Gabriel: How about cleanin' up de whole mess of 'em and sta'tin' all over ag'in wid some new kind of animal?

God: An' admit I'm licked?
("The Green Pastures")

✒ #MarcConnelly, American playwright ("One Minute Please"), #DOTD 21 December 1980, aged 90. #Theatre #Literature

GABRIEL: How about cleanin' up de whole mess of 'em and sta'tin' all over ag'in wid some new kind of animal?

GOD: An' admit I'm licked?

✒ American playwright #MarcConnelly, author of "Green Pastures," was #BOTD 13 December 1890. #Theatre #Literature

#ComingUpOnTCM

DULCY (1940) Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young, Reginald Gardiner
Dir.: S. Sylvan Simon 11:00 AM PT

A scatterbrained beauty tries to help her fiancée's career by throwing a big party.

1h 4m | Comedy | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #GeorgeSKaufman #MarcConnelly

🔴 1894 Regret by Kate Chopin published

🔴 1921 Simon Kaufman & Marc Connelly's comedic play "Dulcy" premieres in NYC

#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #August13 #KateChopin #SimonKaufman #MarcConnelly

#ComingUpOnTCM

MERTON OF THE MOVIES (1947) Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame
Dir.: Robert Alton 11:00 PM PT

A star-struck hick goes to Hollywood to become a star.

1h 23m | Comedy | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #GeorgeSKaufman #MarcConnelly

#ComingUpOnTCM

MERTON OF THE MOVIES (1947) Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame
Dir.: Robert Alton 8:45 AM PT

A star-struck hick goes to Hollywood to become a star.

1h 23m | Comedy | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #GeorgeSKaufman #MarcConnelly

Gabriel: How about cleanin' up de whole mess of 'em and sta'tin' all over ag'in wid some new kind of animal?

God: An' admit I'm licked?
("The Green Pastures")

✒ #MarcConnelly, American playwright ("One Minute Please"), #DOTD 21 December 1980, aged 90. #Theatre #Literature

GABRIEL: How about cleanin' up de whole mess of 'em and sta'tin' all over ag'in wid some new kind of animal?

GOD: An' admit I'm licked?

✒ American playwright #MarcConnelly, author of "The Green Pastures," was #BOTD 13 December 1890. #Theatre #Literature