Harry Wagstaff Gribble

English-American author, stage director, screenwriter and playwright

Harry Wagstaff Gribble

Born	(1896-03-27)March 27, 1896 Sevenoaks, England
Died	January 28, 1981(1981-01-28) (aged 84) New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Author, stage director, screenwriter, playwright

Harry Wagstaff Gribble^[1] (March 27, 1896 – January 28, 1981) was an English-American author, stage director, screenwriter and playwright.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Theater

Trick for Trick, co-wrote^[6]
His Family Tree, co-wrote play
March Hares^[7]
No More Ladies, director
The Taming of the Shrew in performance, fundraiser for the Finnish Relief Fund
The Millionairess, director
Old Man Murphy, co-wrote with Patrick Kearney^[8]
The Temperamentalists^[9]
Almost Faithful^[10]
Anna Lucasta, co-wrote an adaptation of the script with Abram Hill^[11]
Loud Speaker, director

Filmography

Chicken a La King, co-wrote the play it was based on
Our Betters,^[12] co-wrote screenplay adaptation based on the 1917 play of the same title by Somerset Maugham
Stella Dallas, writer^[12]
A Bill of Divorcement,^[12] writer of adaptation based on A Bill of Divorcement by Clemence Dane
Madame Racketeer, co-directed with Alexander Hall^[13]

References

^ "'Johnny Belinda' Was Too Much For All But Harry W. Gribble". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. July 21, 1941. p. 39. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harry W. Gribble, 90, Actor and Playwright Who Staged 'Lucasta'". The New York Times. 30 January 1981. p. 15, Section D.
^ Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (November 22, 2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-5381-0786-7 – via Google Books.
^ Smith, Judith E. (September 2004). Visions of Belonging: Family Stories, Popular Culture, and Postwar Democracy, 1940-1960. Columbia University Press. p. 420. ISBN 9780231509268 – via Google Books.
^ "Author Gribble Sued By Staff $802 Debt". Daily News. New York, New York. September 20, 1929. p. 57. Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Soister, John T. (June 28, 2010). Up from the Vault: Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s. McFarland. p. 67. ISBN 9780786481859 – via Google Books.
^ "March Hares". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Old Man Murphy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ ""The Temperamentalists" Coming". The New York Times. July 25, 1921. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ Zolotow, Sam (June 2, 1948). "'ALMOST FAITHFUL' TO ARRIVE TONIGHT; Comedy by Harry W. Gribble Will Open Under Auspices of American Negro Group". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ Nichols, Lewis (June 17, 1944). "THE PLAY; Tryout in Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Harry Wagstaff Gribble". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ "Madame Racketeer". The New York Times. July 23, 1932. Retrieved April 27, 2024.