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Apr 16, 2014 · In Act One, Hart writes that she died while he was out of town with his first play, The Beloved Bandit —in reality, she became mentally unstable and plagued Hart in his later life, including...
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Oct 11, 2012 · In 1963, Act One was released as a motion picture directed by Hart’s longtime friend the producer Dore Schary and starring George Hamilton as the fledgling playwright learning to flap.
Hart even went so far as to create an "alternate ending" to her life in his book Act One. He writes that she died while he was working on out-of-town tryouts for The Beloved Bandit. In later life, Kate had become eccentric and then disturbed, vandalizing Hart's home, writing threatening letters and setting fires backstage during rehearsals for ...
Act One was pointedly titled, since it told the story of only the first act of Hart’s life, culminating in 1930, when his first Broadway hit, Once in a Lifetime, opened at the Music Box. (Still...
It is not the whole of Moss Hart’s life, which is why the aptly titled “Act One.” (Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart by Steven Bach, 2007, presents Act Two, which includes Hart’s battle with manic depression. Sadly, there is no Act Three, Hart dying early at 57 from a heart attack.)
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Apr 18, 2014 · NEW YORK — In his 1959 memoirs, Act One, Moss Hart recalled that as an aspiring playwright he was "a full-blown snob so far as comedy was concerned."
In 1959, at the peak of his career as one of Broadway's legendary playwright-directors, Moss Hart published his riveting autobiography Act One. A sensation upon its publication, Act One became an instant classic, remaining on The New York Times bestseller list for almost a year.
