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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)

108 statements
20 feature instances
3 referencing feature instances

Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	type	TVTItem
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	label	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	page	OnceInALifetime
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	comment	Once in a Lifetime is an American play, notable as the first of eight collaborations by famous playwriting duo George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The play has elements of Satire, but for the most part it is content to be zany, character-driven Farce. It was first produced on Broadway in 1930.The plot follows May Daniels, Jerry Hyland, and George Lewis, a trio of vaudeville performers who, in the wake of the first motion picture with sound (The Jazz Singer), head out to Hollywood to try their hand at teaching movie stars how to speak eloquently. When they get there, however, they discover just how difficult it is to get by in Hollywood, and just how crazy some of the people out there can be. Some of those crazy people include: Susan Walker, a small-town girl who dreams of being an actress. She travels out to Hollywood with her mother, meeting (and falling in love with) George along the way. She's not very talented. Herman Glogauer, head of the Glogauer Studios, who signs on the trio with their voice training school. He lives in the shadow of his greatest failure: turning down the Vitaphone, which would go on to make The Jazz Singer the first talkie and make rival studio Schlepkin Brothers a ton of money. Helen Hobart, an old friend of May from their vaudeville days who is now famous in Hollywood as a gossip columnist. Exceedingly flamboyant and affected. Lawrence Vail, a young playwright who was brought out to Hollywood to be a screenwriter, given an office and a big salary, and promptly ignored by the studio. Miss Leighton, Glogauer's brisk, efficient secretary. Much hated by Vail, for certain reasons. Rudolph Kammerling, a much put-upon German film director. Phyllis Fontaine and Florabel Leigh, two beautiful film starlets with horrific voices.
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	fetched	2024-04-17T05:29:41Z
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	parsed	2024-04-17T05:29:41Z
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	isPartOf	DBTropes
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo - George S. Kaufman himself originated the role of Lawrence Vail on Broadway.
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_127fc252	featureApplicability	1.0
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_127fc252
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed - Played with all over. Janet Gaynor, John Barrymore, and the major studios of the times are all name-dropped normally, but Kammerling is probably supposed to represent Fritz Lang, and the Schlepkin Brothers studio is clearly meant to be a send-up of Warner Bros. Which makes it really strange when you think about the fact that Warner Bros. itself is referenced elsewhere by it's actual name.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_1282bf4f	featureConfidence	1.0
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_13646b1b	type	My Friends... and Zoidberg
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_13646b1b	comment	My Friends... and Zoidberg - "Ladies and gentlemen—and Mr. Glogauer..."
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_13646b1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_13646b1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_13646b1b
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_153299b4	type	Boisterous Bruiser
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_153299b4	comment	Boisterous Bruiser - Both Glogauer and Kammerling—which makes their arguments a sight to see.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_153299b4	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_153299b4
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Woman - May
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_24321e44	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_24321e44	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_24321e44
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2978c012	type	Stage Mom
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2978c012	comment	Stage Mom - Mrs. Walker has a little of this in her.
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2978c012	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2978c012	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2978c012
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2be15316	type	Ambiguously Jewish
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2be15316	comment	Ambiguously Jewish - Glogauer
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_2be15316
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple - George and Susan
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_5941d75	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_5941d75	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_5941d75
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_8015466d	type	Our Acts Are Different
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_8015466d	comment	Our Acts Are Different - The play is split up into three acts, with an Intermission usually taken between each act. Also, the first and third are comprised of three scenes each, but the second act is just one big scene.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_9dfd7154	type	Fridge Logic
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_9dfd7154	comment	Which makes it really strange when you think about the fact that Warner Bros. itself is referenced elsewhere by it's actual name.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_9dfd7154	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_9dfd7154
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker - Vail and May both have their moments.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live - George, but of course, his stupidity lands him an executive job at the studio.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b58b4e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b58b4e3c
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b87d659f	type	Consolation Backfire
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_b87d659f	comment	Consolation Backfire: When George's movie appears to be a fiasco, May tells him that "we've got a gold dinner set, anyway. A hundred and six pieces, and every piece with your initials in diamonds. That's not bad for two months' work." This is the cue for two pages to appear, carrying said dinner set out.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_c867e57	type	TheRoaringTwenties
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_c867e57	comment	The Roaring '20s
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_c867e57	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_c867e57
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander - Half the damn cast.
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_caa28b82	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_caa28b82	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_caa28b82
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_d842e380	type	Love Redeems
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_d842e380	comment	Love Redeems - Jerry—who is a shameless suck-up to Glogauer the entire play—quits his job in pursuit of May after she leaves, proving that he really does love her.
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_d842e380	featureApplicability	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_d842e380	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_d842e380
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_e2d457	type	The Ditz
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz - George. Susan as well, but mostly George.
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_e2d457	featureConfidence	1.0
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_e2d457
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ed05cfee	type	NaÃ¯ve Newcomer
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_ed05cfee	comment	NaÃ¯ve Newcomer - The main trio (and the Walkers to an extent)
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Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_f19e8a55	type	Bad "Bad Acting"
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre) / int_f19e8a55	comment	Bad "Bad Acting" - Susan
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Consolation Backfire / int_8597b03b
Once In A Lifetime	seeAlso	Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)
Once in a Lifetime (Theatre)	hasFeature	Stage Mom / int_8597b03b

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