Henry Jaynes Fonda
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In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts." (''My Life'', p. 35) Rather then just the overly vague "his early twenties" we can pinpoint this exactly to 1928, but no earlier or later, so he was 23. And contrary to Wikipedia's nonsense, the first mention of these particular "University Players" (the name was rather generic) is [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=31&did=91516715&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1218694805&clientId=54310 here]. | In his early twenties, "...he hitched a ride to Cape Cod with a family friend and soon hooked up with the University Players, a summer stock repertory company in Falmouth, Massachusetts." (''My Life'', p. 35) Rather then just the overly vague "his early twenties" we can pinpoint this exactly to 1928, but no earlier or later, so he was 23. And contrary to Wikipedia's nonsense, the first mention of these particular "University Players" (the name was rather generic) is [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2249/pqdweb?index=31&did=91516715&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1218694805&clientId=54310 here]. | ||
| − | Henry Fonda first hooked up with the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts and was given the juvenile lead in their production of ''The Barker'' in 1928, starring Minor Watson, which ran for 7 performances. "Bernie Hanighan, a friend of Fonda's from Omaha...invited Fonda to drive with him to Falmouth...where the University Players were staging plays." ([http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&pg=PA174&dq=quigley+fonda&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U39AcYrmvws1oFAbB65Dv1tHM7a5g#PPA6,M1]) | + | Henry Fonda first hooked up with the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts and was given the juvenile lead in their production of ''The Barker'' in 1928, starring Minor Watson, which ran for 7 performances. "Bernie Hanighan, a friend of Fonda's from Omaha...invited Fonda to drive with him to Falmouth...where the University Players were staging plays." ([http://books.google.com/books?id=cXscbDlSt0cC&pg=PA174&dq=quigley+fonda&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U39AcYrmvws1oFAbB65Dv1tHM7a5g#PPA6,M1 Sweeney p6]) |
Fonda performed in two plays for the University Players that Summer, but after the season ended, he had to compete with numerous other actors in the crowded New York market. He finally found work in December with the National Junior Theatre in Washington, D.C. In April 1929, Bernie Hanighan, organized a musical ''Close Up'' at Cambridge. The Junior season was ending and so Fonda came to Cambridge to do this one scene with Margaret Sullavan (cf [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sullavan "Margaret Sullavan"], Wikipedia). That's when he fell in love with her. | Fonda performed in two plays for the University Players that Summer, but after the season ended, he had to compete with numerous other actors in the crowded New York market. He finally found work in December with the National Junior Theatre in Washington, D.C. In April 1929, Bernie Hanighan, organized a musical ''Close Up'' at Cambridge. The Junior season was ending and so Fonda came to Cambridge to do this one scene with Margaret Sullavan (cf [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sullavan "Margaret Sullavan"], Wikipedia). That's when he fell in love with her. | ||
