film), with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford Music Groups and labels * Broadway (band), an American post-hardcore band * Broadway (disco band), an American disco band from the 1970s * Broadway Records (other) Albums * ''Broadway'' (album), a 1964 Johnny Mathis album released in 2012 * ''Broadway'', a 2011 album by Kika Edgar Songs * "Broadway" (Goo Goo Dolls song), a song from the album ''Dizzy Up the Girl'' (1998) * "Broadway" (Sébastien Tellier song), a song by Sébastien Tellier from his album ''Politics'' (2004) * "B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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