The real Nick and Nora : Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, writers of stage and screen classics / David L. Goodrich. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodrich, David L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goodrich, Frances.

Hackett, Albert.

Authorship--Collaboration--History--20th century.

Authorship.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.

Dramatists, American.

Screenwriters--United States--Biography.

Screenwriters.

Married people--United States--Biography.

Married people.

Authorship--History--Collaboration--20th century--United States--Biography.

Dramatists, American--20th century--United States--Biography.

Screenwriters--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 304 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett wrote the screenplays for some of America's most treasured movies, including It's a Wonderful Life, The Thin Man, Easter Parade, Father of the Bride, Naughty Marietta, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Legendary films, indeed, but writing both the play and screenplay for The Diary of Anne Frank was their crowning achievement. Their drama based on Anne Frank's immortal diary won the Pulitzer Prize and created controversy that still persists." "The Real Nick and Nora is a assemblage of anecdotes featuring some of the most talented writers and the brightest lights of American stage and screen. The work was arduous, the parties luminous. On any given night, guests singing and acting out scripts at a party might include F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sheilah Graham, S.J. Perelman, Oscar Levant, Ogden Nash, Judy Garland, Abe Burrows, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell and June Allyson, Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman, James Cagney, and Dorothy Parker. Featuring twenty-one illustrations, The Real Nick and Nora is a behind-the-scenes pass into the Hollywood and Broadway of yesteryear."--Jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction s

1 Frances, the Lawn Child 7

2 Albert, the Nickelodeon Child 21

3 Working, Fighting, and Living Together 37

4 Hollywood 1931: A Hopeful Baptism 54

5 Entering Hollywood's Golden Age 59

6 The Thin Man 75

7 Naughty Marietta and Ah, Wilderness! 84

8 Fighting for Writers' Rights 95

9 Rose Marie, Art Collecting, and Thin Man Struggles 1o6

10 The Garden of Allah 115

11 A "Lovely Nervous Breakdown" 123

12 A Working Sabbatical: 1939-1943 136

13 "Paramount's Lot Is Not a Happy One" 150

14 It's Not a Wonderful Life 16o

15 Easter Parade and Other Judy Garland Hits 169

16 Father of the Bride 182

17 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 189

18 Writing The Diary of Anne Frank 203

19 Getting The Diary of Anne Frank on the Stage 218

20 After The Diary 229

21 Hollywood Finale 245

22 Back in New York 255

Epilogue 269

Filmography 275

Notes 277

Select Bibliography 289

Index 295.

Notes:

Includes filmography (p. 275-276).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-46576-2