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Theodora Morse

2024-10-07T18:38:23Z

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{{Short description|American song writer and composer}}
'''Theodora Morse''' (July 11, 1883 — November 10, 1953) was an American songwriter and composer.
She was a [[Tin Pan Alley]] lyricist who collaborated to produce a number of popular songs.

==Background==
'''Alfreda Theodora Strandberg''' was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. On March 7, 1907, she married [[Theodore F. Morse]] (1873–1924). She and her husband became a successful songwriting team for [[Tin Pan Alley]]. Listed as Terriss & Morse, they were one of the earliest Tin Pan Alley husband-wife songwriting teams.<ref>[http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/3856 Dorothy Terriss (lyricist)]</ref>

==Career==
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Theodora not only wrote with her husband, but also collaborated with other composers. Professionally, she often used the pseudonyms of Dorothy Terriss, Dolly Morse and D. A. Esrom.
She wrote the lyrics for ''[[Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here]]'' to a tune originally written by [[Arthur Sullivan]] for the comic opera ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''. The popular good-night waltz ''[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]'' was written to music composed by [[Julián Robledo]]. The song was recorded in 1922 by [[Paul Whiteman]] and his orchestra, and also appeared in the 1946 film [[Margie (1946 film)|''Margie'']]. Jazz and pop standard, ''[[Wonderful One]]'', was written by Paul Whiteman and [[Ferde Grofé]], with lyrics by Theodora Morse based on a theme by movie director [[Marshall Neilan]].<ref>[http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/1435/Esrom_D._A._lyricist D. A. Esrom (lyricist)]</ref><ref>[http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/48794/Morse_Dolly_composer Dolly Morse (composer)]</ref><ref>[http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2002-9/thismonth/featureb.php Women In American Music, Page 2]</ref><ref>[https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0855908/bio Biography for Dolly Morse], imdb.com. Accessed April 2, 2024.</ref><ref>[http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2002-9/thismonth/featureb.php Women In American Music. The Parlor Songs Association, Inc.]. Accessed April 2, 2024.</ref>

Theodora Morse died in [[White Plains, New York]], aged 70.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081222125352/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,860160,00.html Obituary (giving wrong age at death)], ''Time Magazine'', November 23, 1953.</ref>

==Selected works==
*''[[Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here]]'' (1917)
*''[[Soldier Boy (1915 song)|Soldier Boy]]'' (1915) {{OCLC|26005168}}
*''[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]'' (1921)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33952344/amy_ashmore_clark_1929/ "Gifted Girls Who Write Songs"] (January 18, 1929) ''The News-Palladium'' p. 24, via Newspapers.com.</ref>
*''[[Wonderful One]]'' (1922)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070525121242/http://parlorsongs.com/bios/composersbios.asp The Composers of Tin Pan Alley]

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Lionel Banks

2024-09-09T15:34:22Z

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{{Short description|American art director}}
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With over 200 films to his credit, '''Lionel Banks''' (June 22, 1901 in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] – March 20, 1950 in [[Los Angeles, California]]) was a hard-working [[art director]] from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as [[Leo McCarey]]'s ''[[The Awful Truth]]'' (1937), [[Howard Hawks]]' South American set ''[[Only Angels Have Wings]]'' (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', most of the ''[[Blondie (1938 film)|Blondie]]'' B-movies, [[Alexander Hall]]'s turn of the century fantasy ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]'' (1941) and [[Charles Vidor]]'s lush [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] [[biopic]], ''[[A Song to Remember]]'' in 1945.

Banks was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] seven times, for ''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]'' (1938), ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939), ''[[Arizona (1940 film)|Arizona]]'' (1940), ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]'' (1941), ''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 film)|The Talk of the Town]]'' (1942), ''[[Address Unknown (1944 film)|Address Unknown]]'' and ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]'' (both 1944), but never won.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[The Best Man Wins (1935 film)|The Best Man Wins]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Murder in Greenwich Village]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Her First Beau]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Stand By All Networks]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Two Señoritas from Chicago]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Louisiana Hayride (film)|Louisiana Hayride]]'' (1944)

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0052206}}

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Joseph Fields

2024-04-28T16:34:34Z

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{{Short description|American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film producer (1895–1966)}}
{{other people|Joe Fields}}
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'''Joseph Albert Fields''' (February 21, 1895 – March 4, 1966)<ref name=place>According to the State of California. ''California Death Index, 1940–1997''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. [http://www.ancestry.com ancestry.com]</ref> was an American [[playwright]], [[theatre director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[film producer]].

==Life and career==
Fields was born in New York City, the son of [[vaudeville]]an [[Lew Fields]]. He graduated from [[DeWitt Clinton High School]] and attended [[New York University]] before enrolling in the [[American Expeditionary Force]] during World War I, after which he remained in Paris until 1922 working in the perfume business. He moved to Los Angeles in 1930, and his early writing career was spent churning out screenplays for mostly [[B-movie]]s, beginning with ''The Big Shot'' in 1931.

Fields made his Broadway debut in 1938 with the play ''Schoolhouse on the Lot'', co-written with [[Jerome Chodorov]], who became a frequent collaborator. The prolific pair went on to write ''[[My Sister Eileen (play)|My Sister Eileen]]'' (1940, based on [[Ruth McKenney]]'s semi-autobiographical stories), ''[[Junior Miss]]'' (1941, based on [[Sally Benson]]'s stories), ''The French Touch'' (1945), ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (1953, based on [[Ruth McKenney]]'s semi-autobiographical stories), ''[[The Girl in Pink Tights]]'' (1954), ''[[Anniversary Waltz (play)|Anniversary Waltz]]'' (1954), and ''The Ponder Heart'' (1956). They also wrote the screenplay for the 1942 [[My Sister Eileen (1942 film)|film adaptation of ''My Sister Eileen'']].

With [[Anita Loos]], Fields wrote the book for the [[Jule Styne]] musical ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'', and he collaborated with [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] on the book for ''[[Flower Drum Song]]''. He also co-produced and wrote the screen adaptation of the latter, garnering a [[Writers Guild of America]] Award nomination for Best Written American Musical.

Fields won the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] for ''Wonderful Town'' and was nominated in the same category for ''Flower Drum Song''.

As a director, Fields helmed [[Arthur Miller]]'s ''[[The Man Who Had All the Luck]]'' (1944), his own plays ''I Gotta Get Out'' (1947) and ''The Tunnel of Love'' (1957), and ''The Desk Set'' (1955).

Fields was the brother of writer/lyricist [[Dorothy Fields|Dorothy]] and writer [[Herbert Fields|Herbert]]. He died in [[Beverly Hills]];<ref name=place/> according to his obituary in ''[[The New York Times]]'', "Joseph Fields...died here last night...Mr. Fields lived in New York but was wintering in California when he died."<ref>{{cite news|work=New York Times|title=Joseph Fields, 71, Dies on Coast; Co-Author of 'My Sister Eileen'|date=March 5, 1966|page=20}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IBDB name|82266}}
*{{IMDb name|0276284}}

{{Herbert Fields}}
{{Dorothy Fields}}

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Jerome Chodorov

2024-04-28T16:31:54Z

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{{Short description|American playwright and librettist (1911–2004)}}
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'''Jerome Chodorov''' (August 10, 1911 – September 12, 2004) was an American [[playwright]], [[librettist]], and [[screenwriter]]. He co-wrote the book with Joseph A. Fields for the original Broadway musical ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' starring [[Rosalind Russell]]. The musical was based on short stories by [[Ruth McKenney]].

==Biography==
Chodorov was born in [[New York City]], and entered journalism in the 1930s. He is best known for his 1940 play ''[[My Sister Eileen (play)|My Sister Eileen]]'', its 1942 [[My Sister Eileen (1942 film)|screen adaptation]], and the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Wonderful Town]]'', which was based on his play.<ref name=playbill>Jones, Kenneth.[https://archive.today/20130201080801/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/88372-Jerome-Chodorov-Librettist-and-Playwright-Who-Turned-My-Sister-Eileen-Into-Wonderful-Town-Dead-at-93 "Jerome Chodorov, Librettist and Playwright Who Turned 'My Sister Eileen' Into 'Wonderful Town', Dead at 93"] playbill.com, September 13, 2004</ref><ref name=tams>[http://tamswitmark.com/musicals/wonderful.html "' Wonderful Town' Credits, Quick Review, Awards, Brief History, Synopsis"] tamswitmark.com, accessed May 26, 2012</ref> [[Joseph A. Fields]] was his frequent collaborator. The writing team also adapted Sally Benson's short stories as the play ''[[Junior Miss]]'', which was later adapted as a play and a TV musical. Chodorov was [[Hollywood blacklist]]ed during the [[McCarthy era]].<ref name=newyorktimes>McKinley, Jesse.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE6DB1030F937A2575AC0A9629C8B63 Jerome Chodorov, Broadway and Film Writer, Dies at 93"] ''The New York Times'', September 14, 2004</ref>

His brother, [[Edward Chodorov]] (1904–1988), was also a playwright, author of the perennial favorite of amateur groups, ''[[Kind Lady (play)|Kind Lady]]''.

==Works==
Sources: ''Playbill'';<ref name=playbill/> ''Doollee<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/chodorov-jerome.html#127470 "Chodorov Works"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201080358/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/chodorov-jerome.html#127470 |date=2012-02-01 }} doollee.com, accessed May 26, 2012</ref>

===Plays===
*''Schoolhouse on the Lot'' (1938)
*''My Sister Eileen'' (1940)
*''Junior Miss'' (1941)
*''Those Endearing Young Charms'' (1943)
*''The French Touch'' (1945)
*''[[Anniversary Waltz (play)|Anniversary Waltz]]'' (1954)
*''The Ponder Heart'' (1956)
*''Three Bags Full'' (1966)
*''A Talent for Murder'' (with [[Norman Panama]]) ([[Edgar Award]], 1982, Best Play)

===Musicals===
*''Wonderful Town'' (Tony Award for Best Musical, 1953)<ref name=tams/>
*''[[I Had a Ball]]''
*''[[The Girl in Pink Tights]]''

===Work as theatre director===
*''[[Alive and Kicking (musical)|Alive and Kicking]]'' (revue, 1950) - additional material
*''The Gazebo'' (1958) - director
*[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/make-a-million-2705 ''Make A Million''] (1958) - director
*''Christine'' (1960) - director
*''Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole'' (1961), director

===Film===
*''[[The Case of the Lucky Legs]]'' (a 1935 Perry Mason film)
*''[[Louisiana Purchase (film)|Louisiana Purchase]]'' (1941)
*''[[My Sister Eileen (1942 film)|My Sister Eileen]]'' (1942)
*''[[Junior Miss]]'' (1945)
*''[[Those Endearing Young Charms (film)|Those Endearing Young Charms]]'' (1945; based on his play)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/1295 |title=Those Endearing Young Charms {{!}} IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information |website=www.ibdb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415083047/http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/1295 |archive-date=2016-04-15}} </ref>
*''[[Happy Anniversary (1959 film)|Happy Anniversary]]'' (1959), based on ''Anniversary Waltz''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0158738|name=Jerome Chodorov}}
*{{IBDB name|6706}}

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Women and children first (disambiguation)

2023-10-01T18:34:53Z

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{{wiktionary|women and children first}}
'''[[Women and children first]]''' is a code of conduct sometimes applied in marine disaster evacuations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

"'''Women and children first'''" may refer to:

*''Women and Children First'', a 1943 collection of short stories written by [[Sally Benson]] (Random House)
*''[[Women and Children First]]'', a 1980 album by hard rock band Van Halen
*''Women and Children First'', the second part of the double album ''[[Peccadillos]]'' by folk singer/songwriter Susan Herndon
*[[Women & Children First (bookstore)|Women & Children First]], a feminist bookstore in Chicago, Illinois

{{disambiguation}}