Joseph Fields
Joseph Fields | |
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Born | February 21, 1895 New York City, New York |
Died | March 4, 1966 | (aged 71)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter, film producer, director |
Spouse | Marion |
Parent | Lew Fields |
Relatives | Dorothy Fields (sister) Herbert Fields (brother) |
Joseph Albert Fields (February 21, 1895 – March 4, 1966)[1] was an American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Life and career
Fields was born in New York City, the son of
Fields made his Broadway debut in 1938 with the play Schoolhouse on the Lot, co-written with Jerome Chodorov, who became a frequent collaborator. The prolific pair went on to write My Sister Eileen (1940), Junior Miss (1941), The French Touch (1945), Wonderful Town (1953), The Girl in Pink Tights (1954), Anniversary Waltz (1954), and The Ponder Heart (1956). They also wrote the screenplay for the 1942 film adaptation of My Sister Eileen as well as the 1945 film adaptation of Junior Miss.
With Anita Loos, Fields wrote the book for the Jule Styne musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and he collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II on the book for Flower Drum Song. He also co-produced and wrote the screen adaptation of the latter, garnering a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Written American Musical.
Fields won the Tony Award for Best Musical for Wonderful Town and was nominated in the same category for Flower Drum Song.
As a director, Fields helmed Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944), his own plays I Gotta Get Out (1947) and The Tunnel of Love (1957), and The Desk Set (1955).
Fields was the brother of writer/lyricist
References
- ^ a b According to the State of California. California Death Index, 1940–1997. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. ancestry.com
- ^ "Joseph Fields, 71, Dies on Coast; Co-Author of 'My Sister Eileen'". New York Times. March 5, 1966. p. 20.
External links
- Joseph Fields at the Internet Broadway Database
- Joseph Fields at IMDb