Sidney Howard

...between Signature Theatre Company and Hartford. Also no longer around to enjoy his good reviews is Sidney Howard. The rare New York City revival of Howard's 1932 comedy The Late Christopher Bean, a satire of greedy small-town folk...

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...a Praised "Find," Extended Off-Broadway The Late Christopher Bean star James Murtaugh. The rare New York City revival of Sidney Howard's 1932 comedy The Late Christopher Bean, a satire of greedy small-town folk and corrupt art-world...

In this article: The Late Christopher Bean, James Murtaugh, and New York City

...all its talk of greed, a weak economy and a fickle art market, the topics could have come from this morning's newspaper. Written by Sidney Howard (who would later win an Oscar for his screenplay for "Gone With the Wind") and based on a French...

In this article: The Late Christopher Bean, New York, Oscar, and Gone with the Wind

...12:46 AM, November 12, 2009 When staging a 1930s comedy, you've got to follow the KIFS rule: Keep It Fast, Stupid. Even if Sidney Howard's 1932 "The Late Christopher Bean" takes place in rural Massachusetts instead of the usual Manhattan...

In this article: The Late Christopher Bean, Mr. Burns, Yankees, The Simpsons, and Manhattan

Sidney Howard's The Late Christopher Bean is receiving a rare NYC revival at Off-Broadway's Beckett Theatre. TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, devoted to unearthing neglected or rarely revived works, presents the 1932 play. According to...

In this article: The Late Christopher Bean and New York City

...the Actors Company Theatre has just opened its 17th season with "The Late Christopher Bean," a comedic gem from 1932. Penned by Sidney Howard, who won an Academy Award for his "Gone With the Wind" screenplay and a Pulitzer Prize for the...

In this article: Mark Teschner, The Late Christopher Bean, General Hospital, and New York City

...and second-unit director B. Reeves Eason. turner and warner inc 16 Writers who toiled on the screenplay, credited solely to Sidney Howard, winner of a posthumous Oscar. They included Ben Hecht (who wrote the flowery opening titles), F....

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...in 1939, but was more warmly received as the first production of the Phoenix Theatre in 1953. In 1950, Howard's daughter Jennifer Howard (1925-1993) married Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. with whom she had four children including business executive...

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...of sound films. Duffy did not win, but he helped to pave the way for another writer who became the first nominee who did. Sidney Howard adapted the most celebrated novel of his era into what would become the most celebrated film of his...

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Dodsworth is a three-act play by Sidney Howard based on the 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis. Through the title character, it examines the differences between American and European intellect, manners, and morals. Middle-aged Samuel Dodsworth...

In this article: Europe and Max Gordon