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Joseph Fields

JOSEPH FIELDS

  (1895 - 1966)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    ICM Partners  

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         Anniversary Waltz         Doughgirls, The         Flower Drum Song         French Touch, The         Gentlemen Prefer Blondes         Girl In Pink Tights, The         Happiest Man Alive, The         I Gota Get Out         Junior Miss         My Sister Eileen         Ponder Heart, The         Pretty Penny         Schoolhouse On the Lot         Tunnel Of Love         Wonderful Town

Anniversary Waltz

Synopsis:
On their 15th anniversary, a happy husband makes one wine-inspired mistake. He announces to his in-laws the romancing he and their daughter enjoyed before they were legally bound. the information is received with violent results by outraged grandparents and blase children. the payoff comes at the hilarious second-act curtain. the 13-year-old daughter chooses to tell on air an audience of several dozen million people just what started all the trouble at home. From then on troubles mount, tempers rise, until everything explodes riotously and the play ends on a warm and tender note, all the family having gained a little more understanding of each other.

Notes:
Written by Jerome Chodorov And Joseph Fields

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, NY    07 Apr 1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Doughgirls, The

Synopsis:
Several women, wives, ex-wives, and wives-to-be, are assembled in Washington with their men, who are in or trying to get in, the armed Services. Many are involved in divorce proceedings with provides much of the fun, since each applicant is being screened by the Secret Service. the system of rationing hotel accommodations leads to complications and the most unexpected mix-ups when one couple after another arrives in rooms still occupied by other, who refuse to be evicted. Government messengers, Generals, and admirals come and go, business men after fat war contracts, distracted hotel managers, add to the hilarity, and-then there is Sergeant Natalia, Yugoslav guerrilla fighter whose fantastic exploits as a soldier have made her internationally famous. Her efforts to learn American ways and her successful efforts to effect the marriage of one of the American couples by bringing in Father Nicholai, a compatriot of hers who performs the ceremony, caps the climax.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lyceum Theare, NY    30 Dec 1942

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song
1950s San Francisco. Sammy Fong runs a nightclub. His family want him to settle down and arrange for a mail order bride to be sent over from China. Sammy does not think she will fit in with his life style - but his best friend is more of a traditionalists and Sammy thinks they will make a perfect couple

Notes:
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by Oscar Hammerstein II And Joseph Fields; Based on the novel by C. Y. Lee

1st Produced:
St James Theatre, NY    Dec 1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Theatre Communications Group, 2003   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (2009) 1958

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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French Touch, The

Synopsis:
New York City at the end of the Civil War. there are two theatres on either side of the street. the theatre for the academy of Music which is just about to have a famous Parisian ballet company perform and on the other Niblo's Garden which is about to open a meloDrama written by a War vet. Lotta the owner of Niblo's is not happy about the ballet company as she thinks it will take her customers. the star of the ballet Lisette and the manager Maestro meet Lotta and Clyde Hallam the author of the meloDrama. Maestro flirts with Lotta - but Clyde and Lisstte fall in love. One day Lisette sneaks out of the ballet rehearsals to watch the meloDrama. Maestro arrives and orders her back. He locks her in her dressing room. the academy catches fire and Lisette is trapped - but Clyde rescues her. With no theatre and no money the ballet troupe prepare to go back to Paris. Clyde goes to the docks to say goodbye to Lisette. Lotta arrives - she has had an idea - what about combining the meloDrama with the ballet? Maestro agrees - but Clyde is not happy about his script being tampered with. the first night comes and it is a huge success - the American Musical has been born

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov

1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, NY    08 Dec 1945

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lorelei Lee boards the SS Ile de France. She is going to be chaperoning her friend Dorothy Shaw. She says goodbye to her rich boyfriend, Gus - but she is afraid that when he gets back to Littlerock where they all come from he will discover her secret. Dorothy has many admirers on board but it is Henry Spifford III who falls for her. Lorelei is convinced that Gus has found out the truth about her and decides to find a rich husband to replace him

Notes:
Book by Joseph Fields And Anita Loos; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Leo Robin; Adapted from the novel by Anita Loos

1st Produced:
Ziegfeld Theatre, NY    08 Dec 1949

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: Sony (48013) 1949

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Girl In Pink Tights, The

Girl In Pink Tights, The
Setting: the theatrical district of New York. Immediately following the Civil War

Notes:
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Lyrics by Leo Robin; Book by Jerome Chodorov And Joseph Fields

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY    05 Mar 1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (19019) 1954

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Happiest Man Alive, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Joseph Fields

1st Produced:
Falmouth Playhouse, Ma    1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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I Gota Get Out

Synopsis:
Tim is heavily in debt to some bookies. He lets them use his girlfriend's aunt's house for some shady goings on. the aunt finds out and devises a scheme to get money out of the bookies to pay for a holiday home for poor children

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields And Ben Sher

1st Produced:
Cort Theatre, NY    25 Sep 1947

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Junior Miss

Synopsis:
Harry and Grace Graves have two children-Lois, and Judy, who at 13 has, besides her confidante Fuffy and an amazing capacity for food, a burning desire to grow up to the glamorous age of 16. With characteristic reasoning Judy decides that her Father must be in love with the daughter of his boss, affectionately called J.B. It is decided that it is Judy's duty to bring Harry back into the family fold. In addition to saving her family, Judy takes it upon herself to 'save" her Uncle Willis, whom she has never seen until his unexpected arrival on Christmas eve. Because Uncle Willis' name must never be mentioned in the presence of her mother, Judy decides he has been spending his time in jail. When Judy isn't binding the family ties, she and Fuffy practice walking in their first high-heeled shoes and conspiring to wangle young men to be their escorts for the New Year's dance; the result of all of which practically assures Harry of the loss of the partnership with J.B. However, with circumstances at their worst, there is an unexpected turn, and Judy becomes Miss Judy Graves, a lovely Junior Miss who has her escort for her first dance.

Notes:
written by Jerome Chodorov And Joseph Fields, based on the stories by Sally Benson

1st Produced:
Lyceum Theatre. NY    18 Nov 1941

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy fantasy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  6            Other:  plus boys and girls, some bit parts

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My Sister Eileen

Synopsis:
as decribed in the World Telegram, "the new play recounts only the twelve months' period encompassed by the signing of a lease on a Greenwich Village basement apartment and the evacuation thereof, and a few of the amazing adventures that befell the two girls. . .an engaging, heart-warming play with exceptionally high comedy content. eileen is the pretty one-the one who has stage aspirations and the homey personality that innocently invites passes from every man from 14 to 85 who has eyes in his head. Ruth is the plainer one, and her bent is for literature. Well, the two girls. . .land in the toils of Landlord appopolous and the most distracting apartment you ever saw. Through their basement grating the swirling life of the village, its drunks and gamins, its hucksters and hustlers and occasionally its cops, seep, flow and sometimes come in an unwelcome deluge. . .the kitchenette is aptly described as a 'nauseating nook.' Blasting in the new subway cavern beneath rocks the building. . .Finally six officers of the Brazilian na

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney

1st Produced:
Biltmore Theatre, NY    26 Dec 1940

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  21            Female:  6            Other:  of the 21 men, several are minor bits and 6 have no regular lines

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Ponder Heart, The

Ponder Heart, The
Setting: In and around a small town in the South, a few years ago

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov; Based on A story by eudora Welty

1st Produced:
Music Box Theatre, NY    16 Feb 1956

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Random house, NY, 1954   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  20            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Pretty Penny

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written with Joseph Fields

1st Produced:
Bucks County Playhouse, Pa    1949

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Schoolhouse On the Lot

Synopsis:
Setting: M. Stone's Office, Mercury Pictures, Hollywood; Schoolhouse on the Mercury Lot

Notes:
Written by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov

1st Produced:
Ritz Theatre, NY    22 May 1938

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tunnel Of Love

Synopsis:
a five year childless marriage and problems with adoption as nosy neighbour intervenes, then pregnancy complicates all

Notes:
Written by Joseph Fields And Peter DeVries; Based on the novel by Peter DeVries

1st Produced:
Royale Theatre, NY    13 Feb 1957

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town
Two friends move from Ohio to New York to seek their fortunes. eileen a dancer who always has men chasing her and Ruth a writer who can't get even one man

Notes:
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Betty Comden And Adolph Green; Based on "My Sister eileen" by Joseph A. Fields And Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    25 Feb 1953

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Tams-Wltmark, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (10050) 1953

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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