Elmer Rice(1892-1967)

Writer
Director

Elmer Rice was born on 28 September 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Holiday Inn (1942), Journey to Jerusalem (1941) and On Trial (1928). He was married to Barbara Talbot (Ambrose) Marshall, Betty Field and Hazel Levy. He died on 8 May 1967 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

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Holiday Inn

7.3

Writer

1942

Journey to Jerusalem

Writer

1941

On Trial

5.6

Writer

1928

Counsellor at Law

7.5

Writer

1933

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Weill: Street Scene
7.0
Video
- based on a play by
- 2019
Street Scene
8.1
TV Movie
- book
- play
- 1997
Street Scene
TV Movie
- libretto
- play
- 1992
Live from Lincoln Center
8.6
TV Series
- book
- 1979
The Adding Machine
6.1
- play "The Adding Machine"
- 1969
Der Strafverteidiger
9.0
TV Movie
- play
- 1961
Die große Reise
9.2
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1961
Die Spur der Leidenschaft
8.8
TV Movie
- play
- 1961
Ruf zur Leidenschaft
9.4
TV Movie
- play
- 1961
Saturday Playhouse
TV Series
- play
- 1960
Play of the Week
7.3
TV Series
- play
- 1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play
8.5
TV Series
- Writer
- 1960
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- play
- 1951–1959
ITV Play of the Week
6.8
TV Series
- play
- 1956–1959
Die Beklagte
9.6
TV Movie
- play "The Winner"
- 1958

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Alternative name
- Elmer L. Rice
Born
- September 28, 1892
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- May 8, 1967
- Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK(heart attack)
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Stage: Wrote "On Trial", produced on Broadway [earliest Broadway credit]. Candler Theatre: 19 Aug 1914-Jul 1915 (closing date unknown/365 performances). Cast: John Adams, George Barr, J. Wallace Clinton, Gardner Crane, Laurence Eddinger, Thomas Findlay, John Klendon, Helen Lackaye, Frederick Perry, Hans Roberts [credited as Hans Robert], Mary Ryan, Frederick Truesdell, Florence Walcott, William Walcott, Constance Wolfe, Frank Young. Produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as On Trial (1917), On Trial (1928), On Trial (1939).
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Much filmed Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. A former legal student, he hit the big time with his first play "On Trial", which made him $100,000. He is best known, however, for the satirical "The Adding Machine" (which he wrote in seventeen days) and the urban chronicle "Street Scene".