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  1. Genre. Comedy. Setting. 1970s. The Cocktail Hour is a comedy of manners by A. R. Gurney. It premiered in June 1988 in San Diego, California, at the Old Globe Theatre and, on October 20, 1988, in New York City at the Off Broadway Promenade Theatre.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Happy_hourHappy hour - Wikipedia

    Happy hour is a marketing term for a time when a venue such as a restaurant or bar offers reduced prices on alcoholic drinks. Discounted menu items like appetizers are often served during happy hour. This is a way for bars and restaurants to draw in more business before or after peak business hours.

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  4. 73 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Cocktail Hour is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels. This film was directed by Victor Schertzinger. [1] A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress.

  5. According to a 1958 New York Times article, the institutionalization of cocktail hour in American life can be dated precisely to Dec. 5, 1933, when the 21st Amendment made alcohol legal again...

  6. The "cocktail hour" was an hour or two of refined, civilized relaxation after work and before dinner when adults had an alcoholic drink—a cocktail—and chatted with friends. The ritual is usually associated with the Jazz Age and Prohibition (1920–33; see entry under 1920s—The Way We Lived in volume 2), and with the post– World War II ...

  7. Oct 5, 2020 · The popularity of cocktail hour — or “happy hour,” as it’s sometimes known — has been a tradition for hundreds of years, although exactly what it looks like has evolved over time and taken on various forms.

  8. Jul 6, 2016 · Published: July 6, 2016. The cocktail hour as we know it may well have been the invention of an Englishman who was simply tired of sipping tea.

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