Arthur Frederick Goodrich (February 18, 1878 – June 26, 1941) was an American novelist and

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who was prominent on

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during the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote a mixture of crime and comedy plays. One of his greatest hits was the 1922 Anglo-American culture clash comedy '' So This Is London'', which was turned into films twice. He wrote the

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for an

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version of '' Caponsacchi''.

Selected works

Novels

* ''The Balance of Power'' (1906)

Plays

* '' Yes or No'' (1917) — filmed as '' Yes or No?'' (1919) * '' So This Is London'' (1922) — filmed in

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and

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* ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Plutocrat'' (1930) * '' The Perfect Marriage'' (1932) * '' A Journey by Night'' (1935)

References

Sources

* Bordman, Gerald Martin. ''American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914-1930''. Oxford University Press, 1995. * Kabatchnik, Amnon. ''Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. 1878 births 1941 deaths American male dramatists and playwrights American opera librettists Novelists from Connecticut Writers from New Britain, Connecticut 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters {{US-playwright-stub