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Bella and Samuel Spewack. Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their plays, was born in Bachmut, Ukraine. [1] He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City [2] and then received his degree from Columbia College.
Bella Spewack, in collaboration with her husband Sam, is known for writing some of the most memorable works of musical theater history, including Leave It to Me (1938) and Kiss Me Kate (1948). The Spewacks also wrote screenplays for several 1940s Hollywood hits, such as Weekend at the Waldorf. The couple contributed to many Jewish organizations and founded the Spewack Sports Club for the ...
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.
Jan 1, 2001 · Bella Spewack, Ruth Limmer (Introduction) 3.84. 68ratings4reviews. Kindle $9.99. “A startling, clear-eyed” memoir of an immigrant girl’s childhood in early 20th century NYC from the journalist and Tony-winning co-author of Kiss Me Kate ( Booklist ).Born in Transylvania in 1899, Bella Spewack arrived on the streets of New York’s Lower ...
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Bella Spewack was born on 25 March 1899 in Bucharest, Romania. She was a writer, known for My Favorite Wife (1940), Move Over, Darling (1963) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). She was married to Sam Spewack.
- March 25, 1899
- April 27, 1990
Bella Spewack was a Romanian-born screenwriter and playwright who worked extensively with her husband, Samuel. The couple wrote the libretto for Kiss Me, Kate, the first musical to win a Tony Award. Their best known straight play was My Three Angels, which was adapted as the film We're No Angels.
5 days ago · Playwrights Bella Cohen Spewack and Samuel Spewack at Langner Lane Farm, Weston, Connecticut, 1936. Carl Van Vechten Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
