Henry Blossom
Henry Martyn Blossom (May 10, 1866 – March 23, 1919) was an American playwright and lyricist.
Biography[]
Born in St. Louis, Missouri,[1] he teamed with Victor Herbert on several popular operettas. His first Broadway musical project was The Yankee Consul (1904) for composer , after which he primarily wrote for Herbert, including Mlle. Modiste (1905), The Red Mill (1906), Baron Trenck (1911), The Only Girl (1914), The Princess Pat (1915), Eileen (1917), and Kiss Me Again (film version of Mlle. Modeste, 1931).[1] He also wrote "When Uncle Sam is Ruler of the Sea" with Victor Herbert in 1916, "It's Not the Uniform That Makes the Man" with A. Baldwin Sloane in 1917 and "I Want to Go Back to the War" with Percival Knight (music was by Raymond Hubbell) in 1919.[2]
Blossom was also involved with several shows that failed to reach Broadway.[1] He died from pneumonia in New York City at the age of 53.
- Mlle. Modiste - libretto (1905)
- The Red Mill - book and lyrics (1906)
- The Only Girl - book and lyrics (1914)
- The Princess Pat - book and lyrics (1915)
- Eileen - lyrics (1917)
Checkers: A Hard Luck Story[]
Checkers: A Hard Luck Story, sometimes written as Checkers: A Hard-luck Story is a book written by Blossom in 1896.[3] He adapted it into a successful play starring Thomas W. Ross.[4] It was adapted into two silent films titled Checkers, the first directed by Augustus Thomas in 1913[5][3] and the second, Checkers in 1919. The plot involves a love story about a man trying to win approval of his would-be father-in-law as he faces career hurdles and tries to distance himself from gambling and horse racing.[3]
1913 film[]
Eustace Hale Ball and Lawrence McGill wrote the scenario.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Henry Blossom | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music - Volume 1. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 260, 319, 785. ISBN 978-0-7864-2798-7.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. April 16, 1913 – via Google Books.
External links[]
- Works by Henry Blossom at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Henry Blossom at Internet Archive
- Henry Blossom at IMDb
- Hearts of Erin; a romantic comic opera / book and lyrics by Henry Blossom ; music by Victor Herbert (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
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