Samuel Shipman
Samuel Shipman is a Broadway performer known for A Lady Detained, Alley Cat, Behind Red Lights, Children of Today, Cheaper to Marry, Crooked Gamblers, Crime, The Crooked Square, Creoles, East is West, Elevating a Husband, Fast Life, First is Last, Friendly Enemies, No More Women, Scarlet Pages, She Means Business, The Spell, That French Lady, Trapped, The Unwritten Chapter, The Woman in Room 13, Lawful Larceny, and Nature's Nobleman. Explore their Broadway credits, shows, and songs below.
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About
Samuel Shipman (1883 – February 9, 1937) was an American playwright and Broadway book writer born in New York, New York. Of Jewish heritage, Shipman built a career as a prolific dramatist whose work spanned several decades of American theater.
Shipman wrote frequently in collaboration with other playwrights. His partnership with John B. Hymer produced several works, including East is West (1918), Crime, and Scarlet Pages (1929). He also co-wrote The Woman in Room 13 (1919) with Max Marcin and Percival Wilde, and collaborated with Aaron Hoffman on Friendly Enemies. Among his solo credits were Lawful Larceny (1922), Creoles (1927), Trapped (1928), Fast Life (1928), She Means Business (1931), Alley Cat (1934), and A Lady Detained (1935). His Broadway credits further include Crooked Gamblers, The Crooked Square, Behind Red Lights (1937), and Cheaper to Marry. The posthumous production Louisiana Lady (1947), based on his earlier play Creoles, appeared a decade after his death.
A number of Shipman's stage works were adapted for the screen. Lawful Larceny was filmed twice, in 1923 and again in 1930. The Woman in Room 13 was adapted in 1920, and Friendly Enemies received two film versions, in 1925 and 1942. Additional adaptations included Cheaper to Marry (1925), Fast Life (1929), Scarlet Pages (1930), The Pay-Off (1929) — based on his play Crime — and Manhattan Parade (1931). Shipman also visited the Lakewood Theater in Maine alongside John B. Hymer.
Personal Details
- Hometown
- New York, New York, USA
- Died
- February 9, 1937
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- Samuel Shipman is a Broadway performer known for A Lady Detained, Alley Cat, Behind Red Lights, Children of Today, Cheaper to Marry, Crooked Gamblers, Crime, The Crooked Square, Creoles, East is West, Elevating a Husband, Fast Life, First is Last, Friendly Enemies, No More Women, Scarlet Pages, She Means Business, The Spell, That French Lady, Trapped, The Unwritten Chapter, The Woman in Room 13, Lawful Larceny, and Nature's Nobleman. Samuel Shipman (1883 – February 9, 1937) was an American playwright and Broadway book writer born in New York, New York. Of Jewish heritage, Shipman built a career as a prolific dramatist whose work spanned several decades of American theater. Shipman wrote frequently in collaboration with other pla...
- What shows has Samuel Shipman appeared in?
- Samuel Shipman has appeared in A Lady Detained, Alley Cat, Behind Red Lights, Children of Today, Cheaper to Marry, Crooked Gamblers, Crime, The Crooked Square, Creoles, East is West, Elevating a Husband, Fast Life, First is Last, Friendly Enemies, No More Women, Scarlet Pages, She Means Business, The Spell, That French Lady, Trapped, The Unwritten Chapter, The Woman in Room 13, Lawful Larceny, and Nature's Nobleman.
- What roles has Samuel Shipman played?
- Samuel Shipman has played roles as Writer, Source Material.
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