Fields, Joseph (Albert)
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Fields, Joseph [Albert] (1895–1966), playwright. Son of Lew
Fields and brother of Dorothy
Fields and Herbert
Fields, he was born in New York and attended New York University with the intention of becoming a lawyer. While in the navy during World War I, he wrote sketches for shows and appeared in them, and then decided to make the theatre his career. Fields contributed sketches to some revues and afterward spent some time in Hollywood before collaborating with Jerome
Chodorov on a spoof of film life,
Schoolhouse on the Lot (1938). The team next wrote two major hits,
My Sister Eileen (1940) and
Junior Miss (1941). He also succeeded with a solo venture, the wartime comedy
The Doughgirls (1942). He collaborated again with Chodorov on
The French Touch (1945);
Wonderful Town (1953), a musical version of
My Sister Eileen;
The Girl in Pink Tights (1954);
Anniversary Waltz (1954); and
The Ponder Heart (1956). With Anita
Loos he scripted the musical version of
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) and with Peter De Vries on
The Tunnel of Love (1957). His last work was his collaboration with Oscar
Hammerstein on the libretto of
Flower Drum Song (1958). Fields also occasionally served as a director.
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News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/28/2002; ; 594 words
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Les Trois Dumas. (Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indiana) (theater reviews)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
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Dumas' swashbuckling tales fall off reading lists but remain a filmmakers favorite
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Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/31/2002; 700+ words
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Dumas' odd California travelogue; 'A Gil Blas' winds down road to riches.(DAILY DATEBOOK)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 7/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...for want of energy. The life of Dumas can be exhausting just to read about...journalism and frankly atrocious poetry. Dumas would work on several projects simultaneously...bastard son, "Camille" playwright Alexandre Dumas fils. "I need several mistresses. If...
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INTRODUCING HIS EMOTIONAL `LADY' TO BOSTON CHOREOGRAPHER'S STORY BALLET BASED ON DUMAS NOVEL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/14/2004; ; 700+ words
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Dumas Fever.(Media&Society)
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Dumas, Alexandre, fils
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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Dumas fils
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dumas fils see Dumas, Alexandre (1824-95).
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Alexandre Dumas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas is generally called Dumas p è reto distinguish him from his illustrious son Alexandre (known as Dumas fils ), who was also a dramatist and novelist...
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Dumas, Alexandre
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
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Camille
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Camille [ La Dame aux Camélias ]. This dramatization of Alexandre Dumas fils's novel was first acted in France in 1852 and brought to America the following year by Jean M. Davenport in her own version...
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