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37-424: Anniversary Waltz may refer to: Anniversary Waltz (play) , a 1954 play directed by Moss Hart Anniversary Waltz (The Colbys) , a 1986 episode of the television series The Colbys " The Anniversary Waltz ", a popular song published in 1941 "The Anniversary Waltz" (Status Quo song) , two medley singles released in 1990 by the rock band Status Quo " Waves of

74-464: A doubtful note about what sort of play it was, "something between farce, drama, and animated comic strip". He felt the writers had thrown too much frenetic action and wisecracks into the play and suggested cutting back somewhat. The writers seem to have taken his advice, paring away one featured role during this tryout. Durgin was positive about the performers, especially the two supporting youngsters, Warren Berlinger and Mary Lee Dearring . Moss Hart

111-579: A dramatization of a 1970s To Tell the Truth episode. For her contributions to the film industry, Carlisle was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star located at 6611 Hollywood Boulevard . Carlisle became a household name through To Tell the Truth , where she was a regular panelist from 1956 to 1978, and later appeared on revivals of the series in 1980, 1990–91 and one episode in 2000. (One of her most notable hallmarks

148-421: A gift from Chris. Okkie persuades Bud to watch a little television while they are relaxing. Bud likes the commercials, but then a program called Juvenile Jury comes on the set. They are all stunned to see Debbie on the program as a guest. She tells the moderator that her parents had a quarrel, they resent her trying to help heal the breach, and she's worried they may get divorced. Bud and Okkie are in an uproar. As

185-443: A punctuation to the brouhaha, Bud kicks in the second TV set. As Millie sweeps up shattered remains, Debbie returns home to an ominous welcome from her father. Debbie is contrite, realizing she has gone too far. Alice whisks Debbie away while Bud fumes alone, until Chris shows up. Seeing the broken TV, he and Bud begin to quarrel. Bud finally leaves the apartment, with Chris following, trying to calm him down. Four days later, Alice and

222-443: A screenplay. The character names of Bud and Chris were switched around when David Niven was signed for the lead. The film was hampered by the then Motion Picture Production Code that emasculated many stage to film transfers. Kitty Carlisle Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn ; September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for

259-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Anniversary Waltz (play) The play was produced by Joseph M. Hyman and Bernard Hart. It was a box office success on Broadway, running for 615 performances, despite major reservations by some reviewers. It is filled with attitudes and references topical to mid 1950s American culture; this and

296-570: Is notable. In Anniversary Waltz they have practically ceased to be writers. They are mechanics." Reviewer Louis Sheaffer felt the same way: "There isn't... any story here, only a series of contrived situations somehow tied together, a patchwork sort of affair". Like Atkinson, Schaeffer commended the directing and setting, but called Jean Carson and Andrew Duggan routine and claimed juvenile actor Mary Lee Dearring overacted. He also mentioned that Kitty Carlisle "at times sounds uncannily like Ethel Merman ". Only critic John Chapman offered praise for

333-641: The Booth Theatre , one block away from the Broadhurst, on December 6, 1954. Later in the month columnist Danton Walker reported that Anniversary Waltz had paid off its entire original investment and was up $ 45,000. The original Broadway run closed on September 24, 1955, at the Booth Theatre after 615 performances. For the final three performances, the producers replaced some of the actors with their national tour counterparts, both for experience and to give them

370-716: The American premiere of Benjamin Britten 's The Rape of Lucretia . She also sang the title role in Georges Bizet 's Carmen in Salt Lake City . She privately studied voice with Juilliard teacher Anna E. Schoen-Rene , who had been a student of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Manuel Garcia. Carlisle's early movies included Murder at the Vanities (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935) with

407-729: The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania . They had two children. Hart died on December 20, 1961, at their home in Palm Springs, California . She never remarried, although she briefly dated former governor and presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey after the death of his wife. During the 1980s and 1990s, Carlisle was the partner of diplomatic historian Ivo John Lederer , a relationship that lasted 16 years until Lederer's death in 1998. In her later years, she kept company with financier and art collector Roy Neuberger . Carlisle

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444-582: The Danube ", also known as "The Anniversary Song" or "The Anniversary Waltz" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Anniversary Waltz . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anniversary_Waltz&oldid=1225788373 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

481-651: The Marx Brothers, and two films with Bing Crosby , She Loves Me Not (1934) and Here Is My Heart (1934). Carlisle resumed her film career later in life, appearing in Woody Allen 's Radio Days (1987) and in Six Degrees of Separation (1993), as well as on stage in a revival of On Your Toes , replacing Dina Merrill . Her last movie appearance was in Catch Me If You Can (2002) in which she played herself in

518-466: The TV and explodes. Alice calms him, asking his indulgence for that evening. He relents, just as Alice's parents arrive. Mrs. Gans is shocked when Debbie uses the word "prostitute" in response to Mr. Gans telling her what a "vamp" was. As the evening progresses, Bud, warmed with affection for Alice and primed with champagne, carelessly lets slip that he and Alice had premarital relations. The kids and Millie overhear

555-415: The admission, and the resulting outrage from the grandparents. As Bud justifies it to his in-laws, they grow huffy and storm out of the apartment. Bud angrily kicks the TV, wrecking it. Alice is distraught over Bud's slip and the resulting fight with her parents. She locks herself into the bedroom. Bud then breaks the door and lock trying to enter. The next morning a handyman brings in a new door and lock for

592-711: The arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera (1935) and was a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth (1956–1978). She served 20 years on the New York State Council on the Arts . In 1991, she received the National Medal of Arts from President George H. W. Bush . She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999. Kitty Carlisle

629-547: The audience appreciated the performance. The play premiered at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 7, 1954. MacDonald Carey and Kitty Carlisle received top-billing, i.e. their names appeared above the play's title in advertisements. When Carlisle left the show, Carey retained his top-billing; after his departure no other actor was so honored. Actor Howard Smith had a bad case of laryngitis on opening night but managed to get through his part successfully. Critical opinion

666-506: The audience liked the play, but was scathing about the writing. The direction and acting were fine according to the reviewer: "It's only the play itself that is witless and tasteless". Chodorov and Fields had used "the same old waggery and same old schmaltz", updated with a few new tricks and topical references. The company then went to Boston for two weeks, opening at the Plymouth Theatre on March 8, 1954. Reviewer Cyrus Durgin sounded

703-477: The bedroom. Bud and Alice reconcile, but Alice says Debbie asked if they were going to get divorced. Later, Janice shows up at the Walters apartment alone, to talk with Alice, who has gone out. Millie reluctantly admits her, and Janice sees the handyman repairing the door. Alice returns, and Janice is enlightened that even good marriages have their storms. Harry and Sam return to the apartment with another new TV, this one

740-877: The best hotel". Kitty was educated at the Château Mont-Choisi  [ de ] in Lausanne , Switzerland, then at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics . She studied acting in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . She studied singing with Estelle Liebling , the teacher of Beverly Sills , in New York City. After returning to New York in 1932 with her mother, she appeared, billed as Kitty Carlisle, on Broadway in several operettas and musical comedies, and in

777-664: The boards of various New York City cultural institutions and made an appearance at the annual CIBC World Markets Miracle Day, a children's charity event. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997. She also widely performed her one-woman show, in which she told anecdotes about the great men of American musical theater she had known, notably George Gershwin (who had proposed marriage), Irving Berlin , Kurt Weill , Oscar Hammerstein , Alan Jay Lerner , and Frederick Loewe , and interspersed with songs that had made each of them famous. Carlisle Hart

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814-592: The cachet of a Broadway credit. Joseph M. Hyman and Bernard Hart exercised their option to produce the road company, which would start in Cincinnati at the Shubert Theatre on September 26, 1955. Howard Smith was the only major actor from the Broadway run to commit to the tour. The tour also marked the performing debut of thirteen year-old Carol Lynley . Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields converted their stage play into

851-443: The gathering. Harry and Sam deliver and install a TV set, a gift from Mr. Gans. Knowing Bud's violent dislike of television, everyone is a bit apprehensive. Bud arrives home with his business partner Chris Steelman, and Janice Revere, a new friend of Chris. All three are a bit merry with drink. Janice, who has married well and often, admires Alice's ability to pick a good partner on the first try. Chris and Janice leave, while Bud notices

888-422: The kids breakfast alone; Bud has stayed away. Okkie assures Alice that Bud is simply cooling off. Chris arrives at the apartment to intervene for Bud, who is waiting outside the apartment. Bud apologizes for staying away, and asks forgiveness, but he had to get his head straight. Alice forgives him and further informs him she's expecting. They embrace and play ends. The first public word of this production came when

925-446: The lack of critical appreciation seems to have forestalled any major revivals. The writers later adapted their work into a screenplay , which was released in 1959 as Happy Anniversary . Leads Supporting Featured Voice only The Walters are celebrating their fifteenth wedding anniversary. Alice's parents are due for an evening get together, so she supervises Okkie and Debbie's choice of attire and Millie's preparation for

962-621: The producers put out a casting call for thirteen years old actresses. Despite the producer being her brother-in-law, the director her husband, and one of the writers (Fields) her husband's best friend, Kitty Carlisle auditioned along with other actresses at the Coronet Theater in December 1953, and had to wait two weeks before being told she had the part. MacDonald Carey , the male lead, was signed in late December 1953, weeks before Carlisle. Rehearsals began February 8, 1954 under Hart's direction;

999-420: The production, while suggesting that for the storyline, less might be more. He judged the characters portrayed by Andrew Duggan and Jean Carson as "extraneous to the plot, but they are nicely played". Despite the criticism, the play proved popular with audiences. There is reason to suspect that when critics brand a straight comedy as "tasteless" or "vulgar", they are doing it a favor. The production moved to

1036-520: The role 10 more times that season, then returned in 1973 for four more performances. Her final performance with the company was on July 7, 1973. She reprised this role during the Beverly Sills Farewell Gala in October 1980. Carlisle dated George Gershwin in 1933 "until George went to California". On August 10, 1946, she married playwright and theatrical producer Moss Hart , whom she met at

1073-641: The setting was designed and lit by Frederick Fox, while costumes were by Robert Mackintosh. Save for one featured role eliminated during a rewrite in Boston, the cast remained the same throughout all three tryout cities and the Broadway premiere. However, as the Broadway run lengthened, replacements began to occur, as shown below. Anniversary Waltz had its first tryout at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on March 3, 1954. The local reviewer acknowledged

1110-501: Was a gynecologist who died when she was ten years old. Her mother, Hortense Holzman Conn, was eager for her daughter to be accepted by local society. A taxi driver once asked if her daughter was Jewish, and she answered, "She may be, but I'm not." Carlisle's mother took her to Europe in 1921, where she hoped Kitty would marry European royalty, believing nobility were more likely to marry a Jewish girl. They traveled around Europe and often lived in what Carlisle recalled as "the worst room of

1147-645: Was a longtime champion of Historic Preservation in New York City and State. While chair of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), from 1976 to 1996, she directed many millions of dollars in support to preservation projects, from the Niagara Frontier to Staten Island . This was in an effort to keep historic preservation as a core program of the New York State Council on the Arts , the only arts council in America that provides such funding. In 1980, she

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1184-724: Was born Catherine Conn (pronounced Cohen) in New Orleans , Louisiana, of German-Jewish heritage. Her grandfather, Ben Holzman, was a mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana , and a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War . He had been a gunner on the CSS ; Virginia , the Confederate ironclad warship that fought the USS ; Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads . Her father, Joseph Conn, MD,

1221-445: Was cool to the play. Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times was severe in his criticism of the writers, but gave a pass to the staging: "Taking the material as offered, Moss Hart has directed a suitable performance-- swift, taut and noisy". He also praised the performances and setting, before turning again to the writers. Comparing their previous Broadway collaborations to this production, Atkinson said: "The decline in literary skill

1258-601: Was crowned Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball, an annual event run by the Beaux Arts Society (American comedian Paul Lynde was crowned King the same year). In recognition of this legacy, the Historic Districts Council presented its Landmarks Lion award to her in 2003. Carlisle died on April 17, 2007, from congestive heart failure resulting from a prolonged bout of pneumonia . She had been in and out of

1295-532: Was her writing of the number one: When she voted for the member of the team of challengers who occupied the number one seat, it was written with a Roman numeral I.) She was also a semi-regular panelist on Password , Match Game , Missing Links , and What's My Line? On December 31, 1966, Carlisle made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera , as Prince Orlofsky in Strauss 's Die Fledermaus . She sang

1332-564: Was known for her gracious manner and personal elegance, and she became prominent in New York City social circles as she crusaded for financial support of the arts. She was appointed to various statewide councils, and was chairperson of the New York State Council on the Arts from 1976 to 1996. One of the two state theaters housed at The Egg performing arts venue in Albany is named the Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre . She also served on

1369-610: Was wary of tough audiences at the National Theatre . So the production went to Philadelphia next, opening at the Locust Theatre on March 23, 1954, as part of the Theatre Guild local subscription series. Reviewer Henry T. Murdock pointed out that the character of Bud Walters "wasn't really a very funny fellow at all, and that his antics were humerous only by the most tolerant definition of the term." Nevertheless, Murdock conceded,

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