Johnstone, Will B.

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Name (Latin)
Johnstone, Will B.
Other forms of name
Johnstone, Will B. (Will Breuninger), 1883?-1944
Johnstone, William Breuninger
Date of birth
1881-03-13
Date of death
1944-02-06
Place of birth
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Place of death
West Palm Beach (Fla.)
Occupation
Authors
Cartoonists
Librettists
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Will Breuninger
Biographical or Historical Data
Will B. Johnstone (1881-1944) was an American cartoonist, author, librettist, and screenwriter.
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Other Identifiers
VIAF: 231647883
Wikidata: Q8002687
Library of congress: n 79013450
Sources of Information
  • Lardner, R. Ring Lardner's You know ... 1979 (a.e.)CIP galley (Will B. Johnstone)
  • Krohn, E.C. Missouri music, 1971:p. 149 (Johnstone, Will B.; b. Mar. 13, 1881, St. Louis, Mo.; d. Feb. 6, 1944, Florida; author, librettist, cartoonist)
  • IMDB, Jan. 12, 2011(Will B. Johnstone; d. Feb. 4, 1944 in West Palm Beach, Fla.; screenwriter)
  • Ancestry.com, Jan. 11, 2011(William B. Johnstone; William Breuninger Johnstone; b. in 1883, abt. 1881, abt. 1882)
  • Wikipedia, Jan. 11, 2011(Will B. Johnstone; b. 1883)
Wikipedia description:

William Breuninger Johnstone (13 March 1881 – 4 February 1944) was an American writer, cartoonist, and lyricist. His writing credits include the Marx Brothers's Broadway revue I'll Say She Is and, with S.J. Perelman, their first two Hollywood films, Monkey Business and Horse Feathers. He also wrote several popular songs, including a version of "How Dry I Am", a part of which plagiarizes Rudyard Kipling's "Mandalay." He created the cartoon character of 'The Tax Payer' wearing only a barrel held up by suspenders. It was a regular feature in the New York World-Telegram. Johnstone also created the comic strip You Know Me Al (distributed by the Bell Syndicate).

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