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In the literature5 passages
- 30 Harry Kurnitz (1908–68), American playwright and screenwriter whose Hollywood credits included Witness for the Prosecution and How to Steal a Million . He collaborated with Noël Coward on The Girl Who Came to Supper . In the 1930s he had also worked as a music critic for the Philadelphia Record .ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
- They were the opening act at "Positively the Last Farewell Party for Moss Hart," as the sign on the front door of Harry Kurnitz's house proclaimed. Kurnitz was a very popular screenwriter well known for his wit and his girlfriend's name: Blossom Plum. "Joe Hill" was followed by Edmond O'Brien with "Oh, that this too too solid flesh might…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Original Story By_ A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood - Arthur Laurents.txt
- Herman Levin made The Girl Who Came to Supper his first musical production since My Fair Lady. He signed Harry Kurnitz to do the adaptation, then discovered to his surprise that Coward was willing to write only the score, leaving the staging to Joe Layton, who had choreographed Coward’s Sail Away the year before. As it had done for My Fai…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
- Girl opened to raves in Boston, then less good reviews in Toronto. Coward wrote in his diary, “Harry Kurnitz, who had been taking several bows in New York, went into deep shock. Personally I was delighted. Everyone concerned was far too complacent.” The reviews in Philadelphia were favorable, but during the Philadelphia run, President Ken…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
- The Girl Who Came to Supper, a musical by Harry Kurnitz. The next year a musical called High Spirits, based on his Blithe Spirit, was produced.theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt
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