Shoe button hook worn in the play <i>The Corn is Green</i>
date: label: date made
content: around 1906
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Shoe button hook, part of a costume worn by actress Gwyneth Hughes in the original Broadway production of the play <i>The Corn is Green</i>. According to the donor, Hughes' daughter, the "Welsh national costume" was owned by Hughes, who was cast as Sarah Pugh in the play and the 1945 film adaptation. Hughes was born in Pontardawe, Wales in 1889 and first wore this costume to sing at a town hall dedication in her hometown in 1906.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>The Corn is Green</i> is a semi-autobiographical play written by Emlyn Williams which follows the story of L.C. Moffat, a strong-willed English school teacher who fights to educate the children in a working-class Welsh coal mining town in the 19th century. The play premiered on Broadway at the National Theater in November 1940, starred Ethel Barrymore as Moffat, and ran for 477 performances. The 1945 film adaptation starred Bette Davis and was a box office and critical success, garnering two Academy Award nominations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place worn
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Costume
label: general subject association
content: Theater
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Margaret C. Brady
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0485.11
label: accession number
content: 1980.0485
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0485.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hook, Shoe Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 1.905 cm