Edward Vincent Bracken was an American actor. Bracken came to Hollywood prominence for his comedic lead performances in the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek both from 1944, both of which have been preserved by the National Film Registry. During this era, he also had success on Broadway, with performances in plays like Too Many Girls (1940).
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Marlon Brando. It satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945.
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter.
David Wayne was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years.
Saburo Shimono, commonly known as Sab Shimono, is an American actor of Japanese descent. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like Mame, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, and Pacific Overtures. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles, including Midway, Gung Ho, Presumed Innocent, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Shadow, Jackie Chan Adventures, Samurai Jack, and Southland Tales.
Marjorie Rhodes was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Lawrence Wheaton Gates was an American actor.
Kenneth Nelson was an American actor.
John Cummings was an American film producer and director. He was best known for being a leading producer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Oliver Smith was an American scenic designer and interior designer.
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen is a musical with a book by John Patrick and music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood.
Higher and Higher is a musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan and produced by Dwight Deere Wiman. It ran on Broadway for 84 performances in 1940.
Stanley Freeman was an American composer, pianist, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and studio musician.
Ron Husmann is a retired American actor who primarily acted in musicals. In 1961, he was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Theatre World Award for his performance in the original production of Tenderloin.
Lawrence Kasha was an American theatre producer and director, playwright, and stage manager.
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1953 play written by John Patrick adapted from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider. The play was later adapted for film in 1956, and the 1970 Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen.
The Teahouse of the August Moon may refer to:
Vernon J. Sneider was an American novelist. His 1951 novel The Teahouse of the August Moon was later adapted for a Broadway play in 1953, a motion picture in 1956, and the Broadway musical Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen in 1970. John Patrick 's play The Teahouse of the August Moon won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1954.
Franklin Underwood, also known as Frank Underwood during the 1960s, is an American songwriter and jazz pianist. Underwood lives in Manhattan. His show Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, a musical based on The Teahouse of the August Moon with Stan Freeman opened on Broadway in 1970. His credits include songs for Rod Warren's 1964 Chicago revue The Game Is Up, and "I Wish I'd Met You" sung by Lena Horne and Sammy Davis Jr. with music by Johnny Mandel and lyrics by Richard Rodney Bennett and Frank Underwood. Other songs include "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche".
Lori Tan Chinn is an American actress and comedian. She played a recurring character in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and currently stars as Awkwafina's grandmother on Comedy Central's Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–present). Chinn began her acting career on Broadway, where she played Miss Higa Jiga in Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort.
