ADOLPH GREEN & BETTY COMDEN RELATIONSHIP

[Kara]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:11pm

I'am currently doing a research project on Adolph Green and i am doing a presentation on the relationship between Adolph Green and Betty Comden I was wondering if anyone has any information on this. I have found some information but nothing too in depth if anyone could help me find this information I would greatly appreciate it. thanks

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:15pm

There was a superbly written article written after his death, and i beleive it was on this site..I'll try and find it for you when I have time a bit later tonight.

Akiva

[allofmylife]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:23pm

One of the longest running partnerships in theater. I'm sure they had their moments of stife, but try to find some footage of them being interviewed and watch how Betty Comden watches Adolph Green while he's speaking (and his every word was a performance). I think you'll understand the relationship instantly then.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:50pm

I found it:

http://www.playbill.com/features/article/83110.html

Such a well written article., I think.

Akiva

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:53pm

Comden wrote her autobiography "Off Stage" about two years ago that goes into her partnership with Green and provides tons of detail on the shows and films they did together. You can get it through Amazon or a good library.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:37am

i think She was a TOP.

They were Amazing together.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 12:45am

Off Stage was published in 1995, actually. As I mentioned in the off-topic thread, this book and the Judy Holiday biographies offer a lot of insight into Comden and Green's contributions to stage and screen as well as the evolution and endurance of their working relationship. There are lots of others. You really need to visit the library if you want to delve deeply.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 5/4/06 at 1:16am

You can get an overview of their working relationship from an interview in THE ART OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, available on Amazon and through the NYPL, if you live in NYC.




Vivian Darkbloom
Ramsdale, New England