Moonface Martin

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Moonface Martin is a comically inept gangster and one of the principal comic characters in Cole Porter’s musical *Anything Goes*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character
fictional character
gangster
musical theatre character
alignment lovable rogue
appearsIn Anything Goes NERFINISHED
associatedWith Billy Crocker NERFINISHED
Evangeline Harcourt NERFINISHED
Lord Evelyn Oakleigh NERFINISHED
Reno Sweeney NERFINISHED
audience theatre audiences
characterType comically inept gangster
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Cole Porter NERFINISHED
Guy Bolton NERFINISHED
Howard Lindsay NERFINISHED
P. G. Wodehouse NERFINISHED
Russel Crouse NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Anything Goes (1934 stage musical) NERFINISHED
genre musical comedy
hasAdaptation Anything Goes (film adaptations) NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium stage musical
narrativeFunction comic relief
narrativeRole helps drive romantic and farcical plot twists
notableCharacteristic good-hearted despite being a gangster
inept at being a criminal
occupation gangster
partOf Anything Goes franchise NERFINISHED
portrayedIn stage productions of Anything Goes
roleInWork principal comic character
settingOfActivity ocean liner S.S. American NERFINISHED
typicalTone humorous

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Anything Goes originalCharacter Moonface Martin