Hell-Bent Fer Heaven is a play by Hatcher Hughes

Hatcher Hughes

Hatcher Hughes was an American playwright who lived in Grover, NC, as featured in the book Images of America. He was on the teaching staff of Columbia University from 1912 onward...

 that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1924.

The play ran at the Klaw Theatre from January to April 1924, featuring George Abbott

George Abbott

George Francis Abbott was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than nine decades.-Early years:...

, Glenn Anders and Margaret Borough. It also helped launch the career of Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick was an American actress. Her many film appearances include the role of Auntie Em in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:She was born Clara Dickey, the daughter of Isaac B...

, who would go on to appear as Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...

.

It was made into the motion picture of the same name in 1926.

External links

• Hell-bent Fer Heaven at the Internet Broadway Database
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• Hell-bent for Heaven at the Internet Movie Database
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