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Adolph Green

(1914–2002) Screenwriter

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Adolph Green was a screenwriter.

Quick Facts About Adolph Green

Born: December 2, 1914
Died: October 23, 2002
Profession: Screenwriter

About Adolph Green

[Wikidata] American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)... | [Wikipedia] Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright, who with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge

Quotes by Adolph Green

I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down…

Fallen

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You have to transmit to them what it's like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you…

Last year

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It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters.

Been

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It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues.

Act

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We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle…

Among

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We've managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the…

Angles

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As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last.

Ingredients

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