Abie's Irish Rose

Abie's Irish Rose is a Broadway comedy play by Anne Nichols about an Irish Catholic girl who marries a young Jewish man, over the objections of both of their families. Although initially receiving poor reviews, the play was a commercial success, running for 2,327 performances between May 23, 1922 and October 1, 1927.

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Broadway - Comedy - Play - Anne Nichols - Irish - Catholic - Jewish

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The play has been filmed twice -- in 1928 with Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, directed by Victor Fleming, and in 1946 with Richard Norris and Joanne Dru, directed by A. Edward Sutherland.

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Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Nancy Carroll - Victor Fleming - Richard Norris - Joanne Dru - A. Edward Sutherland

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The theme of the play was extensively copied, and Nichols sued one imitator, Universal Studios, which had produced The Cohens and the Kellys, a film based on a play about an Irish boy who marries a Jewish girl from feuding families. However, in Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation, 45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1930), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found for the defendant, holding that copyright protection can not be extended to the characteristics of stock characters in a story, whether it be a book, play, or film.

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The Cohens and the Kellys - Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corporation - 45 F.2d 119 - 2d Cir. - 1930 - United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Defendant - Copyright - Book - Play - Film

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