Harry Wagstaff Gribble Explained

Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Birth Date:	27 March 1896
Birth Place:	Sevenoaks, England
Death Place:	New York, U.S.
Occupation:	Author, stage director, screenwriter, playwright

Harry Wagstaff Gribble^[1] (March 27, 1896 – January 28, 1981) was an English-American author, stage director, screenwriter and playwright.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Theater

• Trick for Trick, co-wrote^[6]
• His Family Tree, co-wrote play
• March Hares^[7]
• No More Ladies, director
• The Taming of the Shrew in performance, fundraiser for the Finnish Relief Fund
• The Millionairess, director
• Old Man Murphy, co-wrote with Patrick Kearney^[8]
• The Temperamentalists^[9]
• Almost Faithful^[10]
• Anna Lucasta, co-wrote an adaptation of the script with Abram Hill^[11]
• Loud Speaker, director

Filmography

• Chicken a La King, co-wrote the play it was based on
• Our Betters,^[12] co-wrote screenplay adaptation based on the 1917 play of the same title by Somerset Maugham
• Stella Dallas, writer
• A Bill of Divorcement, writer of adaptation based on A Bill of Divorcement by Clemence Dane
• Madame Racketeer, co-directed with Alexander Hall^[13]

Notes and References

1. News: 'Johnny Belinda' Was Too Much For All But Harry W. Gribble. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. July 21, 1941. April 27, 2024. 39. Newspapers.com.
2. News: Harry W. Gribble, 90, Actor and Playwright Who Staged 'Lucasta' . . 30 January 1981 . 15, Section D .
3. Book: Fisher . James . Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism . Londré . Felicia Hardison . November 22, 2017. Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-5381-0786-7 . 289 . en. Google Books.
4. Book: Smith, Judith E.. Visions of Belonging: Family Stories, Popular Culture, and Postwar Democracy, 1940-1960. 420. Columbia University Press. September 2004. 9780231509268. Google Books.
5. News: Author Gribble Sued By Staff $802 Debt. Daily News. New York, New York. September 20, 1929. April 27, 2024. 57. Newspapers.com.
6. Book: Soister, John T.. Up from the Vault: Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s. 67. June 28, 2010. McFarland. 9780786481859. Google Books.
7. Web site: March Hares. Internet Broadway Database. March 27, 2024.
8. Web site: Old Man Murphy. Internet Broadway Database. April 27, 2024.
9. Web site: "The Temperamentalists" Coming.. The New York Times. July 25, 1921. April 27, 2024.
10. Web site: 'ALMOST FAITHFUL' TO ARRIVE TONIGHT; Comedy by Harry W. Gribble Will Open Under Auspices of American Negro Group. The New York Times. Sam. Zolotow. June 2, 1948. April 27, 2024.
11. Web site: THE PLAY; Tryout in Harlem. Lewis. Nichols. The New York Times. June 17, 1944. April 27, 2024.
12. Web site: Harry Wagstaff Gribble. American Film Institute. April 27, 2024.
13. Web site: Madame Racketeer. The New York Times. July 23, 1932. April 27, 2024.