Owen Davis
Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Icebound, His plays and scripts included works for radio and film. Before the First World War, he wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette under the name of Ike Swift. Many of these were set in the Tenderloin, Manhattan. Davis also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Martin Hurley, Arthur J. Lamb, Walter Lawrence, John Oliver, and Robert Wayne. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 29, 1874 (Portland), Died October 14, 1956 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | MS-031166 | 16-in. | 1/1/1939 | The nervous wreck | Unidentified radio performer(s) | Re-recording : Radio broadcast | author | |
Victor | MS-031167 | 16-in. | 1/1/1939 | The nervous wreck | Unidentified radio performer(s) | Re-recording : Radio broadcast | author | |
Victor | MS-031168 | 16-in. | 1/1/1939 | The nervous wreck | Unidentified radio performer(s) | Re-recording : Radio broadcast | author | |
Victor | MS-031169 | 16-in. | 1/1/1939 | The nervous wreck | Unidentified radio performer(s) | Re-recording : Radio broadcast | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Davis, Owen," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105761.
Davis, Owen. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105761.
"Davis, Owen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Davis, Owen, 1874-1956 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87914445
Wikidata: Owen Davis - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1321778
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