• Source: Arthur Goodrich
    • Arthur Frederick Goodrich (February 18, 1878 – June 26, 1941) was an American novelist and playwright who was prominent on Broadway during the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote a mixture of crime and comedy plays. One of his greatest hits was the 1922 Anglo-American culture clash comedy So This Is London, which was turned into films twice. He wrote the libretto for an opera version of Caponsacchi.


      Selected works




      = Novels

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      The Balance of Power (1906)


      = Plays

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      Yes or No (1917) — filmed as Yes or No? (1919)
      So This Is London (1922) — filmed in 1930 and 1939
      The Joker (1925)
      The Plutocrat (1930)
      The Perfect Marriage (1932)
      A Journey by Night (1935)


      References




      = Sources

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      Bordman, Gerald Martin. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914-1930. Oxford University Press, 1995.
      Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

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