Trivia

Approximately 50 of his plays and operettas were produced on Broadway.

Son of German-Jewish immigrants.

Claimed his parents smuggled him across Confederate front lines during the American Civil War so he could go to school in New York.

Began his career at 15 writing boy's stories and later adapting foreign plays for the American stage.

First editor of the humor magazine 'Puck'.

Past president of the American Dramatist Society and the National Federation of Theater Clubs.