Seven Keys to Baldpate (novel)
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Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers. A bestseller, it was adapted by George M. Cohan into a play, which in turn was adapted several times for film, radio and TV.[1][2][3]
The plot of the novel differs from the play in many respects.[4]
The setting was based on the real Baldpate Mountain.[5] An American hotel inspired by that name, The Baldpate Inn, opened in 1918.
Adaptations[edit]
The play adapted by George M. Cohan in 1913 was subsequently filmed and broadcast on radio and TV several times:
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916 film), from Australia
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917 film) starring Cohan himself
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925 film) with Douglas MacLean
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929 film) with Richard Dix
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935 film) with Gene Raymond
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947 film) with Phillip Terry
- House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Radio adaptations:
- 1938 for Lux Radio Theatre with Jack Benny
- 1946 for Theatre Guild on the Air with Walter Pidgeon[6]
Theatre adaptation[edit]
- Victoria Theatre, Singapore, 1946. Kenneth Williams stage début.[citation needed]
Television[edit]
Adaptations were made in 1946 and 1961.
References[edit]
- ^ atelierlks.com, Laura Sorsensen (23 January 2014). "Keeper of the Keys to Old Broadway: Geroge M. Cohan's Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) – 2nd Story Theatre".
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Seven Keys to Baldpate – Broadway Show – Play". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) – William Hamilton, Edward Killy – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
- ^ Kim Newman, "Baldplate: The Long Road to the House Of The Long Shadows", Video Watchdog Edition 181 Jan–Feb 2016
- ^ "'Seven Keys to Baldplate'". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901–1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 March 1918. p. 12. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2015). RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929–1956. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476616834 – via Google Books.
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