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GEORGE AXELROD (1922 - 2003)
Nationality: USAemail: n/a Website: n/a
Literary Agent: Irving Paul Lazar Agency
Born in New York City, 9 June 1922. Served in the United States army Signal Corps during World War II. Married 1) Gloria Washburn in 1942 (divorced 1954), two sons; 2) Joan Stanton in 1954, one daughter. Film director and producer. Recipient: Writers Guild of America West award, for screenplay, 1962. agent: Irving Paul Lazar agency, 211 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212, U.S.a
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Goodbye Charlie Seven Year Itch, The Small Wonder Souvenir Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ?Goodbye Charlie
Synopsis:
a famous lover reincarnated as a woman has trouble adjusting to his new persona
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1st Produced:
Lyceum, New York 1959
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Samuel French, NY, 1959 -
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Genre:
Farce
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Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageSeven Year Itch, The
Richard Sherman roams restlessly around his empty apartment, bemoaning the fact that his wife of seven years, and their son, have just walked out on him. Then, without warning, a gigantic flower pot tumbles down from an overhead balcony, nearly putting him permanently out of his misery. The jarring event has a strange effect on Richard. He now sees his marriage as wasted time and feels it necessary to exercise his libido as quickly as possible. Suddenly reborn, he invites the delectable doll who lives on the floor above down for an evening of temptation. The night doesn't quite go the way he thought it would, as morality and guilt sneak into his head. In his conscience-literally following him about the apartment-a soul-struggle of heroic and hilarious proportions ensues.
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1st Produced:
Fulton Theatre, New York 1952
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Random House, New York, 1953 -
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy
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Male: 6 Female: 5 Other: -
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Top of PageSmall Wonder
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Book by Charles Spalding, Max Wilk, George Axelrod And Louis Laun; Music by Baldwin Bergersen And Albert Selden; Lyrics by Phyllis McGinley, Burt Shevelove And Billings Brown; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal; Vocal Arrangements by Herbert Greene
1st Produced:
Coronet Theatre, New York 1948
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Genre:
Musical, Revue
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Male: - Female: - Other: 20 performers
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Top of PageSouvenir
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written with Peter Viertel
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Los angeles 1975
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Top of PageWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter ?
Playwright rescues reporter who has sold his soul to the devil, disguised as a movie agent.
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1st Produced:
Belasco Theatre, New York 1955
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Random House, New York, 1956 -
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Genre:
Farcical Fantasy
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Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: -
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