Owen Davis

b. 29 January 1874, Portland, Maine, USA, d. 14 Oct 1956, NY, USA. An astonishingly prolific article writer, among Davis’ early has staged on Broadway, most of them melodramas, are Reaping The Whirlwind (1900), Shed In The Desert (1901) as well as the Confessions OF THE Wife (1905). In 1906/7 by itself came a lot more than 20 has, included in this Chinatown Charlie, The Burglar’s Girl, A Marked Girl, A Chorus Young lady’s Good fortune In NY, It’s Never As well Late TO FIX andDeadwood Dick’s Last Shot. Between 1910 and 1928, his speed slowed but there have been still around 36 productions, including Lola (1911), What Occurred To Mary (1913), Sinners (1915), Forever After (1919), The Anxious Wreck (1923), Easy Arrive, Easy Move (1925) andTo-Night At 12 (1928). In 1928 Davis also finished Whoopee!, that was based on The Nervous Wreck. The achievement of this display, which ran for nearly a season, prompted an version of Easy Arrive, Easy Go in to the musical Female Fingertips (1929). This present was less lucky and went for only 90 days. The same season saw him composing the reserve for the musical Planting season Is Here. Time for drama, with an intermittent humor, through the 30s Davis had written several more has, including MERELY TO Remind You (1931) and THE NICE Globe (1932). The last mentioned, written in cooperation with Donald Davis, was modified from Pearl S. Buck’s book and provided the foundation for the 1937 Oscar-nominated film. Likewise, his Jezebel (1934) was the foundation for the 1938 film, that was also nominated. His Ethan Frome (1936) was based on Edith Wharton’s 1911 novella and will be filmed in 1993. In 1937 Davis had written the reserve for Virginia and in the first 40s emerged Mr And Mrs North (1941) no WAY TO AVOID IT (1944). In 1979, Whoopee! was revived on Broadway. Owen Davis was occasionally acknowledged as John Oliver. His child was stage and display acting professional Owen Davis Jnr. (b. 6 Oct 1907, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 21 Might 1949, Long Isle Sound, NY, USA). He acted on Broadway from 1928, showing up in a number of of his dad’s takes on, including To-Night At 12, Jezebel and Mr And Mrs North. He also finished several films ahead of his loss of life in 1949 from drowning.