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Lawrence Riley (1896-1974) was a successful American playwright and screenwriter. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made He gained fame in 1934 as the author of the Broadway hit Personal Appearance, which was turned by Mae West into the classic film Go West, Young Man (1936), starring herself. The year 1934 in literature involved some significant events and new books Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Personal Appearance (1934 is a stage Comedy by the American Playwright and Screenwriter Lawrence Riley (1896&ndash1974 which was Mae West (August 17 1893 &ndash November 22 1980 was an American actress, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Sex symbol. Go West Young Man is a 1936 Paramount Pictures comedy starring Mae West. The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon

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Biography

Riley was a Princeton University alumnus and a World War I veteran, who served in the US Army. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He started as a journalist on the East Coast. Subsequently, Riley achieved success as a playwright, which led to his becoming a sought-after Hollywood screenwriter. His wife, nee Virginia Sweeney, was also a writer. Riley was a member of the Authors League and of Dramatists, Inc. Originally from Warren, Pennsylvania, Riley also lived in Bradford, and located the action of his breakthrough play, Personal Appearance, in Pennsylvania. Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. Bradford is a small City located in rural McKean County Pennsylvania, in the United States 78 miles (126 km south of Buffalo New York This play earned him a fortune. During his career as a screenwriter, he owned homes in both New York City and Hollywood. The City of New York Until his demise, the Rileys had been long-time residents of Riverside, a section of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, the well-known community of the "rich and famous. Riverside is a neighborhood or section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. " Lawrence Riley died on November 29, 1974, at Stamford Hospital, in Stamford, Connecticut, at the age of 78.

Plays

Riley's first and most famous play is Personal Appearance, a three-act comedy produced by the legendary Brock Pemberton of Tony Awards fame. Personal Appearance (1934 is a stage Comedy by the American Playwright and Screenwriter Lawrence Riley (1896&ndash1974 which was Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Brock Pemberton ( December 14, 1885 - March 11, 1950) was an American Theatrical producer, director and founder of the The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented It opened in 1934 at New York's Henry Miller Theatre and was a huge Broadway success, lasting for 501 performances. The year 1934 in literature involved some significant events and new books Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located It starred Gladys George as a movie star and diva who encounters a young and handsome mechanic while on a tour making personal appearances to promote her latest film. Gladys George ( September 13, 1900 &ndash December 8, 1954) was an American actress A diva is a celebrated female singer The Italian term is used to describe a woman of rare outstanding talent in the world of Opera, and by extension in theatre and Their ill-fated romance provides a biting satire of Hollywood. In 1935, Samuel French published Personal Appearance: a New Comedy in Three Acts in Los Angeles and New York. Samuel French (1821 - 1898 was a US entrepreneur who together with British actor playwright and theatrical manager Thomas Hailes Lacy, pioneered in the field of theatrical This play launched Riley's career as a playwright. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.

After a hiatus of more than five years, Riley returned to Broadway with Return Engagement, another three-act comedy, which opened at New York's John Golden Theatre in 1940. John Golden is an American director best known for his contributions in the controversial film Ziesters (aka Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid starring Peter Linari as The Mouka The year 1940 in literature involved some significant events and new books It was produced by the team of W. Horace Schmidlapp, Joseph M. Gaites and Lee Shubert. Levi "Lee" Shubert ( March 25 1871 – December 25 1953) was a Polish-born American theatre owner/operator and Return Engagement is a satire of the summer stock theatre and its plot concerns a pair of actors, previously married to each other but now divorced, whose acting parts mirror their real life. Summer Stock is also the title of a 1950 musical motion picture starring Judy Garland The play, starring Evelyn Varden and William Leicester, is set on the terrace of a playhouse near Stockton, Connecticut. Evelyn Varden (12 June 1893 in Adair Oklahoma &ndash – 11 July 1958 New York) was an American actress. After being panned in The New York Times by Brooks Atkinson, the most influential theater critic of his time, it closed after only eight performances. Justin Brooks Atkinson ( November 28, 1894 &ndash January 14, 1984) was an American Theatre Critic. In 1942, Walter H. Baker Co. published Return Engagement: a Comedy in Three Acts in Boston and Los Angeles.

In 1944, Riley tested his next play, Time to Kill, at the Players Club of Warren, Pennsylvania, before submitting it to Pemberton. The year 1944 in literature involved some significant new books The same club had tested Riley's previous two plays but this time he also acted as director. For a change, Riley tackled the theme of murder in this melodramatic play: He declared that any humour in Time to Kill was unintentional.

Although he threw barbs at the summer stock theatres in Return Engagement, Riley had to keep trying out his plays in them. For example, his comedy Kin Hubbard was first performed in the summer of 1951 at the Westport County Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The year 1951 in literature involved some significant events and new books Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United This biographical play co-starred June Lockhart (who had won a Tony three years before and is now remembered for her roles in TV's cult series Lassie and Lost in Space) and Tom Ewell (who was to star memorably in both the stage and screen versions of The Seven Year Itch, opposite Marilyn Monroe in the latter). June Lockhart (born on June 25, 1925, in New York City, New York) is an American Television and Film Actress Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Lassie, a dog is a Fictional character that has starred in or been the subject of many radio shows, Movies, TV shows, and Books Lost in Space is a Science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, and Tom Ewell ( April 29 1909 - September 12, 1994) was an American Tony Award -winning Actor. The Seven Year Itch is a three-act play written by George Axelrod. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Ewell made his debut as a producer with this play. Kin Hubbard is based on Fred C. Kelly's The Life and Times of Kin Hubbard. Frank McKinney Hubbard (born 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine Ohio - died 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis Indiana) Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard (1868-1930) was one of America's most influential humorists and cartoonists, in addition to being a journalist, as Riley once was. Hubbard's cartoon "Abe Martin of Brown County" appeared in the Indianapolis News and countless other newspapers for three decades. Brown County is a County located in the US state of Indiana. As of 2000 the Population is 14957 The Indianapolis News was an evening Newspaper published for 130 years beginning December 7, 1869, and ending publication on October 1

Films

Personal Appearance was adapted for the screen by Mae West: It became Go West, Young Man, which was directed by Henry Hathaway. Personal Appearance (1934 is a stage Comedy by the American Playwright and Screenwriter Lawrence Riley (1896&ndash1974 which was Mae West (August 17 1893 &ndash November 22 1980 was an American actress, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Sex symbol. Go West Young Man is a 1936 Paramount Pictures comedy starring Mae West. Henry Hathaway ( March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer The film stars West in a rare instance of a role not originally conceived for her. The supporting cast includes Randolph Scott. Randolph Scott ( January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 The film was released in 1936 by Paramount and following its success, Riley was launched on a second career as a screenwriter--a somewhat ironical development in view of Riley's satire of Hollywood in Personal Appearance. The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made

Riley's obituary in The New York Times, mentions the 1937 version of Kid Galahad (directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis and Edward G. Robinson) among his screenplays, although his contribution to that script is not officially credited. Kid Galahad is a 1937 prizefighter film starring Edward G Robinson, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. Michael Curtiz ( December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was an Academy Award -winning Hungarian-American Film director Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January

However, Riley is duly credited in the other film of Curtiz (co-directed by its producer, Herbert B. Leonard) released that same year: The Perfect Specimen. On that screenplay, Riley collaborated with Albert Beich, Fritz Falkenstein, N. Brewster Morse and Norman Reilly Raine. This Warner Bros. comedy is based on a story by Samuel Hopkins Adams. In this film, Errol Flynn plays a reclusive millionaire who gets to see how less-fortunate people live thanks to the efforts of an enterprising journalist played by Joan Blondell. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American

Ever Since Eve is another 1937 Warner Bros. comedy on which Riley worked. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and It was directed by Lloyd Bacon and derived from a short story by Gene Baker and Margaret Lee. Lloyd Francis Bacon ( December 4, 1889 - November 15, 1955) was a screen stage and Vaudeville actor and Film director Riley shared screenwriting credits with Earl W. Baldwin and Lillie Hayward (the dialogue by Brown Holmes was uncredited). The plot concerns an attractive office girl, played by Marion Davies, who masks her sex-appeal by wearing horn-rimmed glasses and dressing conservatively in order to discourage men's attentions. Marion Davies ( January 3, 1897 &ndash September 22, 1961) was an American film Actress. Her ploy fails when her boss, played by Robert Montgomery, catches her in her casual attire. Robert Montgomery ( May 21, 1904 &ndash September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director

In 1939, Warner Bros. The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the released On Your Toes, a musical directed by Ray Enright. On Your Toes (1936 is a musical with a book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, and Lorenz Hart, music by Rodgers and lyrics The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative The stage production of the same name had been a smash on Broadway, with the book by George Abbott, Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers; the music by Rodgers and the lyrics by Hart. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located George Francis Abbott ( June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was an American Theater producer and director, Playwright Lorenz "Larry" Hart ( May 2, 1895 &ndash November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902, Arverne Queens, New York City &ndash December 30, 1979, New York Riley, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald and Sig Herzig wrote its screen adaptation. Jerry Wald ( September 16 1911 &ndash July 13 1962) was an Academy Award -winning American producer and Choreographed by Balanchine, On your Toes tells the story of a vaudeville composer, played by Eddie Albert, with lofty aspirations, which he hopes to fulfill through his girlfriend, played by Vera Zorina, who is a member of a Russian dance troupe. See also List of ballets by George Balanchine, George Balanchine (January 22 1904 &ndash April 30 1983 born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze Edward Albert Heimberger ( April 22, 1906 &ndash May 26, 2005) better known as Eddie Albert, was an American Actor Vera Zorina (born Eva Brigitta Hartwig on January 2, 1917 in Berlin Germany) was a ballet Dancer and choreographer in Europe

Four years later, Riley collaborated with Ben Barzman and Louis Lantz on the script of another musical, Universal's You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Smith (1943). The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U It was directed by Felix E. Feist and is based on a story by Oscar Brodney. Oscar Brodney ( February 18, 1907 &ndash February 12, 2008) was an American Lawyer -turned- Screenwriter. In it, a matchmaker, played by Patsy O'Connor, intervenes in a planned wedding by trying to substitute her brother, played by Allan Jones, for the intended groom. Allan Jones ( October 14 1907 in Old Forge Pennsylvania – June 27 1992 in New York New York) was an American

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