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Robert Bache Smith ( June 4, 1875 – November 6, 1951), usually published as Robert B. Smith, was an American librettist and lyricist. His older brother, Harry B. Smith, was also a successful lyricist and a writer and composer.
- Did J.R.R. Tolkien's Mother, Mabel, Introduce Him to Mythology?
- Was J.R.R. Tolkien Orphaned at Age 12?
- When Did J.R.R. Tolkien Form The Tea Club, Barrovian Society (T.C.B.S.)?
- When Did J.R.R. Tolkien Meet Edith Bratt?
- Was J.R.R. Tolkien Banned from Seeing Edith Bratt Until He Was 21?
- Did J.R.R. Tolkien Steal A Bus and Impress Some Pretty girls?
- Did He Ever Get So Drunk That He Woke His Tutors with His Outbursts?
- Did J.R.R. Tolkien Readily Accept The Call to Fight For His country?
- Was Tolkien's Batman in The Trenches Named Sam?
- Did Tolkien Really Lose Two Close Friends in The First World War?
Yes. The true story behind the Tolkienmovie reveals that prior to her death, Mabel Tolkien taught her two children at home. Ronald, as he was known to the family, was an apt pupil and was taught languages (including Latin), botany, and was encouraged to read many books, including fantasy stories. Mabel introduced her son to the myths and legends th...
Yes. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (pronounced Tol-keen) was born in what is now South Africa in 1892. His English father, Arthur (pictured above), had been sent to manage a branch of a British bank there. However, Arthur died of rheumatic fever before he could return to England with the rest of the family. Tolkien, then just three-years-old, lived in ...
In 1911, J.R.R. Tolkien formed the tiny four-person society with friends Geoffrey Bache Smith, Robert Gilson and Christopher Wiseman while attending King Edward's School in Birmingham together. Like in the movie, the Tolkientrue story confirms that this brotherhood of aspiring poets and artists often discussed art and literature while daydreaming a...
Tolkien met future-wife Edith Bratt (portrayed by Lily Collins) when he was 16 and moved into the Birmingham boarding house in the suburb of Edgbaston. Bratt was a fellow orphan and resident at the boarding house. According to Humphrey Carpenter's authorized biography, the two had similar personalities and became friends. Given that they were both ...
Yes. In separating the Tolkienmovie's facts and fiction, we learned that he was indeed forbidden from having a relationship with Edith, 19, in part due to her older age and affiliation as a Protestant. Like in the film, Father Francis, Tolkien's guardian, also wanted him to focus on his studies, including his plans to attend Oxford. He wasn't allow...
Fact-checking Tolkienconfirms that he did steal a bus, but there weren't any girls there to impress.
No. This is an entertaining scene in the movie, but we found no evidence that it actually happened in real life.
No. The movie implies Tolkien and his friends went straight to war. However, in real life, Tolkien delayed joining the military long enough to draw criticism, especially from relatives. "In those days chaps joined up, or were scorned publicly," he said years later in a letter to his son Michael. "It was a nasty cleft to be in for a young man with t...
As J.R.R. searches for a missing member of the T.C.B.S. in the war in the Tolkien movie, he utilizes the help of his batman (a servant to an officer) named Sam. Their relationship feels like it came straight from The Return of the King. Of course, this is in part because the movie named the character Sam, a detail that from what we know is fictiona...
Yes. The true story behind the Tolkienmovie confirms that two of the four members of the Tea Club, Barrovian Society were killed in the Great War. This includes artist Robert 'R.Q.' Gilson and poet Geoffrey 'G.B.' Smith. Gilson was killed by a shell burst on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916. He was one of 6,380 British casua...
He was co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), serving as vice president for a decade. Of particular merit worth mentioning are the efforts of the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project. A summary of his complete works by category follows: 2 Operas. 43 Operettas. 2 Sketches.
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Harry Bache Smith (December 28, 1860 – January 1, 1936) was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics.
Robert Bache Smith, usually published as Robert B. Smith, was an American librettist and lyricist. His older brother, Harry B. Smith, was also a successful lyricist and a writer and composer. Born in Chicago, Smith began his career apprenticing with the famed vaudeville duo Weber and Fields.
Robert Bache Smith was an American librettist and lyricist who started out in vaudeville and went on to write libretti for operettas and lyrics for musicals, including such works as Fantana (1905), A Knight for a Day (19071910), The Spring Maid (1910), Sweethearts (1913), and Angel Face (1919).
