Talk:Guy Bolton

Date of death discrepancy

Kurt Gänzl's encyclopedia says Bolton died 6-Sep-1979. IMDb and IBDB say 5-Sep-1979. The NYTimes obit, dated 6-Sep-1979, says Bolton died Tuesday which was 4-Sep-1979. --Joseph Hewes (talk) 16:07, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

The Times obit says 4 Sept, as does Who's Who. Tim riley (talk) 11:55, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Birth year discrepancy

Bolton's birth year is widely reported as 1884, but some sources say 1882. Various obits say he was both 94 and 96 years old at the time of his death. Ancestry.com has records with a variety of birth years from 1880 to 1884, some differing ones apparently in his own hand. Most credibly, perhaps, there is a record for "Guy Bolton, age 8, of Charlton Marshall, Dorset; born Broxbourne, Hertfordshire" in the 1891 English census and a US Social Security death record which gives date of birth 23-Nov-1882. --Joseph Hewes (talk) 05:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Where the subject gives multiple birth dates, the earlier one is almost always correct. Ah. Vanity! I agree that the 1891 census record is the most persuasive. 1882 it is. -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Templates

You could have a Guy Bolton template here, but not templates for his individual works. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:15, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

All things considered, I agree with this. Imagine the number of "individual works" templates piling up under Mozart's article! Keep the templates to the specific article, I think. And, if I may pile a further wet blanket on, I'd much prefer the templates to appear collapsed, for opening by them as are interested. Reduces clutter, you know. Tim riley (talk) 20:28, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Poem about Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern

It is based on Baseball's Sad Lexicon. See this. Should we mention this? -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:48, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Fine with me, for one, if it is properly cited. I removed it because it wasn't, but if it can be then by all means. Tim riley talk 22:16, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

No mention of VERY GOOD, EDDIE!---a musical that was revived on Broadway in the 1970's to great success(Booth Theatre,NY CIty) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.23.5.11 (talk) 12:37, 28 March 2024 (UTC)