Robert Benchley: An Annotated Bibliography

308 Pages·1995·12.58 MB·English

by  Gordon E. Ernst

Robert Benchley
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Robert
Benchley
An A n n o t a t ed B i b l i o g r a p hy
Compiled by
Gordon E.Ernst, Jr.
Bibliographies and Indexes in Popular Culture, Number 6
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ernst, Gordon E.
Robert Benchley : an annotated bibliography / compiled by Gordon
E. Ernst, Jr.
p. cm.—(Bibliographies and indexes in popular culture,
ISSN 1066-0658 ; no. 6)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-29321-X (alk. paper)
1. Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945—Bibliography. I. Title.
II. Series.
Z8089.12.E76 1995
[PS3503.E49]
016.814'52—dc20 95-6293
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1995 by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 95-6293
ISBN: 0-313-29321-X
ISSN: 1066-0658
First published in 1995
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21
This book is dedicated to my Mother and to the memory of my Father
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Books 1
Essays 7
Newspaper Writings 53
Dramatic Criticism 97
Secondary Sources 171
Filmography 199
Short Subjects 199
Feature Film Appearances 203
Other Feature Films with Contributions by Benchley 208
Discography 209
Recordings Featuring Benchley 209
Recordings of Benchley Material 213
A Benchley Publishing Chronology 215
Index 219
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Acknowledgments
This project first started ten years ago when I was a beginning librarian. The enormity
of the project overwhelmed me and I put it aside, never believing that I could finish it.
A few years ago, after starting my present position, I decided that my tentative research
should not be in vain, so I restarted the project.
I wish to thank Greenwood Press and my editor George Butler for taking a chance
on an unknown entity.
Thanks to all my colleagues past and present at the William S. Carlson Library,
University of Toledo; the Gaiter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University; and
the Dwight B. Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, who gave me advice or
helped me on this project. Thanks also to all the staff of Waldo Library who had the
patience to listen to my research stories. Special mention should be made of the
Interlibrary Loan Department at Carlson Library which first helped me ten years ago to
obtain material; and the Resource Sharing Department at Waldo Library which did an
excellent job in finding the bulk of the material I needed, thus saving me time and
unnecessary travel.
I would also like to thank the Michigan State Library, the Detroit Public Library,
Bowling Green State University Library, and the Allen County Public Library of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, for having the material I needed, and for helping me find it. I
particularly want to mention the excellent research collection of newspapers on microfilm
at Michigan State University.
And thanks to my family and friends for providing moral support.