Hey, Dear Susan and Friends, Yes, My first intro. to MT. was when my mother read Daddy Log-Legs to me -she loved it- and knew Jean's relationship to Mark Twain... Has anyone thought about the connection to the musical ANNIE....?....Get busy.... the deadline for the Elmira conference is looming.....See you in Elmira. Gretchen ---- "Harris wrote: > Daddy Long-Legs is also a book, I think. My mother loved it when she was yo= > ung; was always trying to get me to read it. I knew about the connection w= > ith Twain, but I don't think anyone has seriously followed it up, so yes, B= > arb Schmidt is right; there's a paper topic here! Someone should do it! --= > susan harris > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:36 PM, "Gretchen Sharlow" <[log in to unmask]> wrot= > e: > > > Hey People, there's a paper here for the Elmira Conference..... See you i= > n August! > > ---- John Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=20 > >> *Daddy Long-legs *was the basis of several films beginning in the silent > >> era, one with Mary Pickford, including a Fred Astaire musical in the > >> fifties. I didb't know the Mark Twain connection. > >>=20 > >> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Wesley Britton <[log in to unmask]> wr= > ote: > >>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> Editing a biography of actor Ruth Chatterton, I ran across a dmention o= > f > >>> Mark Twain's niece, Jean Webster. Apparently, actor/producer Henry Mi= > ller > >>> had picked up a copy of Webster's popular book Daddy Long-Legs at a > >>> newsstand and contacted the authorh about adapting it for the stage in > >>> 1914. > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> The book has some comments on Webster, stressing Jean Webster combined > >>> writing with social activism. "The story was inspired by her work on > >>> behalf > >>> of orphans. She drew her material from monthly visits to orphanages in= > New > >>> England." > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> Variety praised, "Daddy Long-Legs is a full-grown comedy in which the > >>> author > >>> has blended a laugh and a tear in almost every line."[i] > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> Apparently, the play was quite a success for several years and perhaps > >>> helped pave the way for the sufferage movement. Never heard of it > >>> before-anyone know more? > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> Dr. Wesley Britton > >>>=20 > >>> Co-host, Dave White Presents > >>>=20 > >>> www.audioentertainment.org/dwp > >>>=20 > >>> Spywise website > >>>=20 > >>> www.spywise.net > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>>=20 > >>> _____ > >>>=20 > >>> [i] Review of Daddy Long-Legs, Variety, February 27, 1914 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> --=20 > >> John H. Davis, Ph.D. > >> Professor of English > >> Department of Language and Literature > >> Chowan University > >> Murfreesboro, North Carolina 27855 > >=20