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Chicken Every Sunday (novel)
''Chicken Every Sunday'' is a 1943 autobiographical book by Rosemary Drachman Taylor, written while Taylor was living in Ontario, Canada during World War II. It is a humorous look at her family's life in 1900s Tucson, Arizona, and was compared to ''Life With Father''. The book was adapted as a play by Julius J. Epstein, Julius and Philip G. Epstein in 1944 under the same name, which ran for 9 months on Broadway theatre, Broadway from April 1944 to January 1945. The book was further adapted into a Chicken Every Sunday, film of the same name in 1949 starring Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm. The film had its world premiere in Tucson, at the Fox Theater on February 12, 1949. In addition, the book was adapted into a radio program airing on the NBC Radio Network, beginning in July 1949. Billie Burke was cast in the leading role as Ethel Drachman, while Harry Von Zell played the character of Mose Drachman. Taylor's one stipulation was that the character's last name needed to be changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Drachman Taylor
Rosemary Drachman Taylor was a best-selling author whose works were made into plays, films, radio and television programs. Taylor was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 8, 1899, to Mose and Ethel Drachman. When the Drachmans returned to Tucson in the early 1900s, she moved there with them. She first attended the University of Arizona, before transferring to Stanford University, where she graduated with honors in 1922. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was married to another writer, John Winchcombe-Taylor. Early in her career she was a war correspondent for the ''Tucson Citizen'', and covered the Rif War from Morocco. Her novels included ''Chicken Every Sunday'', '' Ridin' the Rainbow'', ''Bar Nothing Ranch'', '' Come Clean, My Love'', and ''Harem Scare'm''. Taylor wrote the best-selling novel, ''Chicken Every Sunday'' in 1943. The book was an autobiographical look at the Mose Drachman family during the early 1900s, and was compared to ''Life With Father''. The bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken Every Sunday
''Chicken Every Sunday'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by George Seaton. The screenplay by Seaton and Valentine Davies is based on the 1944 play of the same title by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, which was based on Chicken Every Sunday (novel), the memoir by Rosemary Taylor. Plot In Tucson, Arizona in 1910, Emily Hefferen visits attorney Robert Hart to file for divorce from her husband Jim, citing his lack of support as grounds. When Hart expresses surprise, given the local hotel, laundry, and dairy bear the Heffernen name, suggesting the family is wealthy, Emily describes her family life for the past twenty years. On their wedding day, Emily discovers Jim, vice-president of the bank, has either donated or lost all his money on bad investments. In order to make ends meet, she takes in another newlywed couple as boarders in their home on the edge of town. As time passes and each of Jim's new moneymaking schemes fails, his wife takes in new boarders in order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Von Zell
Harry Rudolph von Zell (July 11, 1906 – November 21, 1981) was an American announcer of radio programs, and an actor in films and television shows. He is best remembered for his work on ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show''. Life and career Early years Harry von Zell was born July 11, 1906, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the first of Iva Clara (née Gohn) and Harry Adolph von Zell's two children. Von Zell's father was a sports reporter for the Indianapolis Star. The family moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where von Zell graduated from high school. Later, the family moved to California, where he studied music and drama at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked at a variety of jobs. After friends tricked him into singing on a radio program, he began receiving offers from radio stations, and his career in that medium began. Announcing Von Zell broke into show business as a singer and announcer at radio station KMIC in Inglewood, California, in the mid-1920s. In late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). Burke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in '' Merrily We Live'' (1938). She is also remembered for her appearances in the '' Topper'' film series. Her unmistakably high-pitched, quivering and aristocratic voice, made her a frequent choice to play dimwitted or spoiled society types. She was married to Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1914 until his death in 1932. Early life Burke was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Blanche (née Beatty) and her second husband, William "Billy" Ethelbert Burke. She toured the United States and Europe with her father, a singer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Radio Network
The NBC, National Broadcasting Company's NBC Radio Network (known as the NBC Red Network prior to 1942) was an American commercial radio network which was in operation from 1926 through 2004. Along with the Blue Network, NBC Blue Network it was one of the first two nationwide networks established in the United States. Its major competitors were the CBS Radio, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), founded in 1927, and the Mutual Broadcasting System, founded in 1934. In 1942, NBC was required to divest one of its national networks, so it sold NBC Blue, which was soon renamed the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). After this separation the Red Network continued as the ''NBC Radio Network''. In 1987 NBC sold its remaining radio network operations to Westwood One (1976–2011), Westwood One, which continued using NBC identification for some of its programming until 2014. Beginning in 2016, NBC Radio News has been distributed in conjunction with iHeartMedia. Early history WEAF chain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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