Winchell Smith (5 April 1871 – 10 June 1933) was an American playwright, known for big hit works such as Brewster's Millions (1906) and Lightnin' (1918)...
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Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville...
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Paul Winchell (né Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career...
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the play: Brewster's Millions (play), a 1906 Broadway production by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley Brewster's Millions (1914 film), directed by Cecil...
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used by a cast member of Winchell Smith's Brewster's Millions in 1906. According to a 1916 New York Times article, Winchell Smith insisted on having the...
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Lightnin' is a comedy play in three acts by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. The play was produced by John Golden and directed by P. E. McCoy. With Frank...
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person. The novel was adapted into a Broadway play of the same name by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley. The play debuted at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December...
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play based on Howard's comedy, The New Henrietta by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith, which was meant to be an adaption of Howard's play. Nicholas Van Alstyne...
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Verne Hedges Winchell (October 30, 1915 – November 26, 2002) was the founder of Winchell's Donuts and also served as a chairman, president, and chief...
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McCutcheon and the subsequent smash-hit play adaptation by Byron Ongley and Winchell Smith. In the novel, Brewster is a stockbroker; in this version, he is portrayed...
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the production. Bergère began her career as an actress. Playwright Winchell Smith gave her her first role, but she eventually abandoned her stage career...
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from the Erlanger syndicate. During this time, the play Lightnin' by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon became the first Broadway show to reach 700 performances...
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murders and a romantic triangle. Produced by John Golden and staged by Winchell Smith, it starred Norman Foster, Ruth Lyons, Averell Harris, Maurice Freeman...
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Via Wireless is a 1908 play dramatized by Paul Armstrong and Winchell Smith from an original story idea by Frederic Thompson, and incorporating one scene...
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Brewster's Millions is a play written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. Producers...
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Mankiewicz, and J. Walter Ruben based upon a play by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith. The film stars Richard Dix, June Collyer, Morgan Farley, Miriam Seegar...
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by G. B. McCutcheon and a 1906 play adaptation of the same novel by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongly. In 1919, a musical adaptation of the novel, with music...
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John Ford. This film is based on a 1921 Broadway play, Thank You, by Winchell Smith and Tom Cushing. As described in a film magazine review, a millionaire...
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Golden and Winchell Smith in conjunction with Marcus Loew. It was based on The New Henrietta, a 1913 stage hit for which Golden and Smith had been responsible...
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book by James Montgomery adapted from the play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. The City Chap premiered on Broadway on October 26, 1925, at Liberty...
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Bath, by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton 1907: Brewster's Millions by Winchell Smith & Byron Ongley 1908: A Waltz Dream an operetta by Oscar Straus 1914:...
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written by Frank Craven, and produced by John Golden and directed by Winchell Smith on Broadway. It was a hit on Broadway, running for 729 performances...
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George Barr McCutcheon and a 1906 play adaptation of the same name by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, which had been filmed before in 1921 with Roscoe Arbuckle...
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comedy directed by Tom Terriss. It is based on a 1909 stage play by Winchell Smith. It stars Earle Williams and Jean Paige and was produced by the Vitagraph...
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theater history, surpassing the record 1,291 performances set by the Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon 1918 play, Lightnin'. The show's touring company had...
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Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized...
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based on the 1918 Broadway play of the same name by Austin Strong and Winchell Smith, which had also been adapted to film in 1923, in a silent version directed...
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Terry. The film is based on a 1916 Broadway play Turn to the Right by Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard. As described in a film magazine, Joe Bascom (Mulhall)...
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Hunter Nat Duncan Murat Theatre Summer season revival of 1909 comedy by Winchell Smith. Piccadilly Jim Jimmy Crocker Murat Theatre Touring company Even the...
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from diphtheria. Their son, Winchell Smith became a well-known playwright. During the early years of her marriage, Smith became involved in local charities...
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