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Hart, Moss
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Hart, Moss (1904–61), New York playwright, was best known for his collaborations with
George S. Kaufman, which include
Once in a Lifetime (1930),
You Can't Take It with You (1936, Pulitzer Prize),
I'd Rather Be Right (1937),
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), and
George Washington Slept Here (1940). He also wrote the librettos for the Irving Berlin revues
Face the Music (1932) and
As Thousands Cheer (1933), and the musical comedy
Lady in the Dark (1941), with songs by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin.
Winged Victory (1943), a play about the air force, was performed by soldiers.
Act One (1959) is his autobiography.
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Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart.
Magazine article from: Theatre History Studies; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Hold-up Man.. Thus, Moss Hart found himself at the age...But the show flopped. Hart returned to New York, rewrote...weak, and new playwright Moss Hart limped back to New...Street and Second Avenue. Moss Hart was offered (in 1926...
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Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart.(Review)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Dazzler: The Life and limes of Moss Hart By Steven Bach Knopf. 462 pp. $29.95. MOSS HART died at the age of 57 in 1961. The...emerging with Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. The book is heavy on the life and light...
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Award-Winning Dramatist and Director Moss Hart Honored with U.S. Postage Stamp.
PR Newswire; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...winning dramatist and director Moss Hart will be honored by the U.S...Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937. Hart also collaborated on musicals...by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (no relation to Moss). He wrote and directed Lady...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Moss Hart Stars in Act Two: A Charmed and Troubled Life.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 4/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Malcolm Goldstein Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart, by Steven Bach. Alfred A. Knopf, 477 pages, $29.95. Moss Hart's warm and witty memoir of his first quarter-century...
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PLAYWRIGHT MOSS HART LIVES AGAIN IN 'DAZZLER'
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/14/2001; 700+ words
; United Press International 06-14-2001 Playwright Moss Hart lives again in 'Dazzler' NEW YORK, Jun 14, 2001...International via COMTEX) -- "Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart" by Steven Bach (Knopf, 462 pages, $29.95) brings...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Moss Hart biography lights up dreary season.(Time Out!)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 1/12/2001; 594 words
; ...I read a biography about playwright Moss Hart ("You Can't Take it With You...called "Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart" by Steven Bach. Those who love...autobiographies of American theater is Moss Hart's memoir "Act One." That...
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Broadway Legend Moss Hart Commemorated on US Postage Stamp.
PR Newswire; 10/19/2004; 621 words
; ...will issue a definitive postage stamp honoring Moss Hart. Who: John Walsh, Vice-Chairman, Board of...U.S. Postal Service Kitty Carlisle Hart, Moss Hart's widow Christopher Hart, Moss Hart's son Dr. John Sexton, President, New...
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`Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart,' by Steven Bach; Knopf.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; In collaboration with George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart wrote two of the funniest and most enduring comedies in...question, Steven Bach's "Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart." It is an impressively researched book, written in...
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Event Details: Moss Hart Commemorated on US Postage Stamp.
PR Newswire; 10/22/2004; 623 words
; ...will issue a definitive postage stamp honoring Moss Hart. Who: John Walsh, Vice-Chairman, Board of...U.S. Postal Service Kitty Carlisle Hart, Moss Hart's widow Christopher Hart, Moss Hart's son Dr. John Sexton, President, New...
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Moss Hart's 'Act One' Deserves a Standing O
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...or neglected books from the past. Moss Hart had one of the most spectacular show...nearly half a century after his death, Hart seems almost completely forgotten outside...that eighty per cent of this play is Moss Hart." Hart writes: "I stood staring...
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Hart, Moss
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Hart, Moss (1904–61), playwright and...as assistant to producer Augustus Pitou . Hart's first two plays failed, but success...Biography: Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart , Steven Bach, 2001.
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Moss Hart
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Moss Hart 1904-61, American dramatist, b. New York...and George Washington Slept Here (1940). Hart also collaborated on musicals with Irving...Light Up the Sky, and The Climate of Eden. Hart also directed several 1940s film comedies...
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George S. Kaufman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...It with You (1936), written with Moss Hart. The classic The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) was also written with Hart. Working with John P. Marquand on...introduced by Allan G. Halline (1951); Moss Hart, Act One (1959); and Jean...
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I Married an Angel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...comedy by Richard Rodgers (book, music), Lorenz Hart (book, lyrics). [ Shubert Theatre , 338 perf...Basing it on a Hungarian play, Rodgers and Hart had originally worked on it with Moss Hart as a musical film. The film was scrapped, so...
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Kaufman, George S.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...and Stage Door (1936). Collaboration with Moss Hart produced a number of light-hearted comedies...Gershwins' Of Thee I Sing (1931), Rodgers and Hart's I'd Rather be Right , with Moss Hart (1937), and Cole Porter's Silk Stockings...
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