Montgomery, James

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 560 words | Copyright

Montgomery, James (1882–1966), playwright. An actor turned dramatist, he scored his biggest nonmusical success with the farce Nothing But the Truth (1916). However, he enjoyed a number of hits when he wrote the librettos for musicals based on some of his less‐popular comedies: Oh, Look! (1918) derived from his 1912 Ready Money (1919) and Irene (1919) from his failed play, Irene O'Dare (1916). Montgomery's plays also served as a source for other librettists, most notably when Otto Harbach turned his The Aviator (1910) into Going Up! (1917).

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