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Ferdinand Hilt

Shows · Ferdinand Hilt

DirectorOn stage 19481962

On stage 4 productions, 14 years

1948 Magdalena Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Jules Dassin 88 perf.
1952 Buttrio Square New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Maurice Levine Cast: David Kurlan (Michelino), Vincent Barbi (Padre), Rina Falcone (Angela), Joan Morton (Maria), Ann Needham (Elizabetta), Lionel Ames (Dominic), Ernest Sarracino (Baron D’Alessandro), Ferdinand Hilt (Rocco), James MacCracken (Vittorio), Orville Sherman (Cassio), Ted Thurston (Pietro), Jane Harven (Emelia), Marie Gibson (Francesca), Billy Gilbert (Pappa Mario), Charlotte Jones (Norina), Henry Hamilton (Carlo), Walter Black (Sergeant McKenzie), Lawrence Brooks (Captain Steve Dickson), James Tarbutton (Private Poole), Leon Daniels (Tabulator), Lois Hunt (Marisa D’Alessandro), Joe Mantell (Private Burns), Al Checco (Corporal Gower), George Reeder (Private Whitfield), Don (Donn) Driver (Private Webster), Susan Johnson (Terry Patterson), Marti Stevens (Joan Wellington) 7 perf.
1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1962 A Family Affair Billy Rose Theatre · Revival · directed by Harold Prince 65 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Vera Lee 2 productions
Michael Scrittorale 2 productions
Marcella Dodge 2 productions
Joan Morton 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 2 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature1 passages

  • Act One: “Opening” (David Kurlan, Vincent Barbi, Ernest Sarracino, Ferdinand Hilt, Village Dancers and Singers); “Every Day Is a Holiday” (Lawrence Brooks, Villagers); “Let’s Make It Forever” (Lawrence Brooks, Lois Hunt); “I’ll Tell the World” (Lois Hunt); “There’s No Place Like This (the) Country” (Lawrence Brooks, GIs); “Take It Away” (…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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