Philip Moeller

Philip Moeller (26 August 1880 – 26 April 1958) was an American stage producer and director, playwright and screenwriter, born in New York where he helped found the short-lived Washington Square Players and then with Lawrence Langner and Helen Westley founded the Theatre Guild.^[1]

He was educated at New York University and Columbia University.

Directing career

Among plays he directed for the Theatre Guild were

• The Adding Machine (1923)
• The Guardsman (1924)
• They Knew What They Wanted (1924)
• Ned McCobb's Daughter (1926)
• The Second Man (1927)
• Strange Interlude (1928)
• Dynamo (1929)
• Hotel Universe (1930)
• Elizabeth the Queen (1930)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1931 - its first production)
• Biography by S. N. Behrman (1932)
• Ah, Wilderness! (1933)
• End of Summer (1936)

Playwright

• Helena's Husband (1915) one-act play for Washington Square Players on its opening night 4 October 1915^[2]
• Madame Sand - a biographical comedy (1917)
• The Roadhouse in Arden (1917)
• Pokey (1918)
• Two blind beggars and one less blind: a tragic comedy in one act (1918)
• Sophie - a comedy (1919)
• Caprice - adaptation of three-act play by Austrian writer Sil-Vara (pseudonym of Geza Silberer) in 1929.

Filmography

This filmography is believed to be complete.

• The Age of Innocence (1934) (director)
• Break of Hearts 1935 (director)

References

1. Cody, Gabrielle and Sprinchorn,Evert The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 2 Columbia University Press p.1341
2. "The Lesson of the Washington Square Players"

External links

• Works by Philip Moeller at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Philip Moeller at Internet Archive
• Philip Moeller at the IMDB database
• at the IBDB database
• Philip Moeller of the Theatre Guild : an historical and critical study