Harry Wagstaff Gribble

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

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

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

1. "'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.
2. "Harry W. Gribble, 90, Actor and Playwright Who Staged 'Lucasta'". The New York Times. 30 January 1981. p. 15, Section D.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. 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.
7. "March Hares". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
8. "Old Man Murphy". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
9. ""The Temperamentalists" Coming". The New York Times. July 25, 1921. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
10. 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.
11. Nichols, Lewis (June 17, 1944). "THE PLAY; Tryout in Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
12. "Harry Wagstaff Gribble". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
13. "Madame Racketeer". The New York Times. July 23, 1932. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

External links

• Harry Wagstaff Gribble at IMDb
• Harry Wagstaff Gribble at the Internet Broadway Database