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Philip Dunning

PHILIP DUNNING

  (1890 - 1968)
Nationality:    USA
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Philip Dunning's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Philip Dunning's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Biff! Bang!         Broadway         Get Me In The Movies         Kill That Story         Lilly Turner         Night Hostess         Page Miss Glory         Remember The Day         Sequel To A Verdict         Sweet Land of Liberty
Biff! Bang!

Biff! Bang!
An all sailor musical

Notes:
Music by William Schroder; lyrics by Robert Cohen; Philip Dunning; Joe Fields; William Israel; Frank Mills; book by Philip Dunning

1st Produced:
Century Theatre, New York     30 May 1918

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Broadway

Synopsis:
The love story of a gamine and a Broadway hoofer

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1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, New York     16 Sep 1926

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Get Me In The Movies

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1st Produced:
Earl Carroll Theatre, New York     21 May 1928

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Kill That Story

Synopsis:
An unscrupulous newspaper owner is going to sell the paper to the Mob but is thwarted by an upright reporter

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1st Produced:
Booth Theatre, New York     29 Aug 1934

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lilly Turner

Synopsis:
Carnival performer Lilly Turner marries a bigamist

Notes:
by George Abbott And Philip Dunning

1st Produced:
Morosco Theatre, New York     1932

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Night Hostess

Synopsis:
Innocent night hostess Buddy Miles is in love with Rags Conway a vaudeville comic who mixes a mean highball become embroiled with the steamy underworld when her boss murders his lover

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1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, New York     12 Sep 1928

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc 1928   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Page Miss Glory

Synopsis:
A promoter submits a composite photograph of a young woman to a beauty contest and wins. The organisers want to meet the girl

Notes:
Written by Philip Dunning and Joseph Schrank

1st Produced:
Mansfield Theatre, New York     27 Nov 1934

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc New York   

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  24            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Remember The Day

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1st Produced:
National Theatre, New York     25 Sep 1935

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sequel To A Verdict

Synopsis:
as the curtain rises it is long after the time of the trial and the Story Teller reconstructs the courtroom scene as he remembers it. We meet all the principal characters involved, and all make their contributions to the mosaic of the play's action. From the outset the State's attorney is convinced that the accused, Otto Grossmeir, is guilty, and is determined to convict him and demand the maximum penalty. He builds a tight, convincing case, but the defense shrewdly, calmly and logically endeavors to prove that it would have been impossible for Otto to have committed the crime. the play builds from one scene to the next, sustaining taut suspense and raising problems which reach out far beyond the context of the trial itself. the climax, when it comes, is both electrifying and challenging and certain to linger in the mind long after the final curtain has fallen

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  3            Other:  many of the male roles are bit parts that may be doubled

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Sweet Land of Liberty

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Knickerbocker Theatre, New York     23 Sep 1929

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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