Series IV: Scripts

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{"value"=>"<p>This series contains playscripts, many undated, which may have been sent by aspiring playwrights, or possibly used for plays cast by the Brown brothers. They range from <span class=\"title\">Whirligig: A Dramatic Conundrum in Two Guesses</span> by Edgar Smith, music by John Stromberg, and lyrics by Harry B. Smith (1899) to <span class=\"title\">Brook Hollow</span> by George Batson (ca. 1958). There are several radio scripts such as <span class=\"title\">American Youth</span> by Normand A. Archimbault (undated), <span class=\"title\">New Tomorrows</span>(1945) and <span class=\"title\">Youth Promenade</span> (1945) by Elsa Larabee Andrezen. Of special interest are <span class=\"title\">Angel</span> by Melchior Lengyel, English version by Guy Bolton (1934) and a one-act version of <span class=\"title\">A Tale of Two Cities</span> also by Guy Bolton (undated). There is also an undated script for the play <span class=\"title\">Between Us Two</span> by actress Florence Auer. Reader reports, synopses, fragments, and unidentified scripts are also contained in this series. One Lyle Leverich was a script reader for the Brown agency.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Alphabetical by Title</p>"}
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1899
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1899
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1958
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1899
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1958

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  1. The Adorable Pest (Act II, Incomplete)
  2. The Affairs of the Hemingways by Fred Bishop
  3. All Over Again by Paul H. Barnee
  4. All Square by Bide Dudley
  5. All Things New by Harry Wagstaff Gribble, July
  6. All's Fair by Charles Beath (a.k.a.Charles J. Conrad, Jr.)
  7. American Youth (Radio Script) by Normand A. Archimbault
  8. The Anatomist by James Bridie, Sept
  9. Angel by Melchior Lengyel, English version by Guy Bolton
  10. Annie, My Neighbor and The Party (Short Stories) by Irene Koehler
  11. Annulled by Charles Leonard Appleton
  12. Bed Board
  13. Bertie from Brighton (The Most Lovable Boy Since Peter Pan) by P.E. McCoy
  14. Between Heaven and Hell by Joseph H. Hughes and Eugenia Hughes
  15. Between Us Two by Florence Auer
  16. Blessed Lamb
  17. Breach of Promise
  18. Bride of the Lamb by William Hurlbut
  19. Broiled Live Lobster by George B. Baldwin
  20. Brook Hollow by George Batson
  21. Bundles from Britain (a.k.a. My Fair Ladies) by Arthur Jarrett and Marcel Klauber
  22. Burden of the Flesh by Sully Lewis
  23. Cast Thy Bread by Esther Kaufman
  24. The Clam Digger by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley
  25. The Delicate Line by Mark Trachtenberg
  26. Delivered unto Mars by Leo Riley
  27. The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis [2/1]
  28. Diplunacy by Edgar Smith
  29. La Dolores by Jose Feliu y Codina, English version by Bert F. Howell
  30. Face Value by Andre Birabeau, translated by Hans Bartsch
  31. The Farmer Takes a Wife by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly based on Walter D. Edmonds' novel Rome Haul
  32. The Favour of the King by A. MacLeod
  33. Fishin Worm Row by John Fowler Mitchell, Jr
  34. For Value Received
  35. The Fortunes of the Foster Family by Fred Bishop
  36. A French Custom by Alfred Lyman (a.k.a. Hiram C. Bloomingdale)
  37. Genesis by George Groskritz
  38. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Musical)
  39. Getting' Somewhere (Incomplete)
  40. The Guilty Generation by Jo Milward and J. Kerby Hawkes
  41. Honeymoon Across the Ocean by Albert Gervese
  42. Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres, translated by Peter Glenville
  43. Hurly Burly by Joe Weber
  44. The Infernal Triangle by Sil-Mara, English adaptation by A. Mattulath
  45. June (Act III)
  46. Lilies of the Field by William Hurlbut
  47. Mademoiselle (Act III)
  48. The Magic Melody (a.k.a.The Love Dream)(Musical) by Fredric Arnold Kummer, music by Sigmund Romberg
  49. Mama and Papa by Helen Day
  50. The Masquerader by John Hunter Booth
  51. The Midnight Dance by M. Charles Meré [2/1]
  52. Monsieur American [sic]
  53. Most Likely to Succeed by Frank Gabrielson
  54. Music Hath Charms (Act III)
  55. Names in Bronze [by Edward C. Reveaux]
  56. New Tomorrows (Radio) by Elsa Larabee Andrezen
  57. Ollie's Eye-Opener by G. Marian Burton and Charles Anthony
  58. On Location by Kent Wiley
  59. Open All Night by Willard Robertson and Kilbourn Gordon
  60. Our Little Wife (Incomplete) by Avery Hopwood
  61. Out of the Night by Harold Hutchinson and Margery Williams
  62. Paris Nights (a.k.a.While Paris Slept) by Hervé Schwedersky and Edward Wilburn Lowrey
  63. A Passage to India by Santha Rama Rau, from E.M. Forster's novel
  64. Patricia Steps Up by Shirley Burns
  65. Pedestals by Leo A. Levy
  66. Phipps by P.G. Wodehouse
  67. Pop Goes the Weasel by Willis Maxwell Goodhue
  68. The Poppy Kiss by Catherine Chisholm Cushing
  69. Pousse Café by Edgar Smith
  70. Prey: A Play in Two Scenes and Four Chapters by David Barr
  71. The Princess and the Courtesan by William Hurlbut
  72. The Prodigal Parents by B. Harrison Orkow
  73. Purity by René Wachtausen, translated and adapted by Ralph Roeder
  74. Queen Sesha by Ferencz Martos, music by Albert Szirmai
  75. Red Dust by Wilson Collison
  76. The Road to Perdition (a.k.a. The Girl He Left Behind Him) by Gustav Kadelburg
  77. Roman Holiday (Operetta) book by Eugene and Ralph Berton, music by Eugene Berton, and lyrics by Edward Eliscu
  78. 6 Washington Square (Act II)
  79. Sacrifice by David Blum
  80. Saint Ursula by Edward Sheldon and Zoe Akins
  81. Sam Abramovitch by Francis Porché, adapted Charlton Andrews
  82. Sapolio by Edgar Smith, music by John Stromberg, lyrics by Harry B. Smith
  83. Satyr
  84. Savages Under the Skin by Harry L. Foster and Arthur W. Proctor
  85. Schemers by Dr. William Irving Sirovich, Jan
  86. The Scotch Verdict by Jerome Collamore, based on Willkie Collins' Law and the Lady
  87. The Sea Woman by Willard Robertson
  88. The Shadow on the Wall by George Barton
  89. The Shelf by Dorrance Davis
  90. Ship News by Stuart Hamill
  91. Should a Man Tell? by Martha Hedman and Henry Arthur House
  92. Silver by Martin Brown
  93. Sinister Melody by Bruce Spaulding and Anthony Baird
  94. Sisters of the Chorus by Martin Mooney and Thomson Burtis
  95. The Skylarkers by Edward Hammond
  96. Sleet by John Fowler Mitchell, Jr
  97. The Sophie Tucker Story by Joe Laurie, Jr., Morton Sunshine, and John Effrat
  98. Star of Bengal by Thompson Buchanan
  99. Steve by Robert L. Dempster
  100. The Stickiness of Gelatine [sic] by Edgar Smith
  101. The Summer Widowers (New Version) book by Glen MacDonough, music by A. Baldwin Sloane
  102. A Tale of Two Cities: A Version in One Act from the novel by Charles Dickens by Guy Bolton
  103. Tante by C. Haddon Chambers
  104. Their Night Out by George Blackwood
  105. Tiger Lilly [sic] by Robert Henderson
  106. Twirly Whirly by Edgar Smith, music by W.T. Francis and John Stromberg, lyrics by Edgar and Robert B. Smith
  107. Two Bones and a Dog by Louis Weitzenkorn
  108. Two Women by Daniel N. Rubin
  109. The Typhoon by Menyhert Lengyel, adapted by Emil Nyitray and Byron Omoley (sp.?)
  110. Ugly Girl by Harry Wagstaff Gribble
  111. The Unbalanced Man
  112. Under Glass by Eva Kay Flint and George Bradshaw
  113. Undercurrent: A Play of Harlem in Three Acts by Howard Merling and Bert Merling [2/1]
  114. The Unfair Sex by Edwin Justus Mayer
  115. Up on the Hill by Arthur Goodrich
  116. Up to Scratch by Laura Walker
  117. The Vendetta by George Damroth
  118. Venice for Two (a.k.a. Storm Center) by Jessie Hein Ernst and Max Simon
  119. Virtue's Bed by Courtenay Savage
  120. The Voice in the Wall by I. Gershman and M.M. Musselman [sic]
  121. War to End War by Leo A. Levy
  122. Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman
  123. The Wedding Band (Side) by Leo Riley
  124. Wet Saturday by Herman Boxer, based on a short story by John Collier
  125. What Can You Lose? by Arthur Jarrett and Marcel Klauber
  126. What Will People Say? by Charles Stewart Booth
  127. Where Were We? (a.k.a. The Lady Refuses) by Saxon Kling
  128. Whirligig: A Dramatic Conundrum in Two Guesses by Edgar Smith, music by John Stromberg, lyrics by Harry B. Smith
  129. Who Gets Huguette? by Jean de Letras, adapted by Manby Green and Ed Feilbert
  130. Whoop-Dee-Doo by Edgar Smith, music by W.T. Francis
  131. The Wildcatters by John Fowler Mitchell, Jr
  132. Wilfred: A Short Talking Comedy Sketch by Robert Norton
  133. Witchcraft (Acts III and IV)
  134. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
  135. Wolf! Wolf! by Gertrude Purcell [2/1]
  136. The Wolves by Romain Rolland, authorized translation by Barrett H. Clark
  137. A Woman of That Kind by Lillian Day and Lyon Mearson
  138. Young Sinners by Elmer Harris
  139. Youth Promenade (Radio) by Elsa Larabee Andrezen
  140. Untitled by Powell Lindsay (?)
  141. Reader Reports
  142. Scenes
  143. Synopses
  144. Fragments