They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0011
Andy Propst
{"title":"Throwing a Stage Party and a Cinematic Revel","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0011","url":null,"abstract":"As Bells Are Ringing became a bona fide Broadway success, Betty Comden and Adolph Green fielded a wide array of projects. Notably, they started work on the book for the musical that would eventually become Gypsy, but a film deal pulled them away from that theater project. The movie they were hired to write was a screen version of the play Auntie Mame, which starred Rosalind Russell. After they completed work on this, and almost exactly twenty years after they had started working together on stage as part of the Revuers, they found themselves once again performing. The show, a compendium of their material for the theater and the movies, started as a one-off in Greenwich Village and ended up transferring to Broadway, earning them raves.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134594526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0009
Andy Propst
{"title":"Serious Screen Fare, but Flying High on Stage","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"After a false start on one project for MGM (which did ultimately resurface for them a few years later), Comden and Green discovered that Gene Kelly loved an idea they had had for a follow-up to the stage musical On the Town, and that scenario (about three guys reuniting ten years after their service together in World War II) became the basis for their newest film. With music by André Previn, the movie, It’s Always Fair Weather, starred Kelly, along with Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd. Before they completed work on the screenplay a call from Jerome Robbins had them at work on their next stage project; they contributed additional songs to the new version of Peter Pan he was staging. It was the classic that starred Mary Martin.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133560274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0002
Andy Propst
{"title":"The Revuers Emerge, Soar … and Coast","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green suddenly found themselves thrust into the limelight in New York in 1939 when they formed, with Judy Holliday and two other friends, a sketch-comedy group named the Revuers. They performed initially at the Village Vanguard, and strong critical response meant that they were soon performing in larger and more upscale venues, such as the Rainbow Room and Carnegie Hall. The group’s rise to the top seemed to be assured when they got a offer to appear in a movie, but it fell through shortly after they traveled to California. Undaunted, they secured another project, but their work in that ended on the cutting room floor. As 1944 wound down Comden and Green returned to New York, wondering what would come next.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133653984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0006
Andy Propst
{"title":"Broadway to Hollywood and Back Again","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"In 1949 Betty Comden and Adolph Green discovered that MGM finally wanted to move forward with a screen version of On the Town. Before it could go in front of cameras, though, there were obstacles to overcome, particularly the fact that the studio only wanted to use a few of the original songs that they had written with their friend Leonard Bernstein. Eventually all parties were able to negotiate terms, and Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, making their debuts as co-directors and co-choreographers, were able to start work on the project, which starred, in addition to Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen, and Betty Garrett. After they completed work on this screenplay, they attempted to pen a book for the Cole Porter musical Out of This World.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124051246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0003
Andy Propst
{"title":"Taking the Town","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green returned to New York from Hollywood in 1944 unsure of what they would do next for work. They found some performing in nightclubs, but it wasn’t until they were approached by Leonard Bernstein, an old friend, and Jerome Robbins about developing a book for a musical that was to be inspired by Fancy Free, a ballet that the men had created together, that they found their genuine footing. The collaboration became, of course, the landmark musical On the Town, and not only did Comden and Green write the book and lyrics for it; they also had two of the primary roles in the show when it opened in December 1945.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"39 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132434719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0010
Andy Propst
{"title":"Hollywood Passes, Broadway Says “Yes”","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green finally got around to writing the screenplay for a movie that would use a host of Cole Porter’s songs. Called Wonderland and focusing on two hapless screenwriters who are attempting to write a movie that brings together a bevy of unrelated songs, the project became the first that the writers had penned for the studio that went unproduced. It didn’t matter, because they had a new stage musical to work on. They wrote it for their old friend Judy Holliday, and Bells Are Ringing, with music by Jule Styne, became one of their biggest hits. Just after this they and Styne contributed songs for the comedy Say, Darling.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124786885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0019
Andy Propst
{"title":"A Follies Finish and Farewell","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s last outing on a new Broadway show came in 1991, when they provided lyrics for The Will Rogers Follies. With a book by Peter Stone, music by Cy Coleman, and direction and choreography by Tommy Tune, the show earned them yet another Tony Award, and the original cast recording garnered a Grammy for them as well. After this they settled into semi-retirement, enjoying additional accolades, such as a Kennedy Center Honor. They didn’t stop working entirely though. They revised older works, most notably A Doll’s Life, and maintained active lives as performers until their deaths in 2002 and 2006, respectively.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124352398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0007
Andy Propst
{"title":"Turning Back the Clock","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green received a summons in May 1949 to California from MGM producer Arthur Freed about a movie he needed them to start writing immediately. The project, which would become Singin’ in the Rain, would contain a host of the songs he had written with Nacio Herb Brown. They balked at the assignment, believing their contract did not require them to pen movies that used songs by other writers (except for a handful, such as Richard Rodgers or Cole Porter). Their agreement with the studio contained no such clause, and so they developed the now iconic scenario about the transition from silent movies to talkies and early movie musicals. After they finished this assignment they returned to New York to write sketches and lyrics for the revue Two on the Aisle, which starred Bert Lahr and Dolores Gray.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123513342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0005
Andy Propst
{"title":"Theatrical Disaster … Cinematic Success","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780190630935.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden and Adolph Green, after finishing work on the screenplay for Good News, began work on their third Broadway musical. It became Bonanza Bound, and the tuner, a comedy set in the 1890s in Alaska, closed during its tryout engagement in Philadelphia. Though critics were chilly toward this show, there were warm notices for the film. It prompted MGM to offer them work on two more movies, and Comden and Green returned to Hollywood to work on the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers picture The Barkleys of Broadway and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, which starred Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128604445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
They Made Us HappyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0001
Andy Propst
{"title":"Childhood Dreams","authors":"Andy Propst","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190630935.003.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Betty Comden’s and Adolph Green’s early years in Brooklyn and the Bronx, respectively, included school plays and professional theatergoing. They were both inspired to strive for lives as professional actors, and as they entered their 20s both found some work as performers. In Green’s case his work (although outside of the city) led to friendships, with Leonard Bernstein and Judy Holliday, that would have a lasting impact on his and Comden’s careers.","PeriodicalId":446150,"journal":{"name":"They Made Us Happy","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116643765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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