Bambi: who's who, timeline and places
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- BambiBambi wants to marry Jarvis and support his writing despite lacking a way to earn money.First seen in part 1
- JarvisJarvis is a penniless playwright who accepts Bambi’s marriage proposal while distracted.First seen in part 1
- Professor ParkhurstProfessor Parkhurst is Bambi’s absent-minded father, who objects to her proposed marriage.First seen in part 1
- ArdeliaArdelia exchanges words with Professor Parkhurst about a forgotten reminder.First seen in part 2
- Mr. BelascoMr. Belasco is the theater manager Jarvis waits all day to see.First seen in part 7
- Richard StrongRichard Strong offers Bambi paid work on stories and proposes a book.First seen in part 8
- ClaghornClaghorn is a manager whom Bambi persuades to read Jarvis’s manuscript.First seen in part 10
- Miss HarperMiss Harper expresses interest in Jarvis’s rejected play and requests a meeting.First seen in part 13
- Mr. FrohmanMr. Frohman is the man whose office receives Jarvis’s play manuscript.First seen in part 16
- Part 1
Bambi secures Jarvis’s distracted consent to marriage and arranges an immediate wedding despite her father’s objections.
- Part 2
Jarvis learns that he married Bambi three days earlier, and she promises independence and support for his plays.
- Part 3
Bambi criticizes the heroine of Jarvis’s play and offers to help him improve it.
- Part 4
Bambi wins a short-story contest and secretly uses her prize money to finance their New York trip.
- Part 7
Jarvis spends a day waiting at the Belasco Theatre without meeting Mr. Belasco.
- Part 8
Mr. Strong offers Bambi paid story work and proposes a book, but she keeps her success from Jarvis.
- Part 9
After another manager rejects his serious approach, Jarvis argues with Bambi before accepting her help.
- Part 10
Claghorn rejects the play, and Bambi and Jarvis return home after sending the manuscript to Belasco’s office.
- Part 12
Strong proposes a serial novel and agrees to pose as Bambi’s old friend to conceal her writing.
- Part 13
Bambi sends Jarvis to New York to meet Miss Harper, who wants major revisions to his play.
- Part 14
Jarvis spends his remaining money revising the play, then learns that Harper is sailing with another playwright’s work.
- Part 16
Jarvis submits his manuscript to Frohman’s office, rejects Strong’s friendship, and follows an arrested girl to night court.
- Part 18
Jarvis drives a cab to survive, receives advice about theatrical craft, and sells his poems to Strong.
- Part 19
Bambi finishes her book, and Strong brings Frohman’s request for its dramatic rights.
- Part 20
Bambi discovers Jarvis’s poverty and secretly persuades Frohman to commission him to adapt her book.
- Part 21
Bambi corresponds with Jarvis as the unnamed author, and he returns home on Christmas Eve.
- Part 22
Bambi and Jarvis begin the adaptation, but Strong’s visit convinces Jarvis that she loves another man.
- Part 24
Bambi discovers Jarvis’s mistaken belief about Richard while their letters as playwright and unknown author become declarations of love.
- Part 25
Frohman supports production of the completed play, and Bambi plans to reveal her authorship on opening night.
- Part 26
Bambi wins the company’s applause at the reading and becomes its main adviser during rehearsals.
- Part 27
After a chaotic dress rehearsal, Jarvis confesses his love for the unknown author, and Bambi postpones their discussion.
- Part 28
The play opens successfully, but Jarvis disappears after Bambi publicly reveals that she wrote its source book.
- Part 29
Jarvis walks through the night feeling humiliated, sends Bambi a wounded message, and questions his own achievement.
- Part 30
Strong urges Jarvis home, where Bambi explains her deception and the couple acknowledge their love.
Hidden until you have read that far.
- New YorkNew York is the city Bambi and Jarvis visit with her secretly earned prize money.First seen in part 4
- Belasco TheatreThe Belasco Theatre is where Jarvis waits unsuccessfully to meet Mr. Belasco.First seen in part 7
- Empire TheatreThe Empire Theatre is where Bambi waits for her meeting with Mr. Frohman.First seen in part 20
- SunnysideSunnyside is the home to which Jarvis returns to speak with Bambi.First seen in part 30
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