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George Abbott is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Music and Script American born on 25 june 1887

George Abbott

George Abbott
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 june 1887
Death 31 january 1995 (at 107 years) at Miami Beach (USA)
Awards National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

George Abbott est un scénariste, réalisateur, producteur, dramaturge et acteur américain né le 25 juin 1887 à Forestville , dans l'État de New York, et mort le 31 janvier 1995 à Miami Beach (Floride).

Biography

Parcours scolaire
George Abbott est né à Forestville , dans l'État de New York, près de la ville de Salamanca, dont son père sera deux fois maire. En 1898, sa famille déménage à Cheyenne (Wyoming), où il entre à l'Académie militaire de Kearney. Quelques années plus tard, sa famille retourne à New York. Le jeune George y passe l'équivalent du bac en 1907, au lycée de Hamburg (État de New York). Quatre ans plus tard, il obtient un Bachelor d'Arts (équivalent à une licence d'art en France) à l'université de Rochester et signe sa première pièce Perfectly Harmless pour le club de dramaturgie de l'université.

Abbott s'inscrit ensuite à Harvard pour y étudier l'écriture scénaristique sous la tutelle de George Pierce Baker . Il écrit The Head of the Family, pièce jouée au Club dramatique d'Harvard en 1912. Il travaille ensuite pendant un an au Bijou Theatre, en tant qu'assistant metteur en scène. Sa pièce The Man in the Manhole y remporte une compétition.


Carrière
Il apparaît pour la première fois en tant qu'acteur à Broadway dans The Misleading Lady en 1913. Tout en jouant différentes pièces à New York, il continue d'écrire. Sa première pièce originale en tant que scénariste est The Fall Guy, film réalisé par Leslie Pearce en 1925. Il travaille à Hollywood en tant que scénariste et réalisateur, tout en continuant sa carrière théâtrale. En 1930, il est nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté pour sa participation à l'écriture de À l'Ouest, rien de nouveau (All Quiet on the Western Front) réalisé par Lewis Milestone.

Plusieurs personnalités ont, au début de leur carrière, croisé la route de George Abbott, parmi lesquelles Desi Arnaz, Gene Tierney, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein et Jule Styne.

Abbott gagne rapidement une réputation d'astucieux « réparateur de pièce ». En effet, il est souvent appelé à la rescousse pour remettre sur pied une pièce qui éprouve des difficultés. Il fait partie de l'American Theatre Hall of Fame .


Vie privée
Abbott épouse sa première femme, Ednah Levis, en 1914. Ensemble, ils ont une fille, Judith, qui deviendra actrice et se maria, en 1946, avec l'acteur Tom Ewell. Ednah meurt en 1930 et Abbott se remarie en avril 1946 avec Mary Sinclair . Le couple divorce en 1951. Enfin, le 21 novembre 1983, âgé de 96 ans, il épouse Joy Valderrama.

En 1965, le théâtre de la 54e rue est rebaptisé, en son honneur, le George Abbott Theater. Le bâtiment est rasé en 1970. Une rue de New York (George Abbott Way) est également baptisée en son honneur.

4 mois et 3 semaines avant son 108e anniversaire, Georges Abbott meurt d'un accident vasculaire cérébral à Miami Beach.

Best films

Pal Joey (1957)
(Musical)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
(Scriptwriter)
Coquette (1929)
(Theatre Play)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of George Abbott (32 films)

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Director

Damn Yankees, 1h51
Directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Théâtre, Baseball films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, James Komack
Rating69% 3.495653.495653.495653.495653.49565
Joe Boyd is a middle-aged fan of the unsuccessful Washington Senators baseball team. His obsession with baseball is driving a wedge between him and wife Meg—a problem shared by many other wives of Senators supporters. Meg leads them in lamenting their husbands' fixation with the sport ("Six Months Out of Every Year").
The Pajama Game, 1h41
Directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy, Jr., Reta Shaw, Barbara Nichols
Rating65% 3.2971253.2971253.2971253.2971253.297125
Sid (John Raitt) has just been hired as superintendent of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He soon falls for Babe (Doris Day), a worker in the factory and member of the employee union's leadership. At the company picnic they become a couple, but Babe worries that their roles in management and labor will drive them apart. She is correct. The union is pushing for a raise of seven-and-one-half cents per hour to bring them in line with the industry standard, but the factory's manager is giving them a runaround. In retaliation, the workers pull a slow-down and deliberately foul up the pajamas, but when Babe actually sabotages some machinery, Sid fires her.
Too Many Girls, 1h25
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz
Rating59% 2.9507152.9507152.9507152.9507152.950715
Mr Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The college is in financial trouble and her bodyguards use their salary to help the college. The football players join the college team, and the team becomes one of the best. One of the football players, Clint, falls in love with Connie, but when she discovers he is her bodyguard, she decides to go back East. The bodyguards follow her, leaving the team in the lurch.
The Cheat
The Cheat (1931)
, 1h14
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens, Irving Pichel, Edward Keane, Porter Hall, Millard Mitchell
Rating62% 3.146253.146253.146253.146253.14625
Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead), in contrast to her charming personality and loving relationship with her indulgent husband, Jeffrey (Harvey Stephens), is a compulsive gambler and spendthrift who is overly concerned with social standing and appearances.
Secrets of a Secretary, 1h11
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Betty Lawford, Mary Boland, Berton Churchill, Betty Garde
Rating61% 3.094153.094153.094153.094153.09415
Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
Stolen Heaven, 1h16
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Louis Calhern, Edward Keane, Guy Kibbee, Dagmar Oakland
Rating65% 3.2800253.2800253.2800253.2800253.280025
Mary, a girl of the streets, and Joe, a young thief, rob twenty thousand dollars and decide to spend all the money and then commit suicide. But Joe's conscience speaks louder and he confesses the crime. He goes to prison knowing that Mary will await for him.
My Sin
My Sin (1931)
, 1h20
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Harry Davenport, Joseph Calleia, Millard Mitchell, Berton Churchill
Rating63% 3.1833853.1833853.1833853.1833853.183385
In Panama, infamous nightclub hostess Carlotta kills a man in self-defence and is put on trial for murder. Her defence counsel is Dick Grady, a lawyer who has become an alcoholic. When he proves Carlotta's innocence, however, Dick regains respect and new employment. He also manages to save Carlotta from committing suicide. He lends her money, and they both dream up a new identity for her as "Ann Trevor," and she moves to New York. Through various letters and repayment checks, Dick learns that "Ann Trevor" is happy and successful and falls in love with her. He moves to New York, where she is working as an interior decorator.
Manslaughter, 1h25
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Emma Dunn, Natalie Moorhead, Louise Beavers, Richard Tucker
Rating65% 3.287343.287343.287343.287343.28734
A wealthy woman runs over and kills a man in an automobile accident.
The Sea God, 1h15
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Ivan F. Simpson, Robert Gleckler, Maurice Black
Rating60% 3.0462653.0462653.0462653.0462653.046265
Pink Barker (Arlen) loses his boat and his girl Daisy (Wray) to his bitter rival Schultz (Gleckler), but his fortunes change when an old, dying sailor he rescues at sea tells him about a fortune to be had in pearls. Unfortunately, the pearl beds lie off an island inhabited by cannibals. Barker sails in search of the island with his friend Square Deal (Pallette). Still in love with Pink, Daisy stows away but is soon discovered and forced by her unforgiving ex to work her passage. The cannibals attack Pink’s boat while he is underwater collecting the pearl oysters, forcing him to cut his air line and make for the shore. Unable to remove his cumbersome diving suit he later stumbles into the native village where Square Deal and Daisy are being held, and the islanders mistake him for a god. Schultz and his men, having followed Pink’s boat to the island, capture Pink, Square Deal and Daisy. Square Deal and Daisy are sent as prisoners to his boat, but just as Schultz is about to do away with Pink, his party are attacked by the natives. Pink escapes but Schultz and his men are all killed. Still trapped on the island, Pink puts on his god-like diving suit again and is able to subdue the natives long enough to swim out to the boat where he is reunited with his friends.
Why Bring That Up?, 1h22
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Evelyn Brent, Freeman Wood, Helen Lynch, Selmer Jackson, Jack Luden, Monte Collins
Rating59% 2.977692.977692.977692.977692.97769
George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the "Two Black Crows" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway. Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured.
The Carnival Man, 15minutes
Directed by George Abbott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Walter Huston

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Scriptwriter

Damn Yankees, 1h51
Directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Théâtre, Baseball films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, James Komack
Roles Theatre Play
Rating69% 3.495653.495653.495653.495653.49565
Joe Boyd is a middle-aged fan of the unsuccessful Washington Senators baseball team. His obsession with baseball is driving a wedge between him and wife Meg—a problem shared by many other wives of Senators supporters. Meg leads them in lamenting their husbands' fixation with the sport ("Six Months Out of Every Year").
Pal Joey
Pal Joey (1957)
, 1h51
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols, Hank Henry, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Musical
Rating65% 3.297053.297053.297053.297053.29705
The setting is San Francisco; Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) is a second-rate singer, a heel known for his womanizing ways (calling women "mice"), but charming and funny. When Joey meets Linda English (Kim Novak), a naive chorus girl, he has stirrings of real feelings. However, that does not stop him from romancing a former flame and ex-stripper (Joey says, "She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'"), now society matron Vera Prentice-Simpson (Rita Hayworth), a wealthy, willful, and lonely widow, in order to convince her to finance his dream, "Chez Joey", a night club of his own.
The Pajama Game, 1h41
Directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy, Jr., Reta Shaw, Barbara Nichols
Roles Theatre Play
Rating65% 3.2971253.2971253.2971253.2971253.297125
Sid (John Raitt) has just been hired as superintendent of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He soon falls for Babe (Doris Day), a worker in the factory and member of the employee union's leadership. At the company picnic they become a couple, but Babe worries that their roles in management and labor will drive them apart. She is correct. The union is pushing for a raise of seven-and-one-half cents per hour to bring them in line with the industry standard, but the factory's manager is giving them a runaround. In retaliation, the workers pull a slow-down and deliberately foul up the pajamas, but when Babe actually sabotages some machinery, Sid fires her.