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KURTZ GORDON
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Babbling Brooks, The Bride's Bouquet, The Broom And The Groom, The Fair Exchange Henrietta The Eigth Jumpin' Jupiter Money Mad New Beat On An Old Drum That's My Cousin Utopia, IncBabbling Brooks, The
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a gossip, children in the throes of puppy love and a mysterious murder
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Comedy
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Top of PageBride's Bouquet, The
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Paul Battman and Laura Caldwell had planned a big wedding in June. But Paul turns 23 in May and must be married before his birthday at Battman's Castle on Snug Island in order to inherit $250,000 left to him by his grandfather, Silas. If Paul fails to comply, the inheritance will go to his cousin, Kenneth, whom he has never met. So on the eve of his birthday, Paul, Laura, Paul's mother, Helen, Laura's aunt Grace, Clara, the bridesmaid, and Roger, the best man, meet Jonathan Lancaster, a young attorney representing Silas' estate, and travel to the island. They are greeted with cold hostility by Martha Morgan, the housekeeper who lives alone in the castle. While they are waiting for Horace Wiggins, the justice of the peace, Jonathan presents Laura with a bouquet left for the bride-to-be in Silas's will. a poem presented with the bouquet suggests that a gift is hidden close at hand. It is anything but a pleasant treasure hunt, however. The bouquet is snatched from Clara by an unseen hand; Mr. Wiggins, is discovered in a chest, drugged and groggy; and Silas Battman's raucous laugh booms from the rafters. Is it cousin Kenneth, or can Silas still be alive? all those present regard each other with growing suspicion. as the unknown man is ultimately identified the clock strikes midnight. The ceremony has not been performed, and presumably Paul loses his inheritance. But a final twist brings a surprise ending that will thrill and delight everyone.
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Genre:
mystery/comedy Comedy
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Top of PageBroom And The Groom, The
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man is upset when his bride professes to be a witch, fortunately her broomstick is detected by the air Force
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written with Robert Emmett
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Comedy
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Top of PageFair Exchange
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The Wilson house was a happy household until agnes Franklin, a faculty member of Wickapoque High School, impressed by the Foreign Student Exchange program, borrows the idea for the Spring Prom. an amour of her earlier years is a principal of a high school in Ohio, and together they agree to exchange their male Honor Students to escort the female honor students of their respective schools to their proms. Peggy Wilson, the Wickapoque honor student, looks forward eagerly to meeting Ched armstrong, her Ohio counterpart-although her steady boyfriend, Steve Haviland, is not so happy about the idea. While they are waiting for Ched to arrive the radio reports that a young man has been found beaten and robbed on the highway, but then Ched joins the party and hits it off well with everyone. There is something about him, however, which makes Peggy's younger sister Diana suspicious, and she decides to do some detective work. as it turns out, the real Ched is the robbery victim, and the one who is impersonating him is a notorious criminal, wanted by the police in many states. By the time the truth is known the false Ched has taken Peggy hostage, but thanks to Diana and Steve she is safely rescued, justice is done, and play ends as delightfully as it began-with a full measure of laughter, thrills and action in between.
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comedy with suspense Comedy
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Male: 8 Female: 9 Other: radio voice
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Top of PageHenrietta The Eigth
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adele, Wilma and Carol, daughters of Mrs. Claire Sutton, a widow who neglects her home for politics, are left to the care of their mother's private secretary. The girls always manage to change the status of the various secretaries to that of a personal maid, and eventually lose them. a new secretary arrives and when the girls learn that her name is Henrietta, and is to be their mother's eighth secretary, she is dubbed Henrietta The Eighth. The living room is Liberty Hall for their boy friends, Dizzy Lucas and Baggypants Baldwin, and the Coke set and the dancing Blitz Brothers, who represent the High School youth of the town, breeze in and out as though the house were a Community Center. When Henrietta arrives, the girls begin to treat her like a personal maid, but Henrietta straightens them out, looks after their love affairs and exposes annabelle Mason, Claire's political opponent, for what she is. They are all surprised when they learn that Henrietta is a novelist who became a secretary to study them as copy for her next novel, but her interest in the family turns to affection and she stays on to solve their problems, bringing contentment to the household.
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Genre:
full length Comedy
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Top of PageJumpin' Jupiter
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abby, Dot and Pat share an apartment while they try to make it on Broadway. The rent is due, and Minnie, their landlady, tells them to pay up or else. Then Pat comes home with a box she has found in a garbage can (she got curious when she saw a man drop the box). They open it and find $50,000. abby recalls the news that a ransom of $50,000 would be paid that day to Baby Face Ben for kidnapping Irene Manning. They are scared to notify the police, and, to add to their predicament, Baby Face Ben has followed Pat home. When Oscar, an astrologer, happens by, they take him for one of Ben's men. Having armed themselves, they surround Oscar and hilariously make him prove he's an astrologer. as they draft him to help put the money back, a brick is thrown through the window, bearing the note: "You have the money but that isn't all you're going to get!" What they get is Irene Manning, gagged and bound, on their doorstep, and of all times for Minnie to pop in, this would be it! She recognizes Irene and runs for the police. With the ransom money and the kidnapped girl in their possession, the mere thought of the police petrifies them. Needless to say, all ends well.
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Genre:
full length Farce
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Male: 4 Female: 8 Other: -
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Top of PageMoney Mad
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The Blakleys and the Hobsons are close friends and next-door neighbors. all is well until Edgar Blakley induces Larry Hobson to invest with him in real estate that Edgar believes is in the direct course of the new Thru-way and will bring them a quick profit. But they have no cash of their own, and they dip heavily into Janet's and Keith's college funds. Their little deal is a secret until a newspaper item reveals it. Then Cora Blakley and Maude Hobson, their wives, demand to know where the money came from. When they are told, Maude turns on Edgar and blames him for influencing Larry to use her son's college fund, and the deal had better pay off or ELSE! Then the course of the Thru-way is changed so that it bypasses the land and nest thing you know the BIG MaD is on! and it stays on as the two families bicker back and forth-until Keith and Janet announce that they turned what seemed to be a loss into a profit after all. In the end, however, their own spite fools the Blakleys and Hobsons in their dream of riches, and the BIG MaD is on again.
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full length Comedy
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Top of PageNew Beat On An Old Drum
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When Jane Shaw, a young teacher, arrives to spend the summer at the beach house inherited from her aunt, she finds that her neighbors (four slightly "pixilated" widows) have agreed to sell their land to a dashing real estate operator-and her property is needed to complete the "package." Sensing a trick, Jane, and her teenage niece, Linda, take a closer look at the affairs of the developer, Rock Harrington, and end up deciding to reject his offer. In the ensuing complications Jane is aided by her good friend Gary Roberts (also in real estate); Linda finds herself pursued by several attractive young men; and another niece, the headstrong Mimi, arrives unannounced (and much to the others' dismay) to further confuse matters. In the end Jane's suspicions are borne out; Rock Harrington is foiled by his own cleverness; the "widows" receive a very advantageous counter-offer; and Linda meets the kind of boy who would delight any young girl's summer. Proving again that the more things change the more they really remain the same-just a new beat on an old drum.
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Genre:
romantic comedy Comedy
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Top of PageThat's My Cousin
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Cousins Kitty Drake and adele Warren inherit a dude ranch at Cross Roads Canyon, Colorado. Kitty, the more impetuous one, resigns her job and takes the first bus West. She determines to put the ranch on a paying basis, and resourcefully looks about for the necessary capital and discovers it in Carleton Up de Graff, the local banker's son. With Carleton as co-signer, she negotiates a loan at his father's bank and transforms her inheritance into an attractive dude ranch. But this brings on Sheriff Henshaw and her brochures have been confiscated for false advertising. an ad in a New York newspaper, however, brings three young girls from Brooklyn, and Harriet Baker, who is on a husband-hunting expedition. Things look even brighter when Tullina La Gallimore, a TV actress and her director, Kent Tyler, make reservations. Everyone is happy until Bramwell Up de Graff, the banker, storms in and accuses Kitty of tricking his son into co-signing the note. The first payment is due on Monday and if it isn't paid, the bank will take over. But that's only one of Kitty's problems-her guests came to the ranch to meet men and since there aren't any around, the girls are thinking of leaving. The scheme that Kitty concocts with Carleton's reluctant assistance turns into a boomerang, but despite one hilarious complication after another things do work out for the best.
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full length Comedy
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Top of PageUtopia, Inc
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In the Heavenly Headquarters of Utopia, St. Elmer, a celestial clerk, is faced with a problem that may disqualify him for the forthcoming examination for celestial public accountant. His territory is a section of New York City in which all families must enjoy one day of utopia in their lives in order for him to maintain a high rating. His ledger has always been exemplary, but now at a crucial point in his career his ledger is marred by a smudge. The Smith family just will not learn the meaning of utopia and does not respond to his heavenly influence. Then St. Jose, the chief celestial public accountant, calls unexpectedly to audit his ledger. When the smudge is detected, St. Elmer is disqualified for the exam. In compassion, St. Jose tells him there is only one way to correct the smudge. He must return to Earth and bring utopia to the lives of the Smith family before the deadline of the celestial exam. This he does, in the guise of plain Elmer Reeves, but his good intentions are soon hopelessly tangled in the various problems of the Smith family-and before long he has made them even unhappier than they were before. But then he remembers that he still has celestial powers, and he uses them with results which bring "utopia" to all and a successful conclusion to his assignment.
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full length Comedy
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