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Whoopee! (1930) -- In this first of six Eddie Cantor musical films of the 1930s, the big-eyed comic plays a state-of-the-art hypochondriac from the East who is convinced that he needs to go West to survive.

Overview

Date of Death:
14 October 1956, New York City, New York, USA more
Trivia:
Won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Icebound". more
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Alternate Names:
Owen Davis Sr.

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Writer, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
Writer:
  1. "Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
        - Jezebel (1956) TV episode (play)
  2. "Broadway Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Nervous Wreck (1952) TV episode (play)
  3. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Haunted House (1951) TV episode (play)
  4. "The Prudential Family Playhouse" (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Prudential Family Theater
        - Icebound (1951) TV episode (play)
  5. "Musical Comedy Time" (1 episode, 1950)
        - Whoopee (1950) TV episode (play)

  6. The Great Gatsby (1949) (play)
  7. Mr. and Mrs. North (1946) (TV) (play)
  8. Up in Arms (1944) (play "The Nervous Wreck")
  9. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) (play)

  10. Jezebel (1938) (play "Jezebel") (as Owen Davis Sr.)
  11. Three Married Men (1936) (story)
  12. Nine Forty-Five (1934) (play)
  13. The Ninth Guest (1934) (writer)
    ... aka The 9th Guest (USA: promotional title)
  14. The Lash (1934) (play)
  15. Yours Sincerely (1933) (story)
  16. My Sin (1931) (writer)
  17. The Girl Habit (1931) (writer)
  18. A Connecticut Yankee (1931) (writer)
    ... aka The Yankee at King Arthur's Court (UK)
  19. Only Saps Work (1930) (play "Easy Come, Easy Go")
  20. Whoopee! (1930) (play "The Nervous Wreck")
  21. So This Is London (1930) (adaptation) (screenplay)
  22. Spring Is Here (1930) (musical play)

  23. Frozen Justice (1929) (dialogue)
  24. Tonight at Twelve (1929) (play) (titles)
  25. They Had to See Paris (1929) (writer)
  26. The Donovan Affair (1929) (play)
  27. Confessions of a Wife (1928) (story "Confessions of a Wife; or From Mill to Millions")
  28. The Haunted House (1928) (play)
  29. Hold 'Em Yale (1928) (play "Life at Yale")
    ... aka At Yale
  30. Easy Come, Easy Go (1928) (play)
  31. Chinatown Charlie (1928) (story)
  32. The Shamrock and the Rose (1927) (play)
  33. Cabaret (1927) (story)
  34. Blind Alleys (1927) (story)
  35. Forever After (1926) (novel)
  36. Lazybones (1925) (novel)
  37. How Baxter Butted In (1925) (writer)
    ... aka Hero Stuff (USA)
  38. Up the Ladder (1925) (play "Up the Ladder")
  39. The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924) (play)
  40. Her Marriage Vow (1924) (play "At the Switch; or Her Marriage Vow")
  41. Broadway After Dark (1924) (play)
  42. Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924) (play)
  43. Icebound (1924) (play)
  44. Blow Your Own Horn (1923) (play)
  45. Marry the Poor Girl (1921) (play)
  46. The Simp (1920) (writer)
  47. Sinners (1920) (play)

  48. Mile-a-Minute Kendall (1918) (play)
    ... aka Half-a-Minute Kendall
  49. Big Jim Garrity (1916) (play)
  50. Driftwood (1916) (play)
  51. The Gambler of the West (1915) (play)
  52. The Sentimental Lady (1915) (scenario)
  53. The Green Cloak (1915) (scenario)
  54. The Family Cupboard (1915) (play)
  55. The Woman Next Door (1915) (play)
  56. Hearts in Exile (1915) (scenario)
    ... aka Hearts Afire (USA: reissue title)
  57. The Marked Woman (1914) (story)
  58. Lola (1914/I) (play)
    ... aka Without a Soul (USA: reissue title)
  59. The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) (play)
    ... aka The Wishing Ring (USA: short title)
Producer:
  1. Julius Caesar (1950) (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Good Earth (1937) (stage adaptation)

Additional Details

Other Works:
(1906) Stage: Wrote "At the World's Mercy", produced on Broadway. more
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