The Oxford Companion to American Literature | Hart, Moss
Hart, Moss( 1904–61), New York playwright, was best known for his collaborations with George S. Kaufman, which include Once in a Lifetime (1930), You Can't Take It with You (1936, Pulitzer Prize), I'd Rather Be Right (1937), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939), and George Washington Slept Here (1940). He also wrote the librettos for the Irving Berlin revues Face the Music (1932) and As Thousands Cheer (1933), and the musical comedy Lady in the Dark (1941), with songs by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin. Winged Victory (1943), a play about the air force, was performed by soldiers. Act One (1959) is his autobiography.
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