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Abie's Irish Rose is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols, which premiered in 1922. Initially a Broadway play, it has become familiar through repeated stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premise involves an Irish Catholic girl and a young Jewish man who marry despite the objections of their families.
Her father George was the son of James Nicholas born in 1868. George had the Nicholas surname shortened to Nichols. Nichols penned a number of Broadway plays, several of which were made into motion pictures. Her most famous production was Abie's Irish Rose, a farce depicting the tumult that arises with the marriage of a young Jewish man and an ...
Abie's Irish Rose is a 1946 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland based on a play by Anne Nichols. The film stars Michael Chekhov, Joanne Dru, Richard Norris, J. M. Kerrigan, George E. Stone, Vera Gordon, and Emory Parnell. The film was released on December 27, 1946, by United Artists.
Abie's Irish Rose is a 1928 early sound (part-talkie) film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, and J. Farrell MacDonald. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles.
The plaintiff, playwright Anne Nichols, was the author of Abie's Irish Rose, a 1922 play about a young Jewish man who marries an Irish Catholic girl against the wishes of both of their fathers, with hilarity ensuing.
Abie's Irish Rose is a play by Anne Nichols. Abie's Irish Rose may also refer to: Abie's Irish Rose, a film directed by Victor Fleming; Abie's ...
Brown began acting on the stage in California. In 1922, she had leading roles in Oliver Morosco's productions Wait Till We're Married [5] and Abie's Irish Rose. [6] She went on to act in Broadway plays such as Relations (1928), Mother Lode (1934), Play, Genius, Play! (1935), Behind Red Lights (1937), Sun Kissed (1937), Our Town (1938), and ...
Nichols moved her play Pre-Honeymoon there, [128] [129] and the venue became Anne Nichols' Little Theatre. [128] During 1936 and 1937, the theater hosted productions such as Promise with Cedric Hardwicke , [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Sun Kissed with Jean Adair and Charles Coburn , [ 132 ] [ 133 ] and Abie's Irish Rose .