Got in the Denham app for LYDIA, and Toby and I are brainstorming about doing German together this summer in Middlebury.

Mary Orr Denham is perhaps best known for her first short story, entitled “The Wisdom of Eve,” upon which the Oscar-winning film “All About Eve” was based. She sold the story to Cosmopolitan for $800 and it was published in the May 1946 issue. Ms. Orr married the director Reginald Denham in 1947 and together they wrote four plays that opened on Broadway. Ms. Orr also had a successful acting career, appearing in many Broadway plays, including The Desperate Hours in 1955. A longtime resident of Manhattan, Ms. Orr passed away in September 2006 at the age of 95.

Looking at this now I wish I had made some reference in the app to Mary being a hybrid artist herself, but hopefully it’ll work out by context. Les doights crossed.