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| − | Twice filmed as ''Secret Service'': In 1919 produced by Famous Players-Lasky and directed by Hugh Ford, as a silent film starring Robert Warwick, and | + | Twice filmed as ''Secret Service'': In 1919 produced by Famous Players-Lasky and directed by Hugh Ford, as a silent film starring Robert Warwick, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1919_film)] |
| − | In 1931 it was remade as a talking picture by RKO in 1931, now directed by J. Walter Ruben to a script by Bernard Schubert, and released on November 14, 1931, by RKO Pictures.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1931_film)] | + | In 1931 it was remade as a talking picture by RKO in 1931, once more with Warwick in the leading role, now directed by J. Walter Ruben to a script by Bernard Schubert, and released on November 14, 1931, by RKO Pictures.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1931_film)] |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 07:02, 12 October 2020
Secret Service is a play by W. Gilette (1853–1937) [1]
Contents
The original text
Set in the American Civil War drama
Translations and adaptations
Twice filmed as Secret Service: In 1919 produced by Famous Players-Lasky and directed by Hugh Ford, as a silent film starring Robert Warwick, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[2]
In 1931 it was remade as a talking picture by RKO in 1931, once more with Warwick in the leading role, now directed by J. Walter Ruben to a script by Bernard Schubert, and released on November 14, 1931, by RKO Pictures.[3]
Performance history in South Africa
1898: Performed in middle of the year in South Africa by a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a repertoire that also included The Tree of Knowledge (Carton), A Marriage of Convenience (Dumas/Grundy) and My Friend, The Prince (McCarthy). The company included George Hippisley, Wilton Heriot, Jessie Bateman, Mabel Lane and Sallie Booth.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1919_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1931_film)
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.406
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