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Franklin Lacey (1917–1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for co-authoring the story for The Music Man (1957), together with collaborator Meredith Willson, and later collaborating on the screenplay with Marion Hargrove for the 1962 film version.
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.
- Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
- 1983
Franklin Lacey was born on 26 September 1917 in New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Music Man (1962), Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971) and The Music Man (2003). He died in February 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- September 26, 1917
- Franklin Lacey
The Music Man: Directed by Morton DaCosta. With Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold. Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
- (19K)
- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Morton DaCosta
- 1962-06-19
Franklin Lacey. Former faculty member of the Happy Valley School, Franklin Lacey joined the Happy Valley Board in 1959, two years after the opening of The Music Man, which he had coauthored with Meridith Wilson. He then became the Director of the Happy Valley School.
Jul 12, 2022 · How and why did Franklin Lacey enter into the sphere of the Happy Valley Foundation, and how and when did he meet Meredith Willson? Various sources offered conflicting information, and more questions.
Based on the play The Music Man by Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey (New York, 19 Dec 1957).
