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Paul Lukas

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Actor 1894–1971 On stage 19411955

Paul Lukas (born Pál Lukács; 26 May 1894 – 15 August 1971) was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, as well as a Photoplay Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for his performance in the film Watch on the Rhine (1943), reprising the role he created on the Broadway stage.

On stage 4 productions, 14 years

1941 Watch on the Rhine Martin Beck Theatre · Original 378 perf.
1950 Call Me Madam Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 644 perf.
1952 Flight Into Egypt Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 46 perf.
1955 The Wayward Saint Cort Theatre · Original · directed by John Gerstad 21 perf.

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In the literature7 passages

  • Act One: “Mrs. Sally Adams” (Company); “The Hostess with the Mostes’ on the Ball” (Ethel Merman); “Washington Square Dance” (Ethel Merman, Company); “Lichtenburg” (Paul Lukas, Singers); “Can You Use Any Money Today?” (Ethel Merman); “Marrying for Love” (Paul Lukas, Ethel Merman); “The Ocarina” (Galina Talva, Ralph Linn, Ollie Engebretson,…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Lichtenburg” (reprise) (Paul Lukas, Singers); “Something to Dance About” (Ethel Merman, Tommy Rall, Muriel Bentley, Norma Kaiser, Arthur Partington, Company); “Once Upon a Time Today” (Russell Nype); “They Like Ike” (Pat Harrington, Ralph Chambers, Jay Velie); “You’re Just in Love” (Ethel Merman, Russell Nype); “The Best Thing f…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Ethel Merman, Paul Lukas, Russell Nype, Galina Talva, Pat Harrington, Alan Hewitt, Tommy Rail, Nathaniel Freyebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Call Me Madam played a four-week limited run at the National, with Richard Eastham taking over for Paul Lukas as Cosmo. Audiences were enthusiastic and even Perle Mesta made a special trip from her post in Luxembourg to attend one of the last performances.ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • C AST : Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams), Paul Lukas, Russell Nype, Galina Talva, Alan Hewitt, Owen Coll, Lilia Skalaebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • Juveniles Peter Fernandez, Eric Roberts, and Ann Bl)fth with Paul Lukas in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine. New York, Martin Beck Theatre, 1941. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenoxtheatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt

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