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Biography (of John Barrymore): "Child of the Century"

Biography (with Marilyn Monroe): "My Story"

Book: "Perfidy"

(1946) Stage: Wrote (w/Charles MacArthur) "Swan Song", produced on Broadway. Based on a story by Ramon Romero and Harriet Hinsdale. Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Booth Theatre: 15 May 1946-28 Sep 1946 (22 performances). Cast: Owen Coll (as "Dr. Corbett"), Michael Dalmatoff (as "Victor Remezoff"), Rand Elliot (as "Oscar Mutzenbauer"), Theo Goetz (as "Stanislaus Kubin"), Jacqueline Horner (as "Vera Novak"), Mary Jones (as "Nurse"), Scott McKay (as "Eric Moore"), Kasia Orzazewski (as "Katya"), Barbara Perry (as "Ruth Trefon"), Arthur Sachs (as "Capt. Bartow"), Mary Servoss (as "Stella Hemingway"), Ivan F. Simpson (as "Titogh"), Louis Sorin (as "Gustav Wexler"), Harry Sothern (as "Max Vonzell"), Leni Stengel (as "Sister Agatha"), Marianne Stewart (as "Louise Kubin"), David Yellin (as "Leo Pollard"). Produced by John Clein.

(1928) Stage: Wrote (w/Charles MacArthur) "The Front Page", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928-Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran (as "McCue, City Press"), Frances Fuller, Allen Jenkins (as "Endicott, of The Post"), George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York (as "Wilson, of The American"), Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris. NOTE: Filmed as The Front Page (1931), The Front Page (1974), His Girl Friday (1940).

(1937) Stage: Wrote "To Quito and Back", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Production Supervised by Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn. Staged by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 6 Oct 1937-Dec 1937 (closing date unknown/46 performances). Cast: Albert Allen, Walter Armin (as "Officer"), Leslie Banks (as "Alexander Sterns"), Harry Bellaver (as "Comrade Patayo"), Tommi Bissell, Samuel Brown, Joseph Buloff, Edilberto G. Burgos, Alfonso Chavez, Fred Clegg, Francis Compton (as "Howard Evans"), Aristes Corona, Natalia Danesi, Juan De Aguenta, Manuel De Moya, Joseph Monneret De Villard, Isobel Donald, Sidonie Espero, Fredericka Fortello, Tuan Garcia, Walter Greaza (as "Harold Frazer"), Virginia Gregori, Louis Halprin, Muggsie, Virginia Holden, Don Kelly, Manart Kippen (as "Col. Pizarro"), Michael Lackman, Henry Levin, Mildred Levin, George J. Lewis, Lone Mountain, Lena Peters, Charles H. Pinkham, Eugenia Rawls, Shelia Richart, Manuel Risto, Sylvia Sidney (as "Lola Hobbs"), Horace Sinclair (as "Capt. Stewart"), Jack Soanes, Jan Ullrich, Evelyn Varden, Augustin Gonzales Villaverde. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

(11/2/62) Stage: His screenplay for Spellbound (1945) was adapted for the "Theatre '62" television series on NBC. This version starred Maureen O'Hara and Hugh O'Brian and was written by Sumner Locke Elliott. Paul Bogart directed.

(1932) Stage: Wrote (w/Charles MacArthur) "Twentieth Century", produced on Broadway (original production). Comedy. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Dec 1932-20 May 1933 (152 performances). Cast: Frank Badham (as "Porter"), Granville Bates (as "Conductor"), Matt Briggs (as "Oliver Webb"), Joseph Crehan (as "First Detective"), Florence Edney (as "Sadie"), William Frawley (as "Owen O'Malley"), Etienne Girardot (as "Matthew Clark"; final Broadway role), Hans Hamsa (as "First Beard" / "Cristus"), Ross Hertz (as "Train Secretary"), Ernest Hunter (as "Waiter"), Cliffman Jewel (as "Reporter"), Moffat Johnston (as "Oscar Jaffe"), Edward La Roche (as "Second Beard" / "Judas"), Eugenie Leontovich (as "Lily Garland"), Dennie Moore (as "Anita Highland"), Roy Roberts (as "George Smith"), Henry Sherwood (as "Max Jacobs"), Robert Sloane (as "Gateman"), J. Ascher Smith (as "Second Detective"), James Spottswood (as "Grover Lockwood"), Charles Wagenheim (as "Photographer"), Alfred Webster (as "Flannagan"), Clare Woodbury (as "Dr. Johnson"), William Worth (as "Pullman Conductor"). Replacement actor: Robert Brill (as "Gateman"). Produced by George Abbott and Phillip Dunning. NOTE: Filmed as Twentieth Century (1934).

(1953) Stage: Wrote book for "Hazel Flagg", produced on Broadway. Musical satire/comedy. Music by Jule Styne (also producer). Lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Based on a story by James H. Street. Based on the film Nothing Sacred (1937), screenplay by Hecht. Musical Director: Pem Davenport. Choral arrangements and direction by Hugh Martin. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Ballet arrangements by Oscar Kosarin. Assistant to Mr. Martin: Buster Davis. Additional orchestrations by Jack Mason and Joe Glover. Musical Staging by Robert Alton. Assistant Director: Paul Lammers. Directed by David Alexander. Mark Hellinger Theatre: 11 Feb 1953-19 Sep 1953 (190 performances). Cast: Helen Gallagher (as "Hazel Flagg"), John Howard, Thomas Mitchell (as "Dr. Downer"), Benay Venuta, Jack Whiting, John Brascia, Jonathan Harris (as "Oleander"), Ross Martin (as "Dr. Egelhofer"; Broadway debut), Sheree North (as "Whitey"; Broadway debut), John Pelletti, Estelle Aza, John Bartis, Christopher Brown, Dean Campbell, Chris Carter, David Carter, Ronald Cecill, Jerry Craig, Al Craine, Don Crichton, Bob Davis, Sara Dillon, Marcella Dodge, Lillian Donau, Anna Friedland, Mary Harmon, Carol Hendricks, Ruby Herndon, Bill Heyer, Betsy Holland, Dossie Hollongsworth, Lori Jon, B.J. Keating, Hugh Lambert, Gerard Leavitt, Robert Lenn, Dorothy Love, Sherry McCutcheon, Beverly McFadden, Betty McMillen, Barbara Michaels, Judy Miller, Joan Morton, Margot Myers, Virginia Poe, Eva Ralf, David Randall, George Reeder, Eric Schepard, Laurel Shelby, Michael Spaeth, Beryl Towbin, Lawrence Weber, Toni Wheelis. Produced in association with Anthony B. Farrell.

Playwright: "The Great Magoo" (filmed as Some Like It Hot (1939)).

(1935) Stage: Wrote (w/Charles MacArthur) book for "Jumbo", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy/puppets. Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster and Marjery Fielding. Directed by John Murray Anderson and George Abbott. Hippodrome Theatre: 16 Nov 1935-18 Apr 1936 (233 performances). Cast: Dave Adams, Dave Ballard, Barbette, Jack Barnes, Big Rosie, Donald Black, Tom Breen, Helen Brooks, Willard Dashiell, Charles De Camo, Josie DeMotte, Dr. Ostermeier's "Doheos", Lipman Duckat, Lenze Duo, Jimmy Durante (as "Claudius B. Bowers"), Sybil Elaine (as "Little Girl"), Lynn Eldredge, William J. Ferry, Roger Gerry, Gloria Grafton (as "Mickey Considine"), Gene Greenlaw, Grace Elizabeth Hanneford, Poodles Hanneford (as "Poodles"), Helen Harvey, Harry Jackson, Mary Jackson, Julius Johnson, Robert Johnson, A.P. Kaye (as "Mr. Jellico"), Tiny Kline, Karl Kosicsky, John Kuebler, Arthur La Fleur, Henry La Marr, Minnie LaPell, Bob Lawrence, Jack Leslie, Walter Lewis, Tom Lomas, Jim Mardy, W.J. McCarthy, Ray Miller, Victoria Miller, Donald Novis, William Parker, Jack Phillips, A. Robins, William Selig, Arthur Sherwood, Arthur Sinclair, Fred Spear, Takayama, The Kimris, The Nazfys, The Stonleys, Lomas Troupe, Olivette Tyana, Frances Van Ritter, George Watts, Solon West (as "Razorback"), Cliff Whitcombe, Philip Wood. Produced by Billy Rose.

(1972) Charles MacArthur and his play, "The Front Page", was performed in a National Theatre production at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Denis Quilley, Anna Carteret, Paul Curran, Maureen Lipman and Alan MacNaughton in the cast.

(1972) Stage: Wrote (w/Charles MacArthur) "The Front Page", performed in a National Theatre production at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, with Denis Quilley, Alan MacNaughton, John Shrapnel, Gawn Grainger, David Bradley, Benjamin Whitrow, Maureen Lipman and Anna Carteret in the cast. Michael Blakemore was the director.

Story: "Queen of the Universe" (filmed as Queen of Outer Space (1958))

(2010-2011) Charles MacArthur and his play, "The Front Page," was performed at the TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. Collette Pollard was scenic designer. Lindsey Pate was costume designer.

(1942). Stage Play: Lily of the Valley. Written by Ben Hecht. Directed by Ben Hecht. Windsor Theatre: 26 Jan 1942- 31 Jan 1942 (8 performances). Cast: Katharine Bard (as "Frances"), Clay Clement (as "Lieutenant Balboa"), Edmund Dorsey (as "Smaley"), Minnie Dupree (as "Emma Jolonick"), David Hoffman (as "Willie"), Eugene Keith (as "Mr. Whittleson"), David Kerman (as "Butch"), Will Lee (as "Joe"), Paul R. Lipson (as "Man"), Myron McCormick, Charles Mendick (as "Beitler"), Grania O'Malley (as "Annie"), Joseph Pevney, John Philliber (as "Bum"), Sig Ruman, John Shellie (as "Mike"), Alison Skipworth (as "Mag") [final Broadway role], Richard Taber (as "Blakie Gagin"). Produced by Gilbert Miller.

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