Blue Jeans (play)
Blue Jeans is a melodramatic play by Joseph Arthur that opened in New York City in 1890 to great popularity. The sensation of the play is a scene where the unconscious hero is placed on a board approaching a huge buzz saw in a sawmill, which became one of the most imitated dramatic scenes (eventually to the point of cliche and parody). The play remained popular for decades and was made into a successful silent film in 1917, also named Blue Jeans.
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1899 poster depicting the famous saw mill scene from Blue Jeans | |
| Written by | Joseph Arthur |
| Date premiered | October 6, 1890 (New York) 1898 (London) |
| Place premiered | Fourteenth Street Theatre, New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Indiana, USA |
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