FredAstaire.Net: Written by J. Hartley Manners, Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein,George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman http://www.fredastaire.net/movies/TheGayDivorcee/
Extractions: Search for: Information Select... Main Menu Shop Biography Performances People Honours Fan Community Music Images In Print Interactive Miscellaneous Links Local Menu Summary Info Complete Info Soundtrack Buy the Movie Main Menu Home Information Feedback Shop ... Cards Most Popular Performances Movie Musicals Biography Movie Rankings ... Movie Musicals Heading Directed by: Mark Sandrich Starring: Fred Astaire Guy Holden Ginger Rogers Mimi Alice Brady Hortense Edward Everett Horton Egbert Eric Blore The Waiter Erik Rhodes Tonetti Also featuring: Betty Grable Produced by: Pandro S. Berman Written by: J. Hartley Manners, Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman Choreographed by: Dave Gould, Hermes Pan (Assistant) Cinematography: David Abel Words and Music by: Cole Porter, Con Conrad, Herb Magidson, Mack Gordon, Harry Revel, Samuel Hoffenstein, Kenneth Webb Production Company: RKO Premiere: New York, November 15, 1934 Synopsis (from VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2001 Astaire pursues Rogers to an English seaside resort, where she mistakes him for the hired correspondent in her divorce case. Based on the musical play "The Gay Divorce" by Dwight Taylor and Cole Porter. The title was slightly changed for the movie because of protests from the Hays Office. (3 out of 4)
Theatre Mirror Reviews - The Glass Menagerie especially in PEG O MY HEART by her husband J. Hartley Manners (her studiorecording, made late in life, reveals a stillgirlish timbre); http://www.theatermirror.com/CRglasslyric.htm
Extractions: Jim Lewis Wheeler The New York theatre scene is so rich, so diverse, that it is possible to attend several plays a week for a year and never see the same actor, twice. Boston is more communal - the city as repertory company - and with regular theatergoing one can, in time, evaluate many of her artists as artists. In the past I have scribbled that Mr. A needs a heartbeat, Ms. B must reclaim her natural sunshine, etc. but now I focus on Nancy E. Carroll and Vincent Ernest Siders, two acclaimed actors who have taken on Amanda and Tom, mother and son, in Tennessee Williams THE GLASS MENAGERIE at the Lyric Stage. Emily Knapp is a fascinating Laura, sturdy and unsentimental, a young woman who has watched life pass her by but hasnt missed a trick though I question Ms. Knapps walking on her right ankle with her foot turned inward to suggest Lauras handicap - I always assumed since Laura once wore a brace that her leg diminished in time, causing her to limp; here, Jim seems to be dancing with a polio victim. Though his physique is hardly that of a former athlete, Lewis Wheeler is at the right time and place in his career to play a conventional Gentleman Caller: both are good-looking, friendly and full of ambition.
Cowards Hay Fever At IPFW Inspired by a weekend that Coward spent with eccentric actress Laurette Taylorand her playwright husband J. Hartley Manners, he wrote Hay Fever, http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/022505/text/hay.shtml
Extractions: The Bliss family, from the outrageously quirky comedy Hay Fever , by Noel Coward, has it all over the Fockers. Inspired by a weekend that Coward spent with eccentric actress Laurette Taylor and her playwright husband J. Hartley Manners, he wrote Hay Fever , about a weekend visit gone bad, in three days in 1924; it just poured out of him. And it was an instant, unqualified hit. Hay Fever epitomizes the sophisticated wit of the era between the two world wars. The Roaring 20s was a time when society allowed itself to relax, enjoy indulgences and gleefully tout its eccentricities. The chaotic Bliss family is no exception. Directed by Craig Humphrey, Hay Fever is set in the hall of the Bliss family home. The eccentric Blisses are Judith, a recently retired stage-actress played by Jane Rebekah Frazier; David, a self-absorbed novelist played by Brian Ernsberger; and their two equally unconventional children. They live in a world where reality slides all too easily into fiction. Their tortured weekend guests are alternately amused, ignored, humiliated and, ultimately, abandoned. One would rather spend the weekend with the MacBeths than with the Bliss children, whose un-house trained weirdness is expertly conveyed by Matthew Pedersen as Simon and Jessica Butler as Sorel.
George M. Cohan's Broadway Shows Out There (A) Cohan appeared in this play by J. Hartley Manners. An all-starwartime benefit for the Red Cross, it spent one week in NY, followed by a http://www.musicals101.com/cohanshows.htm
Extractions: Little Johnny Jones (CAPDS) - The Four Cohans starred, with George as an American jockey falsely accused of throwing the English Darby. Ethel Levey co-starred as his love interest. Score included "Give My regards to Broadway" and "The Yankee Doodle Boy." A brief Broadway run was followed by a long national tour that included two return visits to Broadway in 1905. (52 perfs)
Alibris: John Hartley by Manners, John Hartley Novelization of the incredibly popular early 20th centurycomedy, by J. Hartley Manners buy used from $2.95! buy new from $28.76! http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Hartley, John
Works - By Authors Topics From Answers.com Manners, J. Hartley March, Joseph Moncure March, William Marcuse, Herbert Margulies, David Margulies, Donald Markfield, Wallace http://www.answers.com/library/Works %2D by Authors-letter-1M
The Glass Menagerie: Information From Answers.com Jerry Wald J. Hartley Manners (author). Sam Mendes (British director of Oscarwinner American Beauty), AMANDA (disambiguation) http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glass-menagerie
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Arts Business Entertainment Games ... More... On this page: Wikipedia Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping The Glass Menagerie Wikipedia The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams . The play premiered in Chicago on December 26 , and in won the prestigious New York Drama Critics Circle Award The Glass Menagerie was Williams' first highly successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly-regarded playwrights. Spoiler warning Plot or ending details follow. The Glass Menagerie The play is set in St. Louis in 1937, and deals with the troubled relationship between an aging mother, Amanda Wingfield, and her painfully shy daughter Laura, as told by the son and brother, Tom, who is supposedly recalling events from his memory. Some critics have thought that Tom is a homosexual (just as Williams was). Tom is a writer working a menial job in a shoe factory. While he works at this factory, Tom actually writes poetry. Williams' real name was Thomas, so there is clearly a connection between Tom in the play and Williams himself. Jim O'Connor, Laura's love interest, may reflect the type of popular, charismatic character that Williams wishes he could have been. Women flock to O'Connor; Williams has not always been so loved. The end of the play is tragic: O'Connor leads Laura on with a kiss but lets her down shortly afterwards with the news that he is engaged to another woman. Tom, the family's sole provider, leaves home to be a sailor and fulfill his want for adventure. He fulfills it, much as Williams finally fulfilled his dream of being a successful writer.
IPFW: Archived News Releases Inspired by a weekend that Noel Coward spent with eccentric actress LauretteTaylor and her playwright husband J. Hartley Manners, he wrote Hay Fever http://www.ipfw.edu/news/archives/2005/Feb/21hayfever.shtml
Extractions: American Red Cross Hurricane Relief: Please help now For Immediate Release Written by: Susan Domer (Fort Wayne, Feb. 21, 2005) The Bliss family, from the outrageously quirky comedy Hay Fever by Noel Coward, has it all over The Fockers. Inspired by a weekend that Noel Coward spent with eccentric actress Laurette Taylor and her playwright husband J. Hartley Manners, he wrote Hay Fever , about a weekend visit-gone-bad, in only three short days in 1924. It just poured out of him. And it was an instant, unqualified hit! Cleverly constructed, unendingly witty and slightly cynical, Hay Fever epitomizes the sophisticated wit of the era between the two World Wars. The Roaring 20s was a time when society allowed itself to relax, enjoy indulgences and gleefully tout its eccentricities, and the chaotic Bliss family was no exception. Directed by Craig A. Humphrey
The Guide To Musical Theatre - Peg Based on an idea by Roy Sone from the play Peg O My Heart by J. Hartley Manners.First performance at The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. March 8, 1984 http://www.nodanw.com/shows_p/peg.htm
Extractions: First performance at The Phoenix Theatre, London, April, 12. 1984 Act One It is 1913 at Simla Lodge in Sussex and the Chichesters are hopelessly in debt. However, today marks the reading of the will of a close relative. Mrs. Chichester, her son, Alaric, and daughter, Ethel, expect to receive a substantial sum. The entire household is buzzing in anticipation of a recovery to a grand style of living in just "A Matter Of Minutes". Meanwhile, Ethel meets with her married lover, Christian Brent, who claims, once again, that he is ready to leave his wife. He attempts to entice her while she longs for a finer man. The kitchen is alive with preparations for the new guest and Peg and her dog Micky enter unnoticed. She and Henry ("Buttons") and Dora (the housemaid) meet and hit it off instantly as they are "Three Of a Kind". Bennett, the parlour-maid, realising the new girl is Mrs. Chichester's niece, ushers her to the family who are shocked by her appearance. Mrs. Chichester orders that the clothes that Peg is wearing be disposed of and that they should buy a whole new wardrobe. Peg protests that she already has "Pretty Dresses".
Cole Porter / Gay Divorce Based on an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners Musical Adaptation by KennethWebb and Samuel Hoffenstein. Tryouts began November 7, 1932 at the Wilbur http://www.geocities.com/porterguide/gaydivorce.html
Extractions: Musical Direction by Gene Salzer While traveling abroad, American novelist Guy Holden falls in love with a beautiful lady named Mimi, who mysteriously disappears after their initial meeting. When he later runs into her at a seaside resort, she mistakes him for the paid corespondent she has hired to facilitate her divorce. Other characters include Guy's lawyer friend, Teddy Egbert; Mimi's oft-divorced friend and protectress, Hortense; and the idiot corespondent Tonetti, whose motto is "Your wife is safe with Tonetti he prefers spaghetti." Fred Astaire (Guy)
The Tradition Bearers - Article - John Watt is a fading theatre programme from the Globe Theatre, Deal, in the late 20swith Mac as Christian Brent in Peg O My Heart by J Hartley Manners. http://www.thetraditionbearers.com/htmfiles/article_009_johnwatt.htm
Extractions: News The Singers The Songs The Recordings ... Site Map John Watt From the Shores of the Forth Published in The Living Tradition. John Watt is a totally unique character and is arguably Fifes foremost contemporary chronicler in song. His songs have been enjoyed by many over the years but remain fresh and new each time they are aired. They were written over a period of nearly 40 years although the timescale covered in the subject matter is much longer than that. Some of his songs have entered the tradition Jimmy McBeath was recorded by an American folklorist singing Pittenweem Jo, one of Johns songs, claiming it to be "an auld sang I learned in Fife". That mistake has been repeated many times. John Watt is a native of Dunfermline, Fife, and now lives in Milnathort. He has been involved in the Scottish folksong movement for over thirty years. A past Chairman of The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland, he has presented numerous documentaries on radio, including Fife Connection, Howe of Fife Connection and The Fifty-Fifty Ball. He has also presented Celtic Horizons for BBC radio and Fifes Got Everything for the Odyssey series produced by Billy Kay. He has lectured for the Association of Scottish Literary Studies on Fife Poets and Song-writers, tutored for The Workers Educational Association in Creative Writing and Musical Appreciation and is Chairman of the Milnathort based Love and Liberty Theatre Company.
Drama > American Autore J. Hartley Manners Kessinger Publishing, June 2004 Novelization of theincredibly popular early 20th century comedy, by J. Hartley Manners. http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/BUS/r_DRA00100/p_7/American.htm
Extractions: Awarded annually since 1987, the Theodore Ward Prize recognizes the outstanding individual accomplishments of African American playwrights, as well as their growing importance to the shape and direction of American drama in our time. This collection, edited by a director and educator who has been... ( Continua
Abacci EBook Authors Index: M Manners, J. Hartley Manning, Anne Manning, Henry P. Mansfield, Katherine Marble, Annie Russell Marbot, de March, Anne Marden, Orison Swett http://www.abacci.com/msreader/authors.aspx?l=M
James M. Beck Papers | Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library 17, McSwain, John J. 19341936. 18, Manners, J. Hartley, 1918-1926. 19, Marbury,William L. 1924-1931. 20, Marshall, Louis, 1901-1903, 1911-1927 http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/beck.html
Jazz Me News May 2002 playwright J. Hartley Manners argued that the new music was a threat tocivilization itself, and that jazz was modern man s Saturnalia. http://www.riverwalk.org/JMN/Archive/html/JMN5_01_02.htm
Extractions: May 2002 A LONG WAY, BABY! by Dick Hyman (left) At its 1901 convention in Denver, the American Federation of Musicians condemned ragtime in a harsh statement delivered by its president. Union musicians were specifically cautioned against playing ragtime, and the Federation's president maintained that "... the musicians know what is good, and if the people don't, we will have to teach them." Clearly, union musicians were a different breed in those days, and the smugness of the A. F. of M. suggests the intensity with which a radical shift in public taste would be debated. I'm indebted to Neil Leonard, whose 1962 book Jazz and the White Americans (University of Chicago Press) documents the opinion above, and the ones that follow, along with much additional insight. I discovered the book in the Lincoln Center Music Library in New York. If you can locate a copy, I think you would find it enlightening reading. Daniel G. Mason in the March 1918 issue of the
D. 305 Alexander-Rideout Collection The Panorama of Youth by J Hartley Manners First Night Programme Sir RichardGauntlett George Alexander 14th April 1915. The Day Before the Day by Chester http://www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/ALEXANRIDE.stm
Extractions: D. 305 ALEXANDER - RIDEOUT COLLECTION 4 boxes, 1 album, 1 portfolio Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1892), The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1893), The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (1895), and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1896). A related collection is the GEORGE ALEXANDER PAPERS (D.178)
Scripts Collection At The Brenda Brown Library Peg O My Heart, J. Hartley Manners, 1. Period of Adjustment, or High Point isBuilt on a Cavern , Tennessee Williams, 1. The Persecution and Assassination http://www.branson.org/libraryscripts.html
Peg O My Heart (1933 B 87 ) Based on a very successful play by J. Hartley Manners, an Irish lass inheritstwo million pounds but must spend three years in England and never see her http://www.san.beck.org/MM/1933/PegoMyHeart.html
