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Seven Keys to Baldpate may refer to: * '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'', a novel by Earl Derr Biggers * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (play), a 1913 play by George M. Cohan based on the novel * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1916 film), a 1916 Australian silent film * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1917 film), a 1917 American silent mystery/thriller film * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1925 film), a lost 1925 silent film * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1929 film), a 1929 sound film * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1935 film), a 1935 film based on the play * ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1947 film), a 1947 film based on the play {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (novel)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers. A bestseller, it was adapted by George M. Cohan into a play, which in turn was adapted several times for film, radio and TV. The plot of the novel differs from the play in many respects. The setting was based on the real Baldpate Mountain. An American hotel inspired by that name, The Baldpate Inn, opened in 1918. Adaptations The play adapted by George M. Cohan in 1913 was subsequently filmed and broadcast on radio and TV several times: * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916 film), from Australia * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917 film) starring Cohan himself * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925 film) with Douglas MacLean * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929 film) with Richard Dix * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935 film) with Gene Raymond * Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947 film) with Phillip Terry * ''House of the Long Shadows'' (1983) Radio adaptations: * 1938 for ''Lux Radio Theatre'' with Jack Benny * 1946'' for Theatre Guild on the Air'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (play)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1913 play by George M. Cohan based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The dramatization was one of Cohan's most innovative plays. It baffled some audiences and critics but became a hit, running for nearly a year in New York, another year in Chicago and receiving later revivals; Cohan starred in the 1935 revival. Cohan adapted it as a film in 1917, and it was adapted for film six more times, and later for TV and radio. The play "mixes all the formulaic melodrama of the era with a satirical arcicalsend-up of just those melodramatic stereotypes."Warburton, Eileen"Keeper of the Keys to Old Broadway: George M. Cohan's ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1913)" 2nd Story Theatre, January 32, 2014, accessed October 14, 2014. See als"Play Reviews for ''Seven Keys to Baldpate''" 2nd Story Theatre, accessed October 14, 2014 Synopsis Novelist Billy Magee makes a bet with a wealthy friend that he can write a 10,000 word story within 24 hours. He retires to a summer mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1916 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1916 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke for J. C. Williamson's. It was the first film adaptation of the popular play by George M. Cohan which had toured Australia successfully in 1914 with Fred Niblo. There were later versions of the story in 1917, 1925, 1929, 1935 and 1947. Three reels of the film survive today. Plot A novelist makes a bet he can complete a book within 24 hours. He goes to write it at a mountain resort which he thinks is deserted but is disturbed by a series of visitors. Cast * Dorothy Brunton as Mary Norton *Fred Maguire as Magee *J Plumpton Wilson as Peters the hermit *Agnes Keogh as Myra Thornhill *Alex C Butler as Jim Cargan *Gerald Harcourt as Lou Max * Charles Villiers as Thomas Hayden *James Hughes as Jim Kennedy *Marion Marcus Clarke as Mrs Rhodes *Monte Luke as Hal Bentley Production This was the film version of the fourth and final stage adaptation from J. C. Williamson Studios. Unlike the othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1917 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1917 American silent mystery/thriller film produced by George M. Cohan and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. The film is based on Cohan's 1913 play of the 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Cohan himself stars in this silent version along with Anna Q. Nilsson and Hedda Hopper, billed under her real name Elda Furry. One version of the play preceded this movie in 1916 and numerous versions followed in the succeeding decades such as the early RKO talkie starring Richard Dix. ''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is an extant film with much home video availability. Plot As described in a film magazine, George Washington Magee (Cohan) bets a companion $5,000 that he can write a bestseller in twenty-four hours. He goes to an isolated summer hotel in the mountains, receives the only key to the place, and sets about his task. Soon he is interrupted by complications as guests arrive, unexpected and uninvited, each with their own key to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1925 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a lost 1925 American silent comedy mystery film based on the 1913 mystery novel by Earl Derr Biggers and 1913 play by George M. Cohan. Previously made in Australia in 1916 and by Paramount in 1917, this version was produced by, and starred, Douglas MacLean and was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer (who later directed ''Our Gang'' shorts). Out of seven film adaptations of the story made between 1916 and 1983, this version is the only one that is now considered lost. The story was remade again later in 1929, 1935, 1946 (TV movie), and 1947. It was also remade in 1983 under the title ''House of the Long Shadows'', featuring John Carradine, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee. Plot As described in a film magazine review: Cast Critical reception In ''The New York Times'', Mordaunt Hall wrote, "Douglas MacLean, who relies a great deal upon his eyes and his teeth in acting, is only moderately amusing in the film conception of ''Seven Keys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1929 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1929 American pre-Code sound film produced and distributed through RKO Pictures. It was the first sound film based on the 1913 Earl Derr Biggers novel/ George M. Cohan play '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'', following three different silent film versions (1916, 1917 and 1925). The film had its premiere on Christmas Day, 1929 in New York City, and its official release was the following month. Plot In a New York City club, famous novelist William Halliwell "Mac" Magee makes a $5,000 bet with a wealthy friend, Hal Bentley, that he can write a 10,000-word story within 24 hours at the "lonesomest spot on Earth": a summer resort in the winter. Hal owns the resort, the Baldpate Inn, on a mountaintop 6 hours away by train. Hal asks Mac to write something more thoughtful than his usual melodramatic thriller. If nothing else, Hal wants him to avoid the cliche of love at first sight between hero and heroine. Mac says he doesn't really believe in that, "but it make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Keys To Baldpate (1935 Film)
''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' is a 1935 American comedy mystery film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy and starring Gene Raymond and Eric Blore. It is one of several filmed versions based on the popular 1913 play. Cast * Gene Raymond as Magee * Margaret Callahan as Mary Norton, alias of Mary Johnson * Eric Blore as Professor Bolton, alias of Harrison * Grant Mitchell as Thomas Hayden * Moroni Olsen as Jim Cargan * Erin O'Brien-Moore as Mrs. Hayden, alias of Myra * Henry Travers as Adlebert Peters * Walter Brennan as Station agent * Ray Mayer as Bland * Erville Alderson as Chief of police * Murray Alper as Max * Harry Beresford as Lige Quimby * Emma Dunn as Mrs. Quimby Reception The critic from ''The Washington Post'' said he could think of no two actors less alike than Gene Raymond and Richard Dix (who starred in the 1929 film version), apart from George Arliss and Harpo Marx, and said the film was a "sturdy old warhorse"; while ''Variety'' wrote, "Too much conversat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |