Mamoulian, Rouben.

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1898-10-08

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Theatrical and film director. Born 1897; died 1987.

From the description of Rouben Mamoulian papers, 1740-1987 (bulk 1906-1987). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132863

Stage and motion picture director; interviewee d.1987.

From the description of Reminiscences of Rouben Mamoulian : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587306

Biographical Note

1897, Oct. 8 Born, Tiflis (now Tiblisi), Georgia, Caucasus, Russia circa 1906 circa 1907 Lived in Paris, France. Went by the name of Robert Mamouloff circa 1915 circa 1917 Studied law, University of Moscow, Russia Studied at Vachtangov Studio, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia 1920 Moved to London, England 1922 Director, The Beating on the Door, a play by Austin Page 1923 Emigrated to the United States 1923 1925 Vice director, Eastman School of Music operatic department, Rochester, N.Y. Directed operas performed by the American Opera Co., Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y. 1925 1926 Director, Eastman School of the Dance and Dramatic Action, Rochester, N.Y. 1926 1927 Directed productions, Theatre Guild School, Scarborough, N.Y. 1927 Director, Porgy, a play by Dorothy Heyward and Du Bose Heyward 1928 Director, Marco Millions, a play by Eugene O'Neill Director, These Modern Women, a play by Lawrence Langner Director, Café Tomaza, a play by William Dubois Director, Women, a play by Edith Ellis and Edward Ellis Director, Congai, a play by Harry Hervey and Carleton Hildreth Director, Wings Over Europe, a play by Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne 1929 Director, R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), a play by Karel Capek Director, Game of Love and Death, a play by Romain Rolland Director, Applause, a Paramount Pictures film 1930 Granted U. S. citizenship through naturalization Director and adaptor, A Month in the Country, a play by Ivan Turgenev, adapted by Rouben Mamoulian Director, Die Gluckliche Hand, music by Arnold Schoenberg Director, Solid South, a play by Lawton Campbell Director, A Farewell to Arms, a play adapted by Laurence Stallings 1931 Director, City Streets, a Paramount Pictures film Director, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Paramount Pictures film 1932 Director, Love Me Tonight, a Paramount Pictures film 1933 Director, Song of Songs and Queen Christina, Paramount Pictures films 1934 Director, We Live Again, a Samuel Goldwyn Co. film 1935 Director, Becky Sharp, Pioneer Pictures, the first Technicolor feature film Director, Porgy and Bess, a folk opera with music by George Gershwin 1936 Director, The Gay Desperado, a Pickford-Lasky Productions film 1936 1939 Board member, Directors Guild of America (originally Screen Directors Guild of America) 1937 Director, High, Wide and Handsome, a Paramount Pictures film 1938 Director, Porgy and Bess, Los Angeles, Calif. 1939 Director, Golden Boy, a Columbia Pictures film 1940 Director, The Mark of Zorro, a Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. film 1941 Director, Blood and Sand, a Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. film 1941 1942 Director, Rings on Her Fingers, a Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. film 1943 Director, Oklahoma!, a musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960) 1944 Fired as director of Laura, a Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. film Director, Sadie Thompson, a musical play by Howard Dietz and Mamoulian with music by Vernon Duke 1944 1946 Board member, Directors Guild of America 1945 Married Azadia Newman (died 1999) Director, Carousel, a musical play by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (1895-1960) 1946 Director, St. Louis Woman, a play by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen with music by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer Director, Summer Holiday, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film 1948 1949 Director, Leaf and Bough, a play by Joseph Hayes 1949 Director, Lost in the Stars, a play by Maxwell Anderson with music by Kurt Weill 1950 Director, Arms and the Girl, a play by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Mamoulian with music by Morton Gould and Dorothy Fields 1952 1953 Board member, Directors Guild of America 1953 1958 Board member and first vice president, Directors Guild of America 1954 Director, Carousel, Civic Light Opera, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. 1955 Director, Oklahoma!, Salute to France program, Paris, France and tour of Rome, Milan, Naples, and Venice, Italy 1956 1957 Director, Silk Stockings, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film 1958 Fired as director of Porgy and Bess, a Samuel Goldwyn Co. film 1959 1961 First director of Cleopatra, a Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. film; resigned Jan. 1961 1964 Published Abigayil: The Story of the Cat at the Manger. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society 1965 Published Shakespeare's Hamlet: A New Version. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1987, Dec. 4 Died, Los Angeles, Calif. From the guide to the Rouben Mamoulian Papers, 1740-1987, (bulk 1906-1987), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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