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Garson Kanin

3 days ago

More about Wilder and Gordon, per Mrs. Kanin the second, the lovely Marian Seldes.
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Actress Marian Seldes shares a letter that author Thornton Wilder sent to actress/writer Ruth Gordon. [1:29]

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Marian Seldes: Well, and of a different world too, yes, a different- and think of his childhood. Wasn’t it- a lot of it in China for instance? And think of his being a schoolteacher and think of him b…

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Garson Kanin

3 days ago

Hmmmm…Ruth played Nora in Wilder’s adaptation of A Doll’s House in 1937, and there are letters between them from 1930, so they were friends long before 1955–but it’s true, Wilder, Gordon, and Kanin were very close, lifelong friends.On this day in 1955, Wilder’s play The Matchmaker opened on Broadway starring Ruth Gordon (pictured here with Loring Smith) as Dolly Levi and directed by Tyrone Guthrie. It ran for 486 performances and was later adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly! It also launched a lifelong friendship between Gordon and Wilder. Concord Theatricals
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Garson Kanin

6 days ago

Next Time I Marry, starring Lucille Ball & directed by GK, was released on this day in 1938. Click for a fun Instagram post. Thanks, Lucy Lounge, for the Garson Kanin mention!
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85 years ago today the film Next Time I Marry was released. This was the first movie in which Lucille Ball was the top-billed star. Lucy played heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming. Nancy’s father’s will contains an unusual clause: she can receive her inheritance only if she marries an ordinary American man. Nancy is engaged to a foreigner, so she hires an average American to go through a quickie marriage with her. When Anthony J. Anthony (James Ellison) doesn’t want to be ridiculed as a gold digger, he kidnaps Nancy in his trailer so he can be the first to file for divorce in Reno.
Next Time I Marry was filmed under the title Trailer Romance before settling on the final title. RKO populated the film with rising talent at the studio: Lucy, James Ellison, and director Garson Kanin. Lucy received the leading role after Miriam Hopkins turned it down. She would be re-teamed with James Ellison in You Can’t Fool Your Wife. Lee Bowman, who played Nancy’s fiancé Count Georgi, had previously romanced Lucy in Having Wonderful Time. He later portrayed George Cugat in the initial radio presentation of My Favorite Husband, but did not continue when it became a regular series.
This screwball comedy proved to be a very physical production for Lucy. The press reported on the various misfortunes she suffered on set. For years, Lucy talked about how the great dane in the picture nearly drowned her!

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