The Well of Romance

Musical by Preston Sturges and H. Maurice Jacquet

The Well of Romance

Cover of the Broadway program

Music| H. Maurice Jacquet
Lyrics| Preston Sturges
Book| Preston Sturges
Productions| 1930 Broadway

The Well of Romance is a 1930 musical comedy operetta in two acts with book and lyrics by Preston Sturges and music by H. Maurice Jacquet. It was Sturges' fourth production to appear on Broadway.

The play originated in an operetta called Silver with music by Jacquet, which had a very large cast, but flopped and sent its backers into bankruptcy. Sturges was to provide a new book and lyrics to use with the existing music and sets. Money for the new production was put up by Sturges, and by Eleanor Hutton, an heiress who had just recently married Sturges.[1]

The Broadway production was staged by J. H. Benrimo, choreographed by Leon Leonidoff and Florence Rogge, with chorus direction by Jacques Pintel. It was produced by G. W. McGregor. The Well of Romance opened on November 7, 1930 at the Craig Theatre, and ran for just 8 performances, closing on November 12.

The play takes place at an inn in the spring of 1849.

## References[edit]

Notes

1. ^ Sturges, Preston; Sturges, Sandy (adapt. & ed.) (1991), Preston Sturges on Preston Sturges, Boston: Faber & Faber, ISBN 0-571-16425-0, pp.254, 257

## External links[edit]

* ​The Well of Romance​ at the Internet Broadway Database
* Preston Sturges at the Internet Broadway Database

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Film|

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and directed|

* The Great McGinty (1940)
* Christmas in July (1940)
* The Lady Eve (1941)
* Sullivan's Travels (1941)
* The Palm Beach Story (1942)
* The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
* Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
* The Great Moment (1944)
* The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
* Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
* The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
* Vendetta (uncredited, 1950)
* The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)

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Written only|

* The Big Pond (dialogue, 1930)
* Fast and Loose (add'l dialogue, 1930)
* Strictly Dishonorable (play, 1931)
* They Just Had to Get Married (uncredited, 1932)
* Child of Manhattan (play, 1933)
* The Power and the Glory (1933)
* Twentieth Century (uncredited, 1934)
* Thirty-Day Princess (1934)
* We Live Again (adapter, 1934)
* Imitation of Life (uncredited, 1934)
* The Good Fairy (1935)
* Diamond Jim (1935)
* Next Time We Love (uncredited, 1936)
* Love Before Breakfast (uncredited, 1936)
* One Rainy Afternoon (lyrics, 1936)
* Hotel Haywire (1937)
* Easy Living (1937)
* College Swing (uncredited, 1938)
* Port of Seven Seas (1938)
* If I Were King (1938)
* Never Say Die (1939)
* Remember the Night (1940)
* New York Town (uncredited, 1941)
* Safeguarding Military Information (1942)
* I'll Be Yours (1947)
* Strictly Dishonorable (play, 1951)
* The Birds and the Bees (prev. screenplay, 1956)
* Rock-A-Bye Baby (prev. screenplay, 1958)
* Unfaithfully Yours (prev. screenplay, 1984)

Plays|

* The Guinea Pig
* Strictly Dishonorable
* Recapture
* The Well of Romance
* A Cup of Coffee
* Child of Manhattan
* Make a Wish
* Carnival in Flanders

Related|

* List of actors who frequently worked with Preston Sturges
* I Married a Witch

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