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Ben Travers AFC CBE (12 November 1886, London – 18 December 1980) in London) was a British playwright best remembered for his farces.
Born in the London borough of Hendon, Travers was educated at Charterhouse, where today there is a theatre named for him. After a brief sojourn in business, he served in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. He also rejoined the Royal Air Force in 1939 as a Squadron Leader, being employed at the Air Ministry and in Washington.
Travers' first play The Dippers was produced in 1922 by Sir Charles Hawtrey. It was followed by his celebrated series of farces staged at the Aldwych Theatre, and a number of well-received serious plays. Travers also wrote five novels, two autobiographies and a book of cricket reminiscences. In 1970 the BBC produced the farces Rookery Nook, A Cuckoo In The Nest, Turkey Time, A Cup Of Kindness, Plunder, Dirty Work and She Follows Me About for television. At the age of 83, Travers rewrote the plays to concentrate on plot twists and verbal misunderstandings, rather than the slapstick and split-second timing that typified the stage versions.
Actors: Kate Lester (actress), Charles Clary (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor), Samuel Goldwyn (producer), Lewis Stone (actor), Richard Tucker (actor), Josephine Crowell (actress), Wallace Worsley (miscellaneous crew), Wallace Worsley (director), Mabel Julienne Scott (actress), Darrell Foss (actor), R.D. MacLean (actor), Gertrude Atherton (writer), Louis Sherwin (writer), Norma Gordon (actress),
Plot: The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself attracted to a young newspaper reporter. Although they haven't brought their relationship to "the next level", her husband finds out about them and forces the young man to leave town. Dejected, he gives up his career, moves to New York and winds up an alcoholic in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city. The doctor's wife sets out to find him.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Harry Carey (actor), Jack Connolly (actor), Rex De Rosselli (actor), Mark Fenton (actor), Hobart Henley (actor), Glen White (actor), Jane Novak (actress), Mina Cunard (actress), Nanine Wright (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Glen White (actor), Harry Carey (actor), Jack Connolly (actor), Jane Novak (actress), Mark Fenton (actor), Hobart Henley (actor), Nanine Wright (actress), E.P. Evers (actor), C.W. Bachman (actor), Elmer Wilson (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Glen White (actor), Harry Carey (actor), Jack Connolly (actor), Jane Novak (actress), Mark Fenton (actor), Hector Sarno (actor), Malcolm Blevins (actor), Mina Cunard (actress), Nanine Wright (actress), E.P. Evers (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Harry Carey (actor), Jack Connolly (actor), Mark Fenton (actor), Hobart Henley (actor), Glen White (actor), Jane Novak (actress), Mina Cunard (actress), Nanine Wright (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jane Novak (actress), Jack Connolly (actor), Hobart Henley (actor), Glen White (actor), Harry Carey (actor), Mark Fenton (actor), Mina Cunard (actress), E.P. Evers (actor), Burton S. Wilson (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Richard Stanton (actor), Fred Montague (actor), Hector Sarno (actor), Will E. Sheerer (actor), Hayward Mack (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Eddie Polo (actor), Jack Connolly (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), Rex De Rosselli (actor), Hobart Henley (actor), Mark Fenton (actor), Wadsworth Harris (actor), Harry Carey (actor), L.M. Wells (actor),
Genres: Drama,