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Rex Ingram

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Actor 1892–1950 On stage 19341961

Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock; 15 January 1893 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".

On stage 12 productions, 27 years

1934 Dance With Your Gods Mansfield Theatre · Original · directed by Robert B. Sinclair 9 perf.
1934 Stevedore Civic Repertory Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Blankfort 111 perf.
1934 Theodora, The Quean Forrest Theatre · Original 5 perf.
1935 Stick-in-the-Mud 48th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Thomas Mitchell 9 perf.
1937 How Come, Lawd? 49th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Charles J. Adler 2 perf.
1938 Haiti Lafayette Theatre · Original · directed by Maurice Clark 168 perf.
1938 Sing Out the News Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Ned McGurn 105 perf.
1940 Cabin In The Sky Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by George Balanchine, Albert Lewis 156 perf.
1946 Lysistrata Belasco Theatre · Revival · directed by Felicia Sorel 4 perf.
1946 St. Louis Woman Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 113 perf.
1957 Waiting for Godot Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Revival · directed by Herbert Berghof 6 perf.
1961 Kwamina 54th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 32 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Louis Sharp 4 productions
Leigh Whipper 3 productions
Carrington Lewis 3 productions
Archie Savage 3 productions
Wardell Saunders 2 productions
Susie Sutton 2 productions
Royce Wallace 2 productions
Olive Ball 2 productions
Musa Williams 2 productions
Milton J Williams 2 productions
Mercedes Gilbert 2 productions
Maurice Ellis 2 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • Cast: Ethel Waters, Todd Duncan, Dooley Wilson, Katherine Dunham, Rex Ingram, J. Rosamond Johnsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Harold Nicholas, Fayard Nicholas, Pearl Bailey, Ruby Hill, Rex Ingram, June Hawkins, Juanita Hall, Lorenzo Fullerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • 47 . Duncan, who was the original Porgy, played The Lawd’s General in Cabin in the Sky , and Rex Ingram, who had been in Sing Out the News , played Lucifer Jr. In the film, the Hall Johnson Choir replaced the J. Rosamond Johnson Singers.ebooks/Oja, Carol J_/Bernstein Meets Broadway_ Collaborative Art in a Time of War (Broadway Legacies) - Carol J. Oja.txt
  • So, Brock Peters played the witch doctor, and Rex Ingram the tribal chief, and their power was palpable, from the very first readings. And Sally Ann was miraculous. She was beautiful, she read brilliantly and sang like a musically advanced angel. She was simply the best musical performer I had ever written for, and she loved my music. The…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt

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