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Leland Hayward (September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was a Hollywood and Broadway agent and theatrical producer. He produced the original Broadway stage productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''South Pacific'' and ''The Sound of Music''. ==Life and career== Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, the grandson of Monroe Leland Hayward, a senator from Nebraska. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a celebrated hero of the First World War who commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment, the "Harlem Hellfighters". Hayward's father and mother, Sarah Coe Ireland, divorced when he was nine. Hayward's father subsequently remarried, to Maisie Manwaring Plant, one of the wealthiest women in America at the time, who later traded her Fifth Avenue mansion to Cartier for a perfectly matched strand of pearls.〔 Hayward attended The Hotchkiss School and then studied at Princeton University, but dropped out. He took on a number of jobs including newspaper reporter and press agent, but eventually became a talent agent in Hollywood. In the early 1940s, he handled about 150 artists, including Fred Astaire who had been his first client, James Stewart, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, Ginger Rogers, as well as the two former husbands of wife Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda and William Wyler.〔 He dated some of his female clients, including Greta Garbo and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn refused to marry him, despite a three-year relationship, because she was too focused on her career. In 1945, Hayward sold his talent agency and became a producer. His 1949 production of ''South Pacific'' was a great success. He produced both the 1948 play ''Mister Roberts'' and the 1955 film version. Other noteworthy film productions included ''The Spirit of St. Louis'' (1957), and ''The Old Man and the Sea'' (1958). He was a co-producer (with David Merrick) of the 1959 show ''Gypsy''. His biggest success, however, was ''The Sound of Music'' that opened the same year. Hayward's forays into television were similarly notable. He produced ''The Ford 50th Anniversary Show'' on June 15, 1953, a live two-hour simulcast on CBS and NBC that looked back on the history of the United States and the world up to 1953. The program featuring a memorable extended duet by Ethel Merman and Mary Martin. In 1953, Hayward conceived ''Producers' Showcase'' (1954–1956), a series of 90-minute color spectaculars to be broadcast monthly on NBC. Illness forced Hayward to withdraw from the project shortly before the first broadcast, and production was assumed by his attorneys, Saul and Henry Jaffe.〔Shepard, Richard F., "The Jaffes — Versatile TV Team"; ''The New York Times'', February 3, 1957〕 Hayward later produced ''That Was The Week That Was'', a groundbreaking American adaptation of a British television show, from 1963–1965. Hayward's interest in aviation led to his co-founding, in 1941,〔(Thunderbird Man ). (''Time'' ), February 8, 1943. Retrieved on January 16, 2009 - describes the early efforts in financing Southwest Airways〕 Southwest Airways, with financial help from his Hollywood friends.〔(Small-Town Big-Timer ). (''Time'' ), October 18, 1948. Retrieved on January 29, 2007 - article about the earliest years of Southwest Airways〕 After suffering several strokes, Hayward died at his home, Haywire, in Yorktown Heights, New York, on March 18, 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leland Hayward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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