David Belasco was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric, and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism.
The Brasher Doubloon is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by John Brahm and starring George Montgomery and Nancy Guild. It is based on the 1942 novel The High Window by Raymond Chandler.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1930 American historical musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. The film is based on the 1903 play Sweet Kitty Bellairs by David Belasco. Belasco's play was in turn adapted from the novel The Bath Comedy (1900) by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle. This novel also served as source material for the 1930 musical film. Shot entirely in Technicolor, the film stars Claudia Dell, Ernest Torrence and, Walter Pidgeon and is set in Bath, England in 1793.
Egerton Smith Castle F.S.A. was an author, antiquarian, and swordsman, and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, frequently in collaboration with his colleague Captain Alfred Hutton. Castle was the captain of the British épée and sabre teams at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Henrietta Foster Crosman was an American stage and film actress.
Mistress Nell is a 1915 American silent historical adventure film starring Mary Pickford. It is yet another story about Nell Gwyn taken from a Broadway play Mistress Nell that was very successful for stage actress Henrietta Crosman from 1900 to 1902. This production was produced by Adolph Zukor's production company Famous Players Film Company and released through Paramount Pictures. The film is extant.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1916 American silent romantic comedy film based on the 1903 play Sweet Kitty Bellairs by David Belasco. Belasco's play was based on the 1900 novel The Bath Comedy, by Agnes and Egerton Castle, which also served as source material for the 1916 silent film. Belasco's play was a huge Broadway success for lead actress Henrietta Crosman. The film version stars Mae Murray and was directed by James Young.
Nanette Comstock was an American actress whose career on stage spanned nearly 35 years. She appeared on both the New York and London stage and had shared the stage with many of the luminaries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Lafayette Square Opera House was an opera house built in 1895, at 717 Madison Place, NW in Washington D.C. It was dedicated on 30 September 1895 by Lillian Russell, one of the most well known actresses of the time, who was there to perform in Tzigane. Reginald De Koven, composer of the opera, led the orchestra at Russell's request. In 1905 it was purchased by the Shuberts and David Belasco and was renamed the Belasco Theatre. The theatre was acquired by the US federal government and used as a warehouse until World War II, when it was operated by the American Theatre Wing as a Stage Door Canteen. During the Korean War, it was used by the United Services Organization to entertain troops. The theater was razed in 1964.
Pauline Phelps was an American writer and playwright, known for writing short monologues for recitation, and for her collaborations with partner Marion Short.
Abbey's Park Theatre or Abbey's New Park Theatre was a playhouse at 932 Broadway and 22nd Street in what is now the Flatiron District of Manhattan in New York City. It opened as the New Park Theatre in 1874, and was in use until 1882 when it burned down and was never rebuilt as a theatre.
Perry Askam (1898–1961) was a 20th-century American actor and baritone singer, most active in musical theatre and opera around the San Francisco area.
Agnes Mary Frances Castle was a Victorian era Irish author who worked with both her sisters and husband. The stories that she co-wrote were the basis of several plays and films.
Catherine Chisholm Cushing was an American writer of songs, librettos, and plays, best known for her 1916 stage adaptation of Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna.
Francis Henry Westerton was a British stage and silent film actor of the 19th and early 20th centuries who carved a successful career on Broadway from 1905 to 1922.
Edwin Stevens was an American stage and film actor. He also directed several films during the silent era. His Broadway performance credits included The Marquis Imari in The Geisha, Robert Hutton in Brother Officers, Professor Belliarti in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1901), Baron Stein in Diplomacy (1901), Hang Chow in A Chinese Honeymoon (1902), Muley Mustapha in Nancy Brown (1903), Colonel Villiers in Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903), McGinty in The Pearl and the Pumpkin (1905), the title role in Ferenc Molnár's The Devil (1908), the Sheriff of Nottingham in Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood, and the Honorable Henry Villiers in Kitty Darlin' (1917).
The Marriage of Kitty is a 1902 comedy play by Cosmo Gordon Lennox. It is an English-language adaptation of the French play La Passerelle by Francis de Croisset and Fred de Gresac which premiered in Paris the same year.
Carl Sauerman was a Swedish-born actor of the stage and screen. He began his career as a leading stage actor in Berlin before moving to New York City in 1908 to become a member of the German-language theatre company at the Irving Place Theatre. He is best remembered for creating the role of Professor Friedrich Bhaer in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women; an immensely popular stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same that played on Broadway and toured the United States in 1912–1913. In addition to starring in plays on Broadway, he was a silent film actor.
Mark Smith was an American actor of stage, radio, and film. A fourth generation American actor, he was a member of the Smith family of performers. He should not be confused with his grandfather and his father who also performed under the name Mark Smith.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs may refer to:
