List of Abbreviations used for Plays, Films, and Television Screenplays

Caution: This is a work in progress!  More titles/productions/performances to come!

Note 1: BLUE titles represent films not found in the online International Movie Database

Note 2: GREEN titles represent films for which Harris is uncredited in the online International Movie Database

 

Note 3: See the Complete Works for a complete alphabetized list of titles/retitles.

 

I.          Title Abbreviations:  Abbreviations for titles used at this website.

II.          Title Changes:  Original and retitled works (when applicable)

 

I.          Title Abbreviations

[ADH].             An Adventure in Hearts.  Originally titled Captain Dieppe [CD].

                        Film. 

[AOA].             The Affairs of Anatol.  Film. 

[ASE].             All Soul's Eve.  Film. 

[AWF].            The Awful Truth.  Film. 

[BAR].             he Barbarian.  UK release as A Night in Cairo.  Also known as

                        The Arab, and Man of the Nile.  Film. 

[BCC].            The Bird's Christmas Carol.  Retitled Carol [CRL].  Play adapt.

[BRE].             The Bread Basket.  Play.

[BRO].             Brothers.  Retitled The Forbidden Woman [FW].  Film.

[BTD].             Beyond the Devil.  Play adapt. 

[BTW].            It Began This Way.  Retitled Love and Obey [LOB].  Play

                        adapt.

[CAR].             Career Girl.  Originally titled The Reluctant Virgin [REV] and

                        Lefty [LEF].  Play.

[CC].               Canary Cottage.  Play.

[CD].               Captain Dieppe.  Retitled An Adventure in Hearts [ADH].  Film.

[CEL].             Celebrities.  Play.

[COA].            The Coming of Amos.  Film. 

[COL].             Collusion.  Film.

[CM].               Court-Martial.  Film. 

[CRL].             Carol.  Originally titled The Bird's Christmas Carol [BCC],

                        c1949.  Play adapt. 

[CRO].            Cross Country Cruise.  Film. 

[D&D].            Ducks and Drakes.  Film. 

[DEB].             The Desert Bride.  Film.  

[DEV].             Devotion.  Also known as Forbidden Paradise [FP].  Retitled

                        Marriage For Three [MFT].  Play.

[DH].               The Devil's Harvest.  Originally titled Upon These Ashes

                        [UTA].  Play.

[EOE].             The Education of Elizabeth.  Film. 

[ESP].             Espionage.  Play adapt.

[EVL].             Eve's Leaves.  Film. 

[FAS].             Father and Son.  Film. 

[FIL].                Fillette.  Play.  

[FOR].             Forbidden.  Play. 

[FP].                Forbidden Paradise.  Also known as Devotion [DEV]. 

                        Retitled Marriage For Three [MFT].  Play.

[FRO].             Froth.  Retitled Sham [SHA].  Play.

[FS].                For Sale.  Play. 

[FST].              Footsteps.  Also known as Wings of Love [WOL], When

                        You're Eighteen [WYE], and Wings of Youth [WOY]. 

                        Retitled Young Sinners [YS].  Play.

[FW].               The Forbidden Woman.  Originally titled Brothers [BRO]. 

                        Film. 

[GAR].             Garrison's Finish.  Film. 

[GOS].            The Girl on the Stairs.  Film. 

[GN].               The Great Necker.  Play.

[HAP].             Happily Unmarried.  Originally titled Poor Man's Daughter

                        [POD].  Play.

[HEL].             Hell's Mistress.  Originally titled Siren [SRN].  Play.

[HEW].            Help Wanted.  Film.

[HGC].            Her Gilded Cage.  Film. 

[HMV].            Her Master's Voice.  Film.

[HOM].            Her Own Money.  Film. 

[HSO].             Her Sturdy Oak.  Film. 

[INV].               The Invisible Bond.  Originally titled The See-Saw [SEE].

                        Play.

[IPA].               It Pays to Advertise.  Film.

[IS].                  The Inner Silence.  Retitled Johnny Belinda [JB].  Play.

[JAC].             Jack Straw.  Film. 

[JB].                Johnny Belinda.  Originally titled The Inner Silence [IS]. 

                        Play.

                        [LA].                Ladies All.  Originally titled La Quelle [LAQ].  Play adapt.

                        [LAQ].             La Quelle.  Retitled Ladies All [LA].  Play adapt.

[LCH].             La Chienne.  Play Adapt. 

[LEM].             Let 'Em Have It.  UK release as False Faces.  Film. 

[LEF].              Lefty.  Originally titled The Reluctant Virgin [REV]. 

                        Retitled Career Girl [CAR].  Play.

[LFT].              Looking For Trouble.  Also known as Trouble Shooter [TRS]. 

                        Film. 

[LOB].             Love and Obey.  Originally titled It Began This Way [BTW].

                        Play adapt. 

[LOL].              Loving Lies.  Film. 

[LOP].             Look Pleasant.  Play.

[LOT].              The Lottery Man.  Film. 

[LTD].              The Love That Dares.  Film. 

[MAI].              The Matinee Idol.  Film. 

                        [MER].            Merry Wives.  Also known as Merry Wives of Hollywood

                                                [MWH].  Retitled Stepping Out [SO].  Play.

[MFC].            Midnight for Cinderella.  Play. 

[MFL].             Made For Love.  Film. 

[MFT].             Marriage For Three.  Originally titled Devotion [DEV] and

                        Forbidden Paradise  [FP].  Play.

[MH].               The March Hare.  Originally titled Yip, Yip, Yipee! [YYY].  Film. 

[MIH].              Miss Hobbs.  Film.

[MKL].             The Man Who Killed Lincoln.  Play.

[MON].            Money.  Play.

[MP].               Man Proposes.  Television screenplay.

[MTT].             Mrs. Temple’s Telegram.  Film.

[MV].               A Modern Virgin.  Play.

[MWH].           Merry Wives of Hollywood.  Also known as Merry Wives

                        [MER].  Retitled Stepping Out [SO].  Play.

[NAP].             Napolean Intervenes.  Play adapt. 

[NMW].           No More Women.  Film. 

[NTW].            Name the Woman.  Film. 

[OBA].             Object—Alimony.  Retitled Object—Matrimony.  Film.

[OBJ].             Object—Matrimony.  Originally titled Object—Alimony [OBA]. 

                        Film.

[OFF].             The Offenders.  Play.

[OOM].            One of Many.  Play. 

[PAR].             The Parisienne.  Play. 

[PEG].             Peggy.  Originally titled Swing Shift [SWS].  Play.

[PIG].               Pig Boats.  Film.

[PM].               Poor Mama.  Play.

[PMS].            Pretty Mrs. Smith.   Originally titled Susceptible Smith [SUS].

                        Play.

[POD].            Poor Man's Daughter.  Retitled Happily Unmarried [HAP]. 

                        Play.

[PPY].             Pappy.  Play.

[RAN].             Ransom.  Film. 

[RED].             Red Salute.  Film.

[REV].             The Reluctant Virgin.  Retitled Lefty [LEF].  Retitled Career

                        Girl [CAR].  Play.

[RL].                A Romantic Lady.  Retitled The Romantic Woman [RW].

                        Play adapt.

[RLH].             Richard the Lion-Hearted.  Film. 

[RW].               The Romantic Woman.  Originally titled A Romantic Lady [RL].

                        Play adapt. 

[SAT].             Satan.  Play.

[SBC].             The Six Best Cellars.  Film.

[SEE].             The See-Saw.  Retitled The Invisible Bond [INV].   Play.

[SG].               Society Girl.  Film. 

[SHA].             Sham.  Originally titled Froth [FRO].  Play.

[SIN].               Sina.  Play. 

[SKY].             Skyscraper Souls.  Film. 

[SLL].              So Long, Letty.  Originally titled Thy Neighbor's Wife [TNW].

                        Play.

[SO].               Stepping Out.  Originally titled Merry Wives [MER] and Merry

                        Wives of Hollywood [MWH].  Play.

[SPA].             The Sporting Age.  UK release as The Stronger Love.  Film. 

[SPE].             The Speed Girl.  Film. 

[SRE].             The Siren.  Film. 

[SRN].             Siren.  Retitled Hell’s Mistress [HEL]. Play.

[SSA].             The Sins of St. Anthony.  Film. 

                        [STI].               So This is Love?.  Film. 

                        [SUN].             Sunny Side Up.  Film. 

                        [SUS].             Susceptible Smith.  Retitled Pretty Mrs. Smith [PMS].   Play.

                        [SWS].            Swing Shift.  Retitled Peggy [PEG].  Play.

                        [SY].                Spirit of Youth.  Film. 

[T&T].              Time and Tide.  Television screenplay. 

[TCT].              That Certain Thing.  Film. 

[TEM].             Temptation.  Play adapt. 

                        [TNW].            Thy Neighbor's Wife.  Retitled So Long, Letty [SLL].  Play.

[TOO].             Too Much Wife.  Film. 

[TPM].             Top Man.  Play. 

[TRI].               The Trial Marriage.  Play.

                        [TRS].             Trouble Shooter.  Also known as Looking for Trouble [LFT].

                                                Film.

[TSC].             Tess of the Storm Country.  Film. 

[TST].              Tempesta.  Play. 

[TWG].            The Three Wise Guys.  Film. 

[UNT].             Under Treatment.  Play adapt. 

[UTA].             Upon These Ashes.  Retitled The Devil’s Harvest [DH].  Play.

[VI].                  The Vine.  Film.

[WHJ].             What Happened to Jones.  Film.

[WHN].            What Next?.  Play.

[WIV].              The Wise Virgin.  Film. 

[WO].              The Wild Olive.  Film. 

[WOL].            Wings of Love.  Also known as Footsteps [FST], When You're

                        Eighteen [WYE], and Wings of Youth [WOY].  Retitled Young

                        Sinners [YS].  Play.

[WOY].            Wings of Youth.  Also known as Footsteps [FST], Wings of

                        Love [WOL], and When You're Eighteen [WYE].  Retitled

                        Young Sinners [YS].  Play.

[WSL].            Why Smith Left Home.  Film.

[WW].              A Woman's Way.  Film. 

[YS].                Young Sinners.  Originally titled Footsteps [FST], Wings of

                        Love [WOL], When You're Eighteen [WYE], and Wings of

                        Youth [WOY].  Play.

[YYY].              Yip, Yip, Yipee!  Retitled The March Hare [MH].  Film.

 

II.                  Title Changes

 

Usually known as…          Also known as…

 

An Adventure in Hearts        Captain Dieppe (original)

 

The Barbarian                       The Arab

                                                Man of the Nile

                                                A Night in Cairo (UK release)

 

Career Girl                             Lefty

                                                The Reluctant Virgin (original)

 

Carol                                       A Bird’s Christmas Carol (original)

 

The Forbidden Woman        Brothers (original)

 

Happily Unmarried                Poor Man’s Daughter (original)

 

Hell’s Mistress                       Siren (original)

 

The Invisible Bond                 The See-Saw (original)

 

Johnny Belinda                      The Inner Silence (original)

 

Ladies All                               La Quelle (original)

 

Let ‘Em Have It                      False Faces (UK release)

 

Looking for Trouble               (aka) Trouble Shooter

 

Love and Obey                      It Began This Way (original)

 

The March Hare                    Yip, Yip, Yipee! (original)

 

Marriage for Three                Devotion

                                                Forbidden Paradise

 

Object—Matrimony               Object—Alimony (original)

 

Peggy                                     Swing Shift (original)

 

Pretty Mrs. Smith                   Susceptible Smith (original)

 

The Romantic Woman          A Romantic Lady (original)

 

Sham                                      Froth (original)

 

So Long, Letty                       Thy Neighbor’s Wife (original)

 

The Sporting Age                  The Stronger Love (UK release)

 

Stepping Out                         Merry Wives

                                                Merry Wives of Hollywood

 

Upon These Ashes               The Devil’s Harvest (original)

 

Young Sinners                       Footsteps

                                                When You’re Eighteen

                                                Wings of Love

                                                                        Wings of Youth (original)

 

 

 

      

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