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John Patrick (dramatist)

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John Patrick (May 17, 1905November 7, 1995) was an American playwright and screenwriter. [1]

53 relations: AFS Intercultural Programs, Bernard Montgomery, Born Reckless (1937 film), Boston University, British Army, Broadway theatre, Charlie Chan at the Race Track, Delray Beach, Florida, Educating Father, Egypt, Eighth Army (United Kingdom), Gigot (film), Gregory Peck, Han Suyin, Helen Hayes, High Society (1956 film), Hollywood, India, International Settlement (film), Joshua Logan, KNBR, Les Girls, Louisville, Kentucky, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, Martha Scott, Midnight Taxi (1937 film), Mr. Moto Takes a Chance, Myanmar, Parrish (film), Playwright, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Ronald Reagan, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, San Francisco, Screenwriter, Some Came Running (film), Suffern, New York, Suicide, Television, The Curious Savage, The Hasty Heart, The Holy Terror (1937 film), The Main Attraction (film), The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Teahouse of the August Moon (film), The Teahouse of the August Moon (novel), The Teahouse of the August Moon (play), The World of Suzie Wong (film), Tony Award for Best Play, United States, ..., Vern Sneider, World War II, 36 Hours to Kill. Expand index (3 more) »

AFS Intercultural Programs

AFS Intercultural Programs (or AFS, originally the American Field Service) is an international youth exchange organization.

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Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Born Reckless (1937 film)

Born Reckless is a 1937 gangster film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Gustav Machatý (St. Clair received sole directorial credit) and starring Brian Donlevy and Rochelle Hudson.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Charlie Chan at the Race Track is the 12th film in the 20th Century Fox-produced Charlie Chan series starring Warner Oland in the title role.

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Delray Beach, Florida

Delray Beach is a coastal city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Educating Father

Educating Father is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, and Dixie Dunbar.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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Eighth Army (United Kingdom)

The Eighth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns.

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Gigot (film)

Gigot is an American motion picture; it was released in 1962 by 20th Century Fox.

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Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor, one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s.

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Han Suyin

Han Suyin (12 September 1917 (some sources say: 1916)2 November 2012) was the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou.

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Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years.

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High Society (1956 film)

High Society is a 1956 American musical comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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International Settlement (film)

International Settlement is a 1938 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Dolores del Rio, George Sanders and June Lang.

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Joshua Logan

Joshua Lockwood Logan III (October 5, 1908 – July 12, 1988) was an American stage and film director and writer.

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KNBR

KNBR is a San Francisco, California AM radio station, broadcasting on a clear channel at 680 kHz from transmitting facilities near Belmont, California.

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Les Girls

Les Girls, also known as Cole Porter's Les Girls, is a 1957 musical comedy film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen

Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen is a musical with a book by John Patrick and music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood.

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Martha Scott

Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress.

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Midnight Taxi (1937 film)

Midnight Taxi is a 1937 American crime film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake and Alan Dinehart.

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Parrish (film)

Parrish is a 1961 American drama film made by Warner Bros..

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Playwright

A playwright or dramatist (rarely dramaturge) is a person who writes plays.

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Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas (Santo Tomás; Sint-Thomas; Sankt Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and, together with Saint John, Water Island and Saint Croix, form a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

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Some Came Running (film)

Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine, based on the novel of the same name by James Jones.

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Suffern, New York

Suffern is a village that was incorporated in 1796 in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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The Curious Savage

The Curious Savage, written by John Patrick, is a comedic play about Ethel P. Savage, an elderly woman whose husband recently died and left her approximately ten million dollars.

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The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart is a 1949 Anglo-American co-production directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd.

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The Holy Terror (1937 film)

The Holy Terror is a 1937 American film directed by James Tinling, and a vehicle for child star Jane Withers.

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The Main Attraction (film)

The Main Attraction is a 1962 British drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, written by John Patrick, and starring Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan and Mai Zetterling.

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The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1968 American drama film based on the 1963 novel of the same name by the Australian novelist Morris West.

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The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film that satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945.

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The Teahouse of the August Moon (novel)

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a novel by Vern Sneider published in 1951.

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The Teahouse of the August Moon (play)

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1953 play written by John Patrick adapted from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider.

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The World of Suzie Wong (film)

The World of Suzie Wong is a 1960 British-American romantic drama film directed by Richard Quine.

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Tony Award for Best Play

The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theatre, including musical theatre, honoring productions on Broadway in New York City.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vern Sneider

Vernon J. Sneider (6 October 1916 – 1 May 1981) was an American novelist perhaps most noted for his 1951 novel The Teahouse of the August Moon, which was later adapted by John Patrick for a Broadway play in 1953, a motion picture in 1956, and the Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen in 1970.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill is a 1936 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick, and starring Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell, Stepin Fetchit and Julius Tannen.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patrick_(dramatist)

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