Herbert Fields

Herbert Fields ( * July 26, 1897, † March 24, 1958 in New York City ) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

Life

Herbert Fields comes from a Jewish family in New York theater. He is the brother of Dorothy Fields and Joseph A. Fields, which were also known as authors. His father, Lew Fields was a famous vaudeville comedian and Broadway producer.

Herbert Fields wrote in the second half of the 1920s the books for the early Rodgers and Hart musicals, among other things for A Connecticut Yankee. He also collaborated with Vincent Youmans ( Hit the Deck ) and Jimmy McHugh ( Hello, Daddy ). Most of these shows were produced by Fields Father. Early 1930 began working with Cole Porter musical Fifty Million Frenchmen for and The New Yorker. 1933 was developed together with Morrie Ryskind the book for the Gershwin musical Pardon My English. Because of the global economic crisis and the associated difficulties on Broadway, located Fields operated in the 1930s as a writer for various Hollywood "B -movies ". It was only back in the late 1930s wrote Fields, in collaboration with Buddy DeSylva, the books for the Broadway musical Du Barry Was a Lady and Panama Hattie, with music by Cole Porter. By the 1941 Porter musical Let's Face It! Fields began Broadway collaboration with his sister, Dorothy; followed Something for the Boys (1943 ) Mexican Hayride ( 1944) and Up in Central Park (1945, with music by Sigmund Romberg ). Her biggest success was the book to Annie Get Your Gun (1946 ) with music by Irving Berlin. While working for the musical Redhead Herbert Fields, died in 1958, for which he was a year later won a Tony Award for Best Musical.