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Hy Kraft est un Scénariste Américain né le 30 avril 1899 à New York (Etats-Unis)
Hyman Solomon Kraft (April 30, 1899 – July 29, 1975), aka Hy Kraft or H.S. Kraft, was an American screenwriter, playwright, and theatrical producer.
Among the notable comedy plays that he wrote were Ten Per Cent (1932), Poppa (1929), Cafe Crown (1942), and Top Banana (1952). In 1964 Cafe Crown was revised as a Broadway musical produced by Philip Rose and Swanlee with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Marty Brill. The musical plot is set in the early 1930s in and around the Cafe Crown at the corner of Second Avenue and 12th Street in New York City. It had one Broadway revival in 1989.
Hy Kraft's 1954 musical play Top Banana was filmed for the screen and released as a movie in 1954, starring Phil Silvers as a television comic trying to regain his ratings on TV. Feeling the show was a personal swipe at him, Milton Berle wrote of it, "The only public attack I got any pleasure from was the one dreamed up by Hy Kraft and Johnny Mercer, and starring Phil Silvers. It was a big Broadway musical called Top Banana, in which Phil played an egomaniac named Jerry Biffle who had a top-rated television show and who directed his rehearsals with a whistle. It was a vicious and funny swipe at me, and I loved it so much, I offered to sue Hy Kraft for the publicity value. Anything to help. After all, I had put some money into the show."
In 1950 Hy Kraft was made part of the Hollywood blacklist by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Kraft's screenwriting credits include Stormy Weather (1943) with Lena Horne and short story credit for Smartest Girl In Town (1936) and Champaign Waltz (1937), in the latter case collaborating with Billy Wilder. He also contributed writing (uncredited) to Mark of the Vampire (1935) with Lionel Barrymore and Bela Lugosi.
Kraft also wrote an autobiography, On My Way to the Theater, Macmillan, 1971. The jacket reads, "A lifetime's stroll from New York's Lower East Side to Broadway, with side trips to Hollywood, London, and Washington, D.C., and singular associations with Victor Herbert, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, and the House Un-American Activities Committee." Kraft was born and died in New York City. He was married to Reata Kraft, who was the costume designer on Three Husbands (1951).
In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
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Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 30 avril 1899 à New York (Etats-Unis)
Mort 29 juillet 1975 (à 76 ans) à New York (Etats-Unis)
Naissance 30 avril 1899 à New York (Etats-Unis)
Mort 29 juillet 1975 (à 76 ans) à New York (Etats-Unis)
Among the notable comedy plays that he wrote were Ten Per Cent (1932), Poppa (1929), Cafe Crown (1942), and Top Banana (1952). In 1964 Cafe Crown was revised as a Broadway musical produced by Philip Rose and Swanlee with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Marty Brill. The musical plot is set in the early 1930s in and around the Cafe Crown at the corner of Second Avenue and 12th Street in New York City. It had one Broadway revival in 1989.
Hy Kraft's 1954 musical play Top Banana was filmed for the screen and released as a movie in 1954, starring Phil Silvers as a television comic trying to regain his ratings on TV. Feeling the show was a personal swipe at him, Milton Berle wrote of it, "The only public attack I got any pleasure from was the one dreamed up by Hy Kraft and Johnny Mercer, and starring Phil Silvers. It was a big Broadway musical called Top Banana, in which Phil played an egomaniac named Jerry Biffle who had a top-rated television show and who directed his rehearsals with a whistle. It was a vicious and funny swipe at me, and I loved it so much, I offered to sue Hy Kraft for the publicity value. Anything to help. After all, I had put some money into the show."
In 1950 Hy Kraft was made part of the Hollywood blacklist by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Kraft's screenwriting credits include Stormy Weather (1943) with Lena Horne and short story credit for Smartest Girl In Town (1936) and Champaign Waltz (1937), in the latter case collaborating with Billy Wilder. He also contributed writing (uncredited) to Mark of the Vampire (1935) with Lionel Barrymore and Bela Lugosi.
Kraft also wrote an autobiography, On My Way to the Theater, Macmillan, 1971. The jacket reads, "A lifetime's stroll from New York's Lower East Side to Broadway, with side trips to Hollywood, London, and Washington, D.C., and singular associations with Victor Herbert, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, and the House Un-American Activities Committee." Kraft was born and died in New York City. He was married to Reata Kraft, who was the costume designer on Three Husbands (1951).
In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
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Symphonie magique (1943)
, 1h18Réalisé par Andrew L. Stone
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Documentaire, Musical, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Le jazz, Musique
Acteurs Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Katherine Dunham, Fayard Nicholas, Dooley Wilson, Stymie Beard
Rôle Responsable de l'adaptation
Note72%
Évocation de numéros de danse, de musiciens, de chanteurs et chanteuses qui ont marqué l'histoire du jazz entre 1919 et 1940.
Champagne valse (1937)
, 1h27Réalisé par A. Edward Sutherland
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Herman Bing, Fritz Leiber, Ernest Cossart
Rôle Histoire
Note62%
Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
, 58minutesRéalisé par Joseph Santley
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes, Frank Jenks
Rôle Histoire
Note62%
Model "Cookie" Cooke (Ann Sothern) is urged by her unsatisfactorily married practical older sister Gwen (Helen Broderick) to find a wealthy husband. On a modeling assignment she runs into millionaire Dick Smith (Gene Raymond), but assumes him to be a low-earning male model. Dick falls in love with her, but she insists on dating eccentrically mannered Italian aristocrat Baron Enrico (Erik Rhodes). Dick installs another mannered character, his valet Philbean (Eric Blore) in the position of a casting agency president who would then pair Cookie on the same pre-arranged modeling jobs with Dick. Ultimately, Baron Enrico, who is so obsessed with birds that he cannot concentrate on romance long enough to propose, is goaded by Gwen into presenting Cookie with an engagement ring. Forced to act fast, Dick pretends to have attempted suicide by a gunshot to the head and asks Cookie to marry him on his deathbed, but she tastes the "ketchup blood" on his face and then embraces him.
La Marque du vampire (1935)
, 1h1Réalisé par Tod Browning
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Magie, Vampire
Acteurs Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Carroll Borland
Rôle Ecrivain
Note61%
Dans la région de Prague, Sir Karell Borotyn est retrouvé mort dans son château, le corps vidé de son sang et le cou marqué d'une morsure. Son ami le baron Otto et son médecin attribuent la mort à un vampire, accréditant la croyance locale selon laquelle le Comte Mora et sa fille Luna, morts depuis longtemps, errent dans la campagne les nuits de pleine lune. Cependant l'inspecteur Neumann, assisté du professeur Zelen, tente d'élucider le mystère.
La fin du monde (1931)
, 1h45Réalisé par Abel Gance
Origine France
Genres Science-fiction
Thèmes La fin du monde, Impact terrestre, Film catastrophe
Acteurs Victor Francen, Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Sylvie Gance, Samson Fainsilber, Jeanne Brindeau
Note59%
En observant le ciel, Martial Novalic, un savant, découvre une comète. La trajectoire de cette dernière doit l'amener irrémédiablement à entrer en collision avec la Terre. Dès la nouvelle connue, la panique s'empare des terriens. Profitant de cet état d'esprit, l'astronome décide de proclamer une République universelle. Mais la comète ne fait qu'effleurer le globe terrestre…