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Avery Hopwood (1882–1928)

American playwright, many of whose plays were filmed. The leading light of early twentieth-century light comedy and farce and one of the most commercially successful playwrights of his era, Hopwood, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the University of Michigan, which would later be the beneficiary of much of his substantial estate... See full bio »

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2004 Willi, das Prachtstück (TV movie)
 
1981 Den grønne heisen (play)
 
1980 Der Mustergatte (TV movie) (play "Fair and Warmer")
 
1978 Der Spinnenmörder (TV movie) (novel)
 
1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (TV series)
The Bat (1960) (play)
 
1959 The Bat (play)
 
1952-1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
The Bat (1953) (novel)
The Gold Diggers (1952) (play)
 
1952 Oppåt med gröna hissen (play "Fair and Warmer")
 
1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (play "Gold Diggers of Broadway")
 
1945 Getting Gertie's Garter (play)
 
1944 Gröna hissen (play "Fair and Warmer")
 
1938 Unsere kleine Frau (play "Our Little Wife")
 
1937 Model Husband (play "Fair and Warner")
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (based on a play by)
 
1933 Night of the Garter (play "Getting Gertie's Garter")
 
1932 This Is the Night (play "Naughty Cinderella")
 
1931 Ich heirate meinen Mann (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1931 Su noche de bodas (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1931 Marions-nous (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1931 A Minha Noite de Núpcias (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1930 The Bat Whispers (play)
 
1930 Fast and Loose (play "The Best People")
 
1930 Her Wedding Night (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1929 Gold Diggers of Broadway (play "The Gold Diggers")
 
1928 The Garden of Eden (based on the play adapted by)
 
1927 Getting Gertie's Garter (play)
 
1927 Nobody's Widow (play)
 
1926 The Bat (play "The Bat")
 
1925 The Best People (play)
 
1925 Miss Bluebeard (play "Little Miss Bluebeard")
 
1924 The Girl in the Limousine (play "The Girl in the Limousine, a Farce")
 
1923 The Gold Diggers (play)
 
1921 The Little Clown (play)
 
1920 Clothes (play)
 
1920 Guilty of Love (play "This Woman--This Man")
 
1919 Fair and Warmer (play)
 
1919 Sadie Love (play)
 
1918 Our Little Wife (play)
 
1915 Judy Forgot (play)
 
1914 Seven Days (short) (play)
 
1914 Clothes (play)
 

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(1910). Stage Play: Judy Forgot. Musical comedy. Music by Silvio Hein. Book by Avery Hopwood. Lyrics by Avery Hopwood. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Featuring songs by Will Marion Cook and John Golden. Featuring songs with lyrics by John Golden and Andrew B. Sterling. Musical Drection by Lewis Morton... See more »
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In 1920, he had four hit shows running on Broadway simultaneously. See more »

Nickname:

Playboy Playwright See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini