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Edward Knoblock (born Edward Gustav Knoblauch) (April 7, 1874 - July 19, 1945) was a dramatist, scenarist, and novelist who wrote, among many other works, the much revived and re-made 1911 play, Kismet. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar

Knoblock was born in New York City of German parents and was the grandson of the Berlin architect Eduard Knoblauch. The City of New York (Carl Heinrich Eduard Knoblauch (b 25 September 1801 in Berlin d He was graduated from Harvard College in 1896, but he spent much of his professional life in Europe, first in France, then in Great Britain. Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, a Private university in the United States founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands In 1912, his Milestones, written with Arnold Bennett, became a hit at the Royalty Theatre, playing for over 600 performances. Enoch Arnold Bennett ( 27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English Novelist. The Royalty Theatre was a small London theatre situated at 73 Dean Street, Soho and opened on May 25 1840 as Miss Kelly's Theatre He became a British subject in 1916 during World War I, anglicized the spelling of his name, received a commission as a Captain in the British Army and served in the Secret Service Bureau in the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and Greece. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) colloquially known as MI6 is the United Kingdom 's external Intelligence agency. In 1917 he bought and subsequently restored the Regency architecture Beach House, Worthing, Sussex. The Regency style of Architecture refers primarily to buildings built in Britain during the period in the early 19th century when George IV was Beach House in Worthing, England is a Regency beach-side villa built in 1820 to designs by John Rebecca. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. Knoblock was a life-long collector of Regency style furniture and furnishings and kept the celebrated Thomas Hope collection intact. Henry Thomas Hope ( 30 August 1769 &ndash 3 February 1830 /1831 was a British author philosopher and art collector best known for his novel "Anastasius" His London bachelor apartment was at The Albany. The Albany or Albany (since the mid-20th century some sources have claimed that the article is not in use among the fashionable is an apartment complex in Piccadilly

Knoblock wrote many screenplays, perhaps the best known being Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1922), though he was uncredited, and The Three Musketeers (1921). Robin Hood ( 1922) was the first Motion picture ever to make a Hollywood premiere held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October The Three Musketeers, produced in 1921, is a silent movie based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre

Plays written by Knoblock alone include The Faun (1911), Kismet (1911), My Lady's Dress (1914), Marie-Odile (1915), and Tiger! Tiger! (1918). Among the novels written by Knoblock are The Ant Heap (1929), The Man With Two Mirrors (1931), The Love Lady (1933), and Inexperience (1941).

Knoblock often worked with a collaborator. His plays Milestones (1912), and London Life (1924) were produced with the assistance of Arnold Bennett. Enoch Arnold Bennett ( 27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English Novelist. Similarly, The Good Companions, originally published in 1929 by J.B. Priestley, was dramatised jointly by Knoblock and the author in 1931. The Good Companions is a Novel by the English Author J B Priestley. John Boynton Priestley, OM ( 13 September, 1894 &ndash 14 August, 1984) was an English Writer and broadcaster

References

Edward Knoblock's autobiography Round The Room: An Autobiography (Chapman And Hall, 1939)

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