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Moss Hart

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born

October 24, 1904 in New York, New York, The United States

died

December 20, 1961

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Moss Hart was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. Hart recalled his youth, early career and rise to fame in his autobiography, Act One, adapted to film in 1963, with George Hamilton portraying Hart.

Hart grew up at 74 East 105th Street in Manhattan, "a neighborhood not of carriages and hansom cabs, but of dray wagons, pushcarts, and immigrants" (Bach 1). Early on he had a strong relationship with his Aunt Kate, whom he later lost contact with because of a falling out between her and his parents, and her weakening mental state. She got him interested in the theater and took him to see performances often. Hart even went so far as to create an "alternate ending" to her life in his book Act One. He writes that she d...more

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Books by Moss Hart

Average rating: 3.92 · 2,566 ratings · 99 reviews · 14 distinct works

	You Can't Take it With You by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman 3.89 avg rating — 1,716 ratings — published 1936	My rating:
	The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman 3.90 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1939 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Act One by Moss Hart, Woody Allen (Introduction) 4.27 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1959 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1960 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Light Up the Sky 2.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Winged Victory 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1944 — 5 editions	My rating:
	George Washington Slept Here by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Face the Music 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	George Washington Slept Here by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Three Plays: Once in a Lifetime / You Can't Take it With You / The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Moss Hart

“So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.”
― Moss Hart

tags: mornings

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“Quiet, everybody! Quiet! Well, Sir, we've been getting along pretty good for quite a while now, and we're certainly much obliged. Remember, all we ask is to just go along and be happy in our own sort of way. Of course we want to keep our health but as far as anything else is concerned, we'll leave it to You. Thank You.”
― Moss Hart, You Can't Take it With You

tags: comedy

3 people liked it

“I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.”
― Moss Hart

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