Composers and their stage works 


Marc(us Cook) Connelly

Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1890: Died 21 December 1980

Plays:

  1. $2.50 (produced 1913).
  2. The Lady of Luzon (lyrics only), book by Alfred Ward Birdsall, music by Zoel Parenteau (produced 1914).
  3. Follow the Girl (lyrics only, uncredited; produced 1915).
  4. The Amber Empress, music by Zoel Parenteau (produced 1916; as The Amber Princess, produced 1917).
  5. Dulcy, with George S. Kaufman (produced 1921). 1921.
  6. Erminie, revised version of the play by Henry Paulton (produced 1921).
  7. To the Ladies!, with George S. Kaufman (produced 1922). 1923.
  8. No, Sirree!, with George S. Kaufman (produced 1922).
  9. The 49ers, with George S. Kaufman (produced 1922).
  10. West of Pittsburgh, with George S. Kaufman (produced 1922; revised version, as The Deep Tangled Wildwood, produced 1923).
  11. Merton of the Movies, with George S. Kaufman, from the story by Harry Leon Wilson (produced 1922). 1925.
  12. A Christmas Carol, with George S. Kaufman, from the story by Dickens. 1922.
  13. Helen of Troy, New York, with George S. Kaufman, music and lyrics by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar (produced 1923).
  14. Beggar on Horseback, with George S. Kaufman, music by Deems Taylor, from a play by Paul Apel (produced 1924). 1925.
  15. Be Yourself, with George S. Kaufman, music and lyrics by Lewis Genzler and Milton Schwarzwald, additional lyrics by Ira Gershwin (produced 1924).
  16. The Wisdom Tooth: A Fantastic Comedy (produced 1926). 1927.
  17. The Wild Man of Borneo, with Herman J. Mankiewicz (produced 1927).
  18. How's the King? (produced 1927).
  19. The Green Pastures: A Fable Suggested by Roark Bradford's Southern Sketches "01' Man Adam an' His Chillun" (produced 1930). 1929.
  20. The Survey (skit). In New Yorker, 1934.
  21. The Farmer Takes a Wife, with Frank B. Elser, from the novel Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds (produced 1934).
  22. Little David: An Unproduced Scene from "The Green Pastures." 1937.
  23. The Good Earth, with others, (screenplay). 1943.
  24. Everywhere I Roam, with Arnold Sundgaard (produced 1938).
  25. The Traveller. 1939.
  26. The Mole on Lincoln's Cheek (broadcast 1941).
  27. The Flowers of Virtue (produced 1942).
  28. A Story for Strangers (produced 1948).
  29. Hunter's Moon (produced 1958).
  30. The Portable Yenberry (produced 1962).
  31. The Green Pastures (screenplay), edited by Thomas Cripps, 1979.
  32. The Stitch in Time (produced 1981).

Screenplays:

  1. Whispers, 1920;
  2. Exit Smiling, with others, 1926;
  3. The Bridegroom, The Burglar, The Suitor, and The Uncle (film shorts), 1929;
  4. The Unemployed Ghost (film short), 1931;
  5. The Cradle Song, 1933;
  6. The Little Duchess (film short), 1934;
  7. The Green Pastures, 1936;
  8. The Farmer Takes a Wife, 1937;
  9. Captains Courageous, with John Lee Mahm and Dale Van Emery, 1937;
  10. The Good Earth, with others, 1937;
  11. I Married a Witch, with Robert Pirosh, 1942;
  12. Reunion (Reunion in France), with others, 1942;
  13. The Imposter (additional dialogue), 1944;
  14. Fabiola (English dialogue), 1951;
  15. Crowded Paradise (additional scenes), 1956.

Radio Plays

  • The Mole on Lincoln's Cheek, 1941.

Novel:

  • A Souvenir from Qam. 1965.

Other:

  • Voices Off-Stage: A Book of Memoirs. 1968.

Critical Study:

  • Marc Connelly by Paul T. Nolan, 1969.