Arts, Entertainment, and Mass Media

Don Juan Quilligan (1945), directed by Frank Tuttle, with a screenplay by Arthur Kober and Frank Gabrielson, based on a story by Herbert Clyde Lewis. Starring William Bendix, Joan Blondell, and Phil Silvers.

Go West Young Man (1936), directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Lyle Talbot. Mae West received a writer’s credit for the screenplay’s dialog. Based on the play Personal Appearance (1934) by Lawrence Riley.

The Great Garrick (1937), directed by James Whale, screenplay by Ernest Vajda and Rowland Leigh. Starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. Based on Ernest Vajda’s 1937 play Ladies and Gentlemen.

Happiness Ahead (1934), directed by Mervyn LeRoy, from a screenplay by Brian Marlow and Harry Sauber. Starring Dick Powell and Josephine Hutchinson.

Heaven Can Wait (1943), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, was written by Samson Raphaelson based on Ladislaus Bus-Fekete’s The Birthday (1934). It starred Gene Tierney, Don Ameche (who also provided narration), and Charles Coburn.

Holy Matrimony (1943), directed by John M. Stahl, screenplay by Nunnally Johnson based on the 1908 novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett. Starring Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields.

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944), directed by Gregory Ratoff, screenplay by Earl Baldwin and John Tucker Battle, based on a story by E.A. Ellington. Starring Monty Woolley, June Haver, and Dick Haymes.

Margin for Error (1939), a play in two acts by Clare Boothe (Luce), was produced for Broadway by (Richard) Aldrich & (Richard) Myers, with direction by Otto L. Preminger and settings by Donald Oenslager. Syd’s illustrations depict Officer Finkelstein (played by Sam Levene on Broadway, but in the later film version by Milton Berle) and Nazi consul Karl Baumer (played both on stage and in film by Preminger).

Sitting Pretty (1948), directed by Walter Lang, starring Robert Young, Maureen O’Hara, and Clifton Webb. Syd’s images all depict Clifton Webb as Mr. Belvedere.

Thanks for Everything (1938), directed by William A. Seiter. from a screenplay by Curtis Kenyon and Harry Tugend, based on a story by Gilbert Wright. Starring Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Tony Martin, and Binnie Barnes. Other artists contributing to the publicity campaign included Jaro Fabry, Montgomery Flagg, O. Soglow, and William Steig.

Wing and a Prayer (1944), directed by Henry Hathaway, from a screenplay by Jerome Cady. Starring Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, and William Eythe.

Yes, My Darling Daughter: A Comedy in Three Acts by Mark Reed, was produced for Broadway by Alfred de Liagre in 1937. The 1939 film, directed by William Keighley from a screenplay by Casey Robinson, starred Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn. The movie was temporarily banned in New York and Nebraska, as its plot involved an unmarried couple spending the weekend together.