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The World's Full Of Girls
''The World's Full of Girls'' is a play in three acts by Nunnally Johnson which was adapted from Thomas Bell's 1943 novel ''Till I Come Back to You''. The work premiered on Broadway on December 6, 1943 at the Royale Theatre. The cast included Thomas W. Ross as Mr. Bridges, Eva Condon as Mrs. Bridges, Walter Burke as Nick, Julie Stevens as Hannah, Gloria Grahame Hallward as Florrie, Virginia Gilmore as Sally, Frances Heflin as Adele, Berry Kroeger as Miley, Thomas Hume as Dave, Charles Lang as Edward, Harry Bellaver Harry Bellaver (born Enricho Bellaver; February 12, 1905 – August 8, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor who appeared in many roles from the 1930s through the 1980s. Early years Bellaver was born in Hillsboro, Illinois, the ... as Sergeant Snyder, John Conway as Mel Fletcher, and Cora Smith as Mrs. Fletcher. References External linksThe World's Full of Girls at IBDB {{DEFAULTSORT:World's Full of Girls, The 1943 plays Broadway plays Plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also produced more than half of the films he wrote scripts for, and directed eight of those movies. In 1940 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''The Grapes of Wrath'', and in 1956 he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit''. Some of his other notable films include '' Tobacco Road'' (1941), ''The Moon Is Down'' (1943), ''Casanova Brown'' (1944), ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944), '' The Woman in the Window'' (1944), ''The Mudlark'' (1950), '' The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel'' (1951), ''My Cousin Rachel'' (1952), ''The Three Faces of Eve'' (1957), ''Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation'' (1962), and ''The Dirty D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bell (novelist)
Thomas Bell (March 7, 1903 – January 17, 1961) was an American novelist of Lemko origin. Biography Bell was born Adalbert Thomas Belejcak on March 7, 1903 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, United States, of immigrant Lemko Rusyn parents (Mary Krachun and Michael Belejcak) from the village of Nižný Tvarožec, Slovakia (former Austro-Hungarian Empire). He worked in the steel mills there, beginning at the age of fifteen as an apprentice electrician. In 1922 Bell moved to New York City and worked variously as a mechanic, a merchant seaman, and a bookstore clerk. His first novel, ''The Breed of Basil'', was published in 1930. From 1933 he devoted all of his time to writing, completing five more novels: ''The Second Prince'' (1935), ''All Brides Are Beautiful'' (1936) (produced as a 1946 film called ''From This Day Forward''), '' Out of This Furnace'' (1941), ''Till I Come Back to You'' (1943) (which had a life on Broadway as ''The World's Full of Girls''), and ''There Comes a Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway (theatre)
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard B
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French language, French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English reflex was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced by the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). Bernard is the second most common surname in France. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Condon
Eva Condon (1880-1956) was an actress of the Broadway stage and vaudeville, from the early to mid 20th century. Stage career She resolved to pursue acting at the age of 16. Condon graduated from Hunter College before becoming an understudy in the John Drew Jr. company for several seasons. Her ambition was to excel in high comedy. Her first appearance was in Columbia, South Carolina in ''A Single Man''. She portrayed a villainess in a Thais Lawton role. Condon acted in ''Too Many Cooks'' at the 39th Street Theater in February 1914. This was her favorite theatrical production. Written by Frank Craven, the comedy featured its author in the part of the home builder. The following October she was in ''The Moneymakers'' at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. The play was written by Charles Klein who was once in the British Army and helped protect Westminster Abbey. In 1930–31 Condon played the role of Mrs. Amos Evans in the touring production of ''Strange Interlude'', a nine-act, Puli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Burke
Walter Lawrence Burke (August 25, 1908 – August 4, 1984) was an American character actor of stage, film, and television whose career in entertainment spanned over a half century. Although he was a native of New York, Burke's Irish ancestry often led to his being cast in roles as an Irishman or Englishman. His small stature and distinctive voice and face also made him easily recognizable to audiences even when he was performing in minor supporting roles. Early life and stage career Walter Burke was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Irish immigrant parents Bedelia (née McNamara) and Thomas Burke. He had one brother and two sisters. His father bred trotting horses, with one farm each in Ireland and Scotland. Burke began acting on stage as a teenager, making his Broadway debut in ''Dearest Enemy'' at the Knickerbocker Theatre during the 1925–1926 season. The following year he performed in the musical revue ''Padlocks of 1927'' at the Shubert Theatre. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Stevens (American Actress, Born 1916)
Julie Stevens (born Harriet Foote, November 23, 1916 - August 26, 1984) was an American actress who performed on radio, television, the stage, and in movies. She is best known for her 16-year run as the title character in ''The Romance of Helen Trent'' on radio. Early years Born in St. Louis, Missouri, as Harriet Foote, Stevens attended Christian College. When she was 13, Stevens danced in a musical production of Provincetown's Wharf Theater. She later acted with the St. Louis Little Theater. She also acted in Shakespearean productions at the San Diego Globe Theatre and was an actress with the Pasadena Playhouse. Despite that experience, Stevens was unable to land an acting job in New York, which led her to work as an usher at the Empire Theatre until an opportunity arose. Radio Stevens' work in radio began in 1940. Although she appeared in many programs in old-time radio, most of her work there was in soap operas, especially ''Abie's Irish Rose'', ''Ethel and Albert'', '' K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame Hallward (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Crossfire'' (1947), and later won the award for her work in ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1952). After starring opposite Humphrey Bogart in ''In A Lonely Place'' (1950), she achieved her highest profile with ''Sudden Fear'' (1952), ''The Big Heat'' (1953), ''Human Desire'' (1954), and ''Oklahoma!'' (1955), but her film career began to wane soon afterwards. Grahame returned to work on the stage, but continued to appear in films and television productions, usually in supporting roles. In 1974, she was diagnosed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Gilmore
Virginia Gilmore (born Sherman Virginia Poole, July 26, 1919 – March 28, 1986) was an American film, stage, and television actress. Early years Virginia Gilmore was born on July 26, 1919, in El Monte, California. Her father was a retired officer of the British Army. Career Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films. When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. She soon landed some small movie roles. Her better known film appearances both occurred in 1941: ''Western Union'', directed by Fritz Lang, and '' Swamp Water'' directed by Jean Renoir. Later years When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway, where she had appeared in ''A Successful Calamity'' in 1934. In 1943, she played in ''Those En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Heflin
Mary Frances Heflin (September 20, 1920 – June 1, 1994) was an American actress. Early years Heflin was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Fanny Bleecker (née Shippey) and Dr. Emmett Evan Heflin, a dentist. She was the sister of Academy Award-winning actor Van Heflin. Stage Heflin made her Broadway debut in her teens and was later featured in the original productions of ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' (1942), '' The World's Full of Girls'' (1943), '' I Remember Mama'' (1944), and the U.S. premiere of Bertolt Brecht's '' Galileo'' on July 30, 1947 in Los Angeles. Other Broadway credits included ''The Physicists'', ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''The Tempest'', ''Sheppey'', ''All in Favor'', and ''The Walrus and the Carpenter''. She starred in London's West End, in John Gielgud's UK premiere of ''The Glass Menagerie'' as Laura opposite Helen Hayes. and in touring productions, including two shows opposite Farley Granger. Television A life member of The Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berry Kroeger
Berry Kroeger (October 16, 1912 – January 4, 1991) was an American film, television and stage actor. Career Kroeger was born in San Antonio, Texas. He got his acting start on radio as an announcer on ''Suspense'' and as an actor, playing for a time '' The Falcon'' in the radio seriesSies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . pg. 13. Also on radio, he portrayed Dr. Reed Bannister on ''Big Sister'', narrated ''Salute to Youth'', and was a regular as Sam Williams on ''Young Doctor Malone''. Kroeger made his Broadway debut on December 6, 1943, at the Royale Theatre as Miley in Nunnally Johnson's ''The World's Full of Girls'', which was adapted from Thomas Bell's 1943 novel ''Till I Come Back to You''. He went on to appear in ''Reclining Figure'' (1954), ''Julius Caesar'' (1950), and '' The Tempest'' (1944). He portrayed the High Lama in the 1956 musical adaptation of ''Lost Horizon'' titled ''Shangri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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