THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote and produced the hit musical Pal Joey.
This is from a December 22, 1940 letter to Richard Rodgers:
"Dear Dick:
"I don't know whether you happened to see any of a series of pieces I've been doing for The New Yorker in the past year or so. They're about a guy who is master of ceremonies in cheap night clubs, and the pieces are in the form of letters from him to a successful band leader. Anyway, I got the idea that the pieces, or at least the character and the life in general could be made into a book show, and I wonder if you and Larry would be interested in working on it with me . . . I do hope that you like my idea."
Faithfully,
John"
THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY celebrates the life and works of John O'Hara, Pennsylvania's pre-eminent contemporary author and America's greatest short-story writer. The JOHS studies, publishes, and diffuses works by and about the author. Membership is free. For details, contact the JOHS's Corresponding Secretary, Richard Carreño, via Philabooks@yahoo.com. © MMXXIV John O'Hara Society.
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