Philip Moeller
Philip Moeller (26 August 1880 – 26 April 1958) was an American stage producer and director, playwright and screenwriter, born in New York where he helped found the short-lived Washington Square Players and then with Lawrence Langner and Helen Westley founded the Theatre Guild.[1]
He was educated at New York University and Columbia University.
Directing career
Among plays he directed for the Theatre Guild were
- The Adding Machine (1923)
- The Guardsman (1924)
- They Knew What They Wanted (1924)
- Ned McCobb's Daughter (1926)
- The Second Man (1927)
- Strange Interlude (1928)
- Dynamo (1929)
- Hotel Universe (1930)
- Elizabeth the Queen (1930)
- Mourning Becomes Electra (1931 - its first production)
- Biography by S. N. Behrman (1932)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1933)
- End of Summer (1936)
Playwright
- Helena's Husband (1915) one-act play for Washington Square Players on its opening night 4 October 1915[2]
- Madame Sand - a biographical comedy (1917)
- The Roadhouse in Arden (1917)
- Pokey (1918)
- Two blind beggars and one less blind: a tragic comedy in one act (1918)
- Sophie - a comedy (1919)
- Caprice - adaptation of three-act play by Austrian writer Sil-Vara (pseudonym of Geza Silberer) in 1929.
Filmography
This filmography is believed to be complete.
- The Age of Innocence (1934) (director)
- Break of Hearts 1935 (director)
References
- ^ Cody, Gabrielle and Sprinchorn,Evert The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 2 Columbia University Press p.1341
- ^ "The Lesson of the Washington Square Players"
External links
- Works by Philip Moeller at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Philip Moeller at the Internet Archive
- Philip Moeller at the IMDB database
- at the IBDB database
- Philip Moeller of the Theatre Guild : an historical and critical study
