George V. Hobart Explained
George V. Hobart |
Birth Name: | George Vere Hobart |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1867 |
Birth Place: | Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Cumberland, Maryland, USA |
Occupation: | Playwright, humorist |
Period: | 1890-1926 |
Genre: | Comedy, farce, satire |
Notableworks: | Dinkelspiel |
Children: | 2 |
George Vere Hobart (1867–1926) was a Canadian-American humorist who authored more than 50 musical comedy librettos and plays as well as novels and songs.[1] At the time of his death, Hobart was "one of America's most popular humorists and playwrights".[2] Hobart gained initial national fame for the "Dinkelspiel" letters, a weekly satirical column written in a German-American dialect.[3] [1] The Library of Congress includes several of his songs in the National Jukebox.[4]
Hobart also wrote under the pseudonym Hugh McHugh.[5] Many of his works were adapted into films.
Early life
Hobart was born 16 January 1867 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] He immigrated to the Cumberland, Maryland to work as a telegraph operator for the United Press.[1]
Career
Hobart wrote humorous sketches and columns for the Sunday Scimitar and Baltimore News-American newspapers.[1] He then worked for a short time at the New York Journal, before turning his attention to writing musicals, librettos, novels and children's books.[1] Hobart is noted as an "exceptionally prolific" and versatile writer.[3]
His better-known stage plays include the morality tale Experience; Our Mrs. McChesney cowritten with Edna Ferber and starring Ethel Barrymore; Miss Prinnt with Marie Dressler; Sonny ; Hitchy-Koo of 1919 with music by Cole Porter ; Buddies and Sweet Sixteen.[1]
Among Hobart's notable books are John Henry, Down the Line, Back to the Woods, You Can Search Me and the 1904 novel Jim Hickey, A Story of the One-Night Stands.[2] [6] [7]
He wrote the lyrics to numerous songs.[8]
Hobart was also a member of the Lambs Club in New York City.[1]
Personal life
Hobart was married to the short story writer Sarah Humbird De Vries,[9] with whom he had two children.[10] She died in 1923. He died in Cumberland, Maryland, on 31 January 1926 following a "general break down" at age 59.[1]
Work
Songs
- "A Love-Lorn Lily" (1900)
- "By The Sycamore Tree" (1903)[11]
- "By The Old Oak Tree" (1904)
- "The Irish Girl I Love" (1905)
Plays
Bibliography
- Boobs
- John Henry (1901)
- Skiddoo
- You Should Worry
- Jim Hickey, A Story of the One-Night Stands (1904)
- Get Next! (1905)
- Down the Line With John Henry (1901)
- Back to the Woods : the Story of a Fall From Grace (1903)
- I'm from Missouri: (They Had to Show Me) (1904)
- The Silly Syclopedia (1905)
- Go to It (1908)
- D. Dinkelspiel: his gonversationings (1900)
- Out For the Coin
Films
- Mrs. Black Is Back, directed by Thomas N. Heffron (1914, based on the play Mrs. Black Is Back)
- Wildfire, directed by Edwin Middleton (1915, based on the play Wildfire)
- The Yankee Girl, directed by Jack J. Clark (1915, based on the play The Yankee Girl)
- The Wonderful Wager, directed by René Plaissetty (1916, short film, based on a story by George V. Hobart)
- Alma, Where Do You Live?, directed by Hal Clarendon (1917, based on the play Alma, Where Do You Live?)
- Madame Jealousy, directed by Robert G. Vignola (1918, based on a story by George V. Hobart)
- Our Mrs. McChesney, directed by Ralph Ince (1918, based on the play Our Mrs. McChesney)
- , directed by Richard Stanton (1919, based on a story by George V. Hobart)
- What's Your Husband Doing?, directed by Lloyd Ingraham (1920, based on the play What's Your Husband Doing?)
- Experience, directed by George Fitzmaurice (1921, based on the play Experience)
- Sonny, directed by Henry King (1922, based on the play Sonny)
- Welcome to Our City, directed by Leopold Wharton and Robin H. Townley (1922, based on the play Welcome to Our City)
- Wildfire, directed by T. Hayes Hunter (1925, based on the play Wildfire)
- Stop That Man!, directed by Nat Ross (1928, based on the play Stop That Man)
Screenwriter
External links
Notes and References
- News: The Fresno Morning Republican . G.V. Hobart, Humorist and Author Dies: Playwright and Author of Children's Books Has Break Down . February 1, 1926 . 1 . 69 . 32 . Cumberland, MD.
- News: George V. Hobart, Playwright and humorist, Is Dead . San Francisco Examiner . February 1, 1926 . 5.
- "Nonsense, Satire, and Language Art: George V. Hobart's German-American Dialect Writing". Holger. Kersten. www.academia.edu . Thalia. 19. 1. 1999. 43–51.
- Web site: George V. Hobart. www.loc.gov.
- Book: Smith, Geoffrey D. . American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography . 13 August 1997 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-43469-0 . 320.
- Web site: Hobart, George V. 1867-1926 (George Vere) [WorldCat Identities]].
- Book: Acting version of Experience, produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest: A morality play of today. 1915. H.K. Fly Co..
- Web site: George V. Hobart (lyricist)'s scientific contributions . ResearchGate.
- The Texas Magazine. 1. 4. February 1910. The Creator of "Dinkenspiel". 47.
- News: New York Times . George V. Hobart, Playwright, Dies: Prolific Writer of Musical Comedy Librettos Succumbs After a Breakdown. 1 February 1926. 19.
- Book: By the Sycamore Tree. Max. Hoffmann. George V.. Hobart. January 1, 1903. The Rogers Bros. Music Publishing Co. digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu.