Directing
George Abbott
Born June 25, 1887 · Forestville, New York, USA
Died January 31, 1995 · aged 107
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than eight decades. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Abbott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930All Quiet on the Western Front
★ 7.81930
MovieDramaWar
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
The Pajama Game · 1957The Pajama Game
★ 6.21957
MovieMusicComedy
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
Pal Joey · 1957Pal Joey
★ 6.31957
MovieMusicRomance
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
The Boys from Syracuse · 1986The Boys from Syracuse
★ 8.01986
MovieTV MovieMusic
Rodger & Hart's Shakespearean musical put on by the Stratford Festival in their first musical endeavor.
Damn Yankees · 1958Damn Yankees
★ 6.51958
MovieComedy
Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.
The Boys from Syracuse · 1940The Boys from Syracuse
★ 6.41940
MovieComedyMusic
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
The Fall Guy · 1930The Fall Guy
★ 6.31930
MovieComedyCrime
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.
Broadway · 1929Broadway
★ 5.51929
MovieMusicCrime
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.















