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Abie's Irish Rose is a popular comedy by Anne Nichols, which premiered in 1922. Initially a Broadway play , it has become familiar through repeated stage productions, films and radio programs. The basic premise involves an Irish Catholic girl and a young Jewish man who marry despite the objections of their families .
Her most famous production was Abie's Irish Rose, a farce depicting the tumult that arises with the marriage of a young Jewish man and an Irish girl. This play broke the record for the longest run in Broadway theater history, and was made into films in 1928 and again in 1946.
The original lyrics reference Abie's Irish Rose, which ran on Broadway from 1922 to 1927. The Ella Fitzgerald rendition from 1956 mentions My Fair Lady , as does Dinah Washington 's 1959 recording, while Lee Wiley and Rosemary Clooney reference South Pacific .
Abie's Irish Rose: P 2,327 [34] May 23, 1922: October 1, 1927: First ever Broadway production with 2,000+ performances; Revivals in 1937 (46 performances) and 1954 (20 performances) 35 Oklahoma! M 2,212 [35] March 31, 1943: May 29, 1948: A Special Tony Award in 1993 for the show's 50th anniversary
Abie's Irish Rose is a 1946 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland based on a play by Anne Nichols. The film stars Michael Chekhov, Joanne Dru, Richard Norris, J. M. Kerrigan, George E. Stone, Vera Gordon, and Emory Parnell. The film was released on December 27, 1946, by United Artists.
Back in the 1920s, a comedy called "Abie's Irish Rose," about a Jewish boy married to a Catholic girl and the havoc that plays among their families, ran for more than five years on Broadway in ...
Abie's Irish Rose is a 1928 early sound (part-talkie) film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, and J. Farrell MacDonald. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles.
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