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CARL ALLENSWORTH (1908 - 1991)
Nationality: USAemail: Click here to contact Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Bertha Klausner
Carl allensworth was born July 19, 1908, in Canton, OH; son of Carl Austin allensworth and Inez (Zaiser) allensworth. He married Dorothy etzenperger January 12, 1944 and had two sons: Stephen Edward and Robert Minthorn. Carl was a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio. He was the author of "Village Green," a comedy that was produced on Broadway in 1941. He also wrote many documentary films for business and industry and training films for branches of the armed forces. He published a book called the Complete Play Production Handbook in 1973. Co-authors included Dorothy allensworth and Clayton Rawson. He died October 22, 1991 from a heart attack. He was 83 years old and lived in Mamaroneck, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two siblings, Lucille allensworth, and Mary Ruth allensworth Glock. His brother, John H. allensworth passed away in 1998. His wife Dorothy allensworth died November 3, 2004 at age 97. She was born in Ohio on august 12, 1907. She was founder and Director of College Careers in White Plains, NY. their son, Stephen, has two daughters, Amy and amandA.
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Interurban Ring Once For Central Simple Truth, The Village GreenInterurban
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although he was one of the best salesman the paint company ever had, Fred Diefendorf has given up the road and settled down on the farm which he has bought outside of Cleveland, his idea being to make a living from the soil and to be with his children as they grow up. Furthermore, Fred is awed by the surge of growth and progress which is being felt in the nation, and is determined that his family will have all the modern improvements-including an inside bathroom. If the United States can build the Panama Canal, then the Diefendorfs can keep in step with the times-although Fred's creditors are not always as sure as he is of the millenium to come. But Fred is not to be stopped, and before long he has run his family (and the budget) ragged with his schemes and expenses, which seem to produce new crisis at every turn. When a neighbor refuses to let him lay his water line across his property Fred digs under the Interurban tracks-running into poison ivy, slicing through the main Western Union cable, and causing a d
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written with Dorothy Allensworth
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Top of PageRing Once For Central
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Top of PageSimple Truth, The
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emmett Harper is so impressed by the minister's sermon on honesty that he resolves to turn over a new leaf and be completely truthful no matter what is asked of him. This poses problems at work, in his father-in-law's grocery store, where emmett is obliged to admit to customers that the bread is stale and the oranges and grapefruit could be juicier. But the real problems come up later at dinner with his family, when emmett confesses to his new bride, Nancy, that he hates her kidney stew and always has. Nancy goes off in tears of confusion, as she had assumed that this was one of his favorites. emmet's truthfulness soon becomes contagious and infects the whole family, which threatens to tear the household apart. It's emmett's father-in-law, though, whose ultimate truth about his daughter's pregnancy, turns out to bring them all back together
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Comedy One act
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Top of PageVillage Green
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the exciting and picturesque story of a family of "Robber Barons," who in the 1890s brought their millions to New York and founded one of those get-rich quick dynasties, which make our history a colorful pageant. the play Dramatizes episodes in the life of members of the family showing the high spots in the lives of three generations
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Male: 11 Female: 6 Other: -
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