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The Cinderella Girl (a.k.a. The Street Cinderella) was one of the few fiascos the Marx Brothers ever experienced. The show was written by Jo Swerling (who also wrote the script to Humor Risk) and featured songs by Gus Kahn and Egbert van Alstyne.
The show was written by Jo Swerling (who later also wrote the script to Humor Risk) and featured songs by Gus Kahn and Egbert van Alstyne. It opened in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the Spanish influenza epidemic on 28 September 1918.
He worked as a newspaper and magazine writer in the early 1920s, then launched a play-writing career, including Street Cinderella, an early comedy for the Marx Brothers. He also wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy short film Humor Risk (1921).
Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. Jo Swerling, circa 1940. Early life and early career. Born Joseph Swerling in Berdichev, Ukraine, [1] Swerling was one of a number of Jewish refugees from the Tsarist regime.
JO SWERLING was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright. His work includes the comedy STREET CINDERELLA for the Marx Brothers, for whom he wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy HUMOR RISK.
Though the play, Streetwise Cinderella, did not succeed, the experience inspired Swerling to return to New York and concentrate on playwriting full time. His first play, One of Us, premiered in 1918 at New York's Bijou Theatre; One Helluva Night followed six years later at the Sam H. Harris Theatre.
Swerling eventually shifted his journalism career to playwriting by teaming up with the Marx Brothers to write their stage show Street Cinderella. He also wrote the screenplay for their first comedy short film Humor Risk (1921).
