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Damon Runyon Theatre was broadcast on radio in the late 1940s. Actor John Brown had the role of Broadway, the narrator who often participated in the stories. Russell Hughes adapted Runyon's stories, including characters such as Harrigan, the Cop, Harry the Horse, Little Miss Marker, and Milk-Ear Willie. [2]
Brown had major roles in several popular radio shows: He was "John Doe" in the Texaco Star Theater's version of Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, [2] played Irma's love interest Al in My Friend Irma, [3] both "Gillis" and Digby "Digger" O'Dell in The Life of Riley, [4] (a role he reprised for the first incarnation of the television show), "Broadway" in The Damon Runyon Theatre, [5] and "Thorny" the ...
The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" is a short story by Damon Runyon telling of the improbable—but eventually triumphant—love between an inveterate gambler (Sky Masterson) and a missionary girl (the Miss Sarah Brown of the title).
Guys and Dolls, based on a story by and characters of Damon Runyon, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Choreographed and directed by Josh Rhodes, November 15, 2016 – January 1, 2017. [1] The Great Society, by Robert Schenkkan, based on the original production directed by Bill Rauch. Directed by Nicole A ...
Al Harrington, the Hawaiian actor known best for playing Detective Ben Kokua on the original “Hawaii Five-0,” died Tuesday.
Mark Damon, an actor-turned-independent sales executive who was a force in the foreign sales world and at film markets for many decades, died Sunday in Los Angeles, according to his wife. He was 91.
A Gentleman of Broadway: The Story of Damon Runyon. Boston: Little Brown. ISBN 978-1-199-45217-7; Mosedale, John (1981). The Men Who Invented Broadway: Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell & Their World. New York: Richard Marek Publishers. ISBN 978-0-399-90085-3; Runyon, Damon Jr (1953). Father's Footsteps: The Story of Damon Runyon by his Son. New ...
A.J. Brown lingered with some of his Eagles teammates outside the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room like any fan who had even a hint of a chance to hug it out with LeBron James. Sure enough, James ...