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    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, [1] His plays and scripts included works for ...

  2. Sep 26, 2014 · Owen Davis wrote “Icebound,” which won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for drama, about small-town Maine, where he had grown up. The title refers to human emotions more than to bitter Northeastern...

  3. Feb 21, 2020 · Fame, Ice, and the Elusive Owen Davis. February 21, 2020 · People. In the list of the eight Pulitzer Prizewinners listed as alumni of the University of Tennessee are some who are famous by name even to those who haven’t read their work, like movie-spawning novelist Cormac McCarthy and rock-star biologist E.O. Wilson (neither got a UT degree ...

  4. Actor. Years active. 1929–1940. Spouse. Laina Muroni. Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play Carry On (1928), which his father, Owen Davis, had written.

  5. Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play Carry On (1928), which his father, Owen Davis, had written. Known For. All Quiet on the Western Front. Bunker Bean. Knute Rockne All American. They Had to See Paris

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  7. Davis was born in New York City, the son of Owen Davis, Sr., a vastly prolific author of plays. He attended Choate and Yale University, where he majored in drama and was also captain of the boxing team for a time. He studied under George Pierce Baker and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

  8. U.S. The Theatre: Owen Davis. 3 minute read. TIME. August 27, 1923 12:00 AM GMT-4. He Has Been Rescued from the Ranks of Melodrama. This quiet New Englander of middle age, whom one sees at the...

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