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Laurence Schwab (1893 – May 29, 1951) was an American theater and film producer, writer, and director. He was born in
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and attended
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. His first success was as co-producer of '' The Gingham Girl'' (1922). He co-authored and produced numerous productions in the 1920s and 1930s. Several of his works were adapted to film.


Biography

Laurence Schwab was born in
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, and was educated at
Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...
. He died in
Southampton, New York Southampton, officially the Town of Southampton, is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, partly on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town had a population of 69,036. Southampton is included in the stre ...
on May 29, 1951.


Theater


Writer

*''
Queen High ''Queen High'' is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical ''Queen High'' that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward ...
'' (1926), adapted from Edward Peple's 1914 farce *'' Good News'' (1927) *''
The New Moon ''The New Moon'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab. The show was the third in a string of Broadway hits for Romberg (after ''The St ...
'' (1927), co-wrote *'' Follow Thru'' (1930), co-wrote *'' Take a Chance'' (1932), co-wrote


Producer

*''
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'' (1931)


Filmography


Writer

*'' Follow Thru'' (1930), adaptation of his play, he also produced *'' Good News'' based on musical he co-wrote *''
Queen High ''Queen High'' is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical ''Queen High'' that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward ...
'' (1930), adaptatiom of his play *''
I Won't Play ''I Won't Play'' is a 1944 American short film, short drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. It won an Academy Awards, Oscar at the 17th Academy Awards in 1945 for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Plo ...
'' (1944) *'' Good News'' adapted from a play he co-wrote *''
The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Berber fighters, against French colonia ...
'' adapted from a play he co-wrote


Directing

*'' Take a Chance'', co-directed


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwab, Laurence 1893 births 1951 deaths American dramatists and playwrights American film producers American theatre managers and producers Writers from Boston Harvard University alumni 20th-century American screenwriters