Edna Ferber
Born:
1885-08-15
From:
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go. From Wikipedia.
Writing
Dinner at Eight
Show Boat
The Royal Family
Cimarron
Ice Palace
Giant
So Big
Show Boat
Saratoga Trunk
No Place to Go
Stage Door
Come and Get It
Show Boat
Glamour
Dinner at Eight
So Big!
The Expert
Cimarron
The Royal Family of Broadway
Hard to Get
Show Boat
The Home Girl
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Mother Knows Best
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