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David Freedman, "King of the Gag-writers," (April 26 1898-December 8 1936) was born in Botoşani, Romania—the first child, and only son of Sara and Israel Freedman. Israel, a political refugee, immigrated with his young family to the United States in 1900, where four years later, David’s sister Sophie became the first Freedman born in the U.S.A. David matriculated to the City College of New York, graduating in 1918. David was he the first in his family to complete a formal education beyond high school, and stood out from his peers by winning medals in History and Oratory, and a highly coveted Phi Beta Kappa key.
In September 1918, David married Beatrice (nee Rebecca Goodman), a fellow New Yorker, who was born in the city on September 27 1899 (her parents had fled from Chişinău, Russia—well in advance of the troubles there in 1904). Within five years, three sons joined them: Benedict (1919), Noel (1922 - now known as David Noel Freedman), and Toby (1924). A decade later their only daughter, who is now known as Laurie Hayden, arrived.
Select Anthology
Books
The Intellectual Lover and Other Stories (1940 and 1986); Ziegfeld: the Great Glorifier (1934) Your Next President! (1932); Phantom Fame: The Anatomy of Ballyhoo (1931); Yoo-Hoo Prosperity! The Eddie Cantor Five-year Plan (1931); Between the Acts (1930); Caught Short! a Saga of Wailing Wall Street (1929); My Life Is in Your Hands (1928 and 2000); and Mendel Marantz (1925 and 1986)
Shows
The Show is On; White Horse Inn; Ziegfeld Follies of 1936; Life Begins at 8:40; Ziegfeld Follies of 1934; Forward March; Crazy Quilt; Sweet and Low; Mendel, Inc.; and Betsy
Films
Ziegfeld Follies; The Half Naked Truth; The Heart of New York; and Palmy Days
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