Howard Lindsay

Howard Lindsay ( born March 29, 1889 in Waterford, New York, † February 11, 1968 in New York City, New York) was an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, director and producer. He was primarily known for his writing collaboration with Russel Crouse.

Life

Lindsay Howard began his career as an actor. His breakthrough on Broadway, he had in 1921 with the George S. Kaufman comedy Dulcy at which he also directed. In the late 1920s, he also wrote several successful comedies.

In 1934, producer Vinton Freedley Lindsay together for the revision of the book for the musical Anything Goes with Russel Crouse. The partnership with Crouse was to last for 28 years. They wrote the books for many very successful musicals Red, Hot and Blue (Music Cole Porter, 1936), Hooray For What! (Music Harold Arlen, 1937), Call Me Madam (Music Irving Berlin, 1950) and The Sound of Music (Music Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959) and plays as Life with Father (1939 ) - the play ran for nearly eight years, and is thus played the longest staging of non- musicals in the history of Broadway and State of the Union (1945 ) - for which she won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize.

From 13 August 1927 until his death on February 11, 1968 Lindsay was married to actress Dorothy Stickney.

Filmography (selection)

Screenplay

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