504:
31:
151:
He wrote melodramas and eventually gained the nickname "The King of
Melodrama". In addition to writing, he often designed lighting and special effects for the productions, which tended to the spectacular.
538:
174:
designed an effect to represent a train speeding across the stage, which they patented. In 1917, he designed a sinking ship effect for that year's installment of the
548:
128:, then worked as an electrician. He worked briefly for the Thompson Electric Company, then went into business as an independent electrician in
476:
351:
200:
McCormick wrote a number of plays and sketches between 1898 and 1924. Some were never produced on
Broadway, but were nonetheless popular in
558:
409:
108:(1873 – June 25, 1954) was an American playwright. He started in theater as an actor before turning to writing. He specialized in
30:
553:
543:
140:
McCormick started his acting career in
Chicago, performing scenes he wrote himself. He then spent two years touring in a
499:
463:
The Last
Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
162:
129:
62:
436:
344:
Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and
Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, 1900–1925
533:
528:
385:
121:
46:
444:
166:
in 1906, a horse and buggy crashed through a window, and the villain had an exploding watch. For
468:
513:
472:
415:
405:
357:
347:
141:
176:
157:
503:
171:
461:
125:
89:
522:
145:
495:
112:, often with special effects that he designed using his engineering background.
201:
181:
361:
419:
380:
156:
in 1905 featured a scene with the heroine trapped in a burning mill. In the
109:
180:. He expanded the effect to include the ship bursting into flames for a
509:
57:
402:
American
Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1869-1914
188:, and repeated this in his final production as an author,
346:. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 43–47.
95:
85:
77:
69:
53:
40:
21:
460:
404:. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 564.
148:, who encouraged him to consider writing instead.
539:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
8:
337:
335:
333:
331:
329:
502:
29:
18:
437:"Arthur L. M'Cormick, Playwright, Was 81"
375:
373:
371:
325:
431:
429:
7:
14:
549:People from Port Huron, Michigan
170:in 1912, McCormick and magician
389:. October 19, 1919. p. 8.
1:
467:. New York: Penguin. p.
575:
559:Writers from New York City
500:Internet Broadway Database
381:"Who Is Langdon McCormick"
342:Kabatchnik, Amnon (2009).
204:and with road companies.
28:
459:Steinmeyer, Jim (2011).
400:Bordman, Gerald (1994).
273:The Convict and the Girl
233:The Burglar and the Lady
163:The Burglar and the Lady
130:Providence, Rhode Island
106:Arthur Langdon McCormick
23:Arthur Langdon McCormick
269:Jessie Left the Village
63:New York City, New York
305:(1919) (also known as
271:(1907) (also known as
263:The Life of an Actress
554:Writers from Michigan
544:Albion College alumni
291:The Great Forest Fire
239:How Hearts Are Broken
227:When the World Sleeps
154:When the World Sleeps
386:Brooklyn Daily Eagle
279:Wanted by the Police
245:The House of Mystery
122:Port Huron, Michigan
47:Port Huron, Michigan
35:From a 1922 magazine
16:American playwright
445:The New York Times
307:Men without Skirts
257:The Women Who Dare
510:Langdon McCormick
496:Langdon McCormick
478:978-1-101-48634-4
353:978-0-8108-6123-7
209:The Toll Gate Inn
142:repertory company
136:Theatrical career
103:
102:
566:
506:
483:
482:
466:
456:
450:
449:
448:. June 27, 1954.
441:
433:
424:
423:
397:
391:
390:
377:
366:
365:
339:
297:On the High Seas
251:Our Friend Fritz
186:On the High Seas
177:Ziegfeld Follies
59:
33:
19:
574:
573:
569:
568:
567:
565:
564:
563:
519:
518:
492:
487:
486:
479:
458:
457:
453:
439:
435:
434:
427:
412:
399:
398:
394:
379:
378:
369:
354:
341:
340:
327:
322:
285:A Mile a Minute
221:Out of the Fold
198:
172:Howard Thurston
168:A Mile a Minute
138:
118:
86:Alma mater
61:
45:
36:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
572:
570:
562:
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
521:
520:
517:
516:
507:
491:
490:External links
488:
485:
484:
477:
451:
425:
410:
392:
367:
352:
324:
323:
321:
318:
317:
316:
310:
300:
294:
288:
282:
276:
266:
260:
254:
248:
242:
236:
230:
224:
218:
212:
197:
194:
184:sketch called
137:
134:
126:Albion College
124:, he attended
117:
114:
101:
100:
97:
93:
92:
90:Albion College
87:
83:
82:
79:
75:
74:
71:
67:
66:
60:(aged 81)
55:
51:
50:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
571:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
526:
524:
515:
511:
508:
505:
501:
497:
494:
493:
489:
480:
474:
470:
465:
464:
455:
452:
447:
446:
438:
432:
430:
426:
421:
417:
413:
411:0-19-503764-2
407:
403:
396:
393:
388:
387:
382:
376:
374:
372:
368:
363:
359:
355:
349:
345:
338:
336:
334:
332:
330:
326:
319:
314:
311:
308:
304:
301:
298:
295:
292:
289:
286:
283:
280:
277:
274:
270:
267:
264:
261:
258:
255:
252:
249:
246:
243:
240:
237:
234:
231:
228:
225:
222:
219:
216:
215:Hearts Adrift
213:
210:
207:
206:
205:
203:
195:
193:
191:
187:
183:
179:
178:
173:
169:
165:
164:
159:
155:
149:
147:
143:
135:
133:
131:
127:
123:
115:
113:
111:
107:
98:
94:
91:
88:
84:
80:
76:
72:
68:
64:
58:June 25, 1954
56:
52:
48:
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
462:
454:
443:
401:
395:
384:
343:
312:
306:
302:
296:
290:
284:
278:
272:
268:
262:
256:
250:
244:
238:
232:
226:
220:
214:
208:
199:
189:
185:
175:
167:
161:
153:
150:
146:Otis Skinner
139:
119:
105:
104:
534:1954 deaths
529:1873 births
313:Shipwrecked
192:, in 1924.
190:Shipwrecked
523:Categories
320:References
202:vaudeville
182:vaudeville
116:Early life
110:melodramas
73:Playwright
70:Occupation
362:190860037
303:The Storm
99:1898–1924
420:25787552
158:Broadway
120:Born in
78:Language
498:at the
160:run of
81:English
475:
418:
408:
360:
350:
315:(1924)
299:(1918)
293:(1914)
287:(1912)
281:(1908)
265:(1907)
259:(1907)
253:(1907)
247:(1906)
241:(1906)
235:(1905)
229:(1905)
223:(1904)
217:(1903)
211:(1900)
96:Period
65:, U.S.
49:, U.S.
440:(PDF)
196:Works
144:with
514:IMDb
473:ISBN
416:OCLC
406:ISBN
358:OCLC
348:ISBN
54:Died
44:1873
41:Born
512:at
469:193
525::
471:.
442:.
428:^
414:.
383:.
370:^
356:.
328:^
132:.
481:.
422:.
364:.
309:)
275:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
