First performance 15 November 1915 Adaptations Fair and Warmer (1919) | ||
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Similar The Demi‑Virgin, Getting Gertie's Garter, Ladies' Night, The Gold Diggers, The Bat | ||
Fair and warmer brass quintet
Fair and Warmer is a 1915 comedy play by the American writer Avery Hopwood. It was first staged at the Eltinge Theatre in New York City on November 15, 1915, running for 377 performances, featuring Madge Kennedy, John Cumberland, Janet Beecher, Ralph Morgan, Hamilton Revelle, Olive May, Robert Fisher and Harry Lorraine. Staged by Robert Milton, it was well received by critics. It is a farce about a mild-mannered banker who becomes embroiled in an innocent scheme to rekindle the romance in his marriage using his best friend's wife.
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Film adaptations
In 1919 the play was turned into an American silent film of the same title.
The 1937 German comedy The Model Husband with Heinz Rühmann was based on Hopwood's play and was followed up by West German and Swiss remakes in 1956 and 1959 respectively.
A Swedish film version Gröna hissen was made in 1944, another Swedish film version Oppåt med Gröna Hissen in 1952, a Danish film version Den grønne elevator was made in 1961, and a Norwegian film version Den grønne heisen in 1981.