Stella Hammerstein year, she co-authored "Getting the Goods", a play for vaudeville. Hammerstein appeared in the films "The Ace of Death" (1915), "Anna Karenina" (1915), and "Social Hypocrites" (1918). In September 1919, approximately two months after the death of their father, Hammerstein and her sister, Rose Hammerstein Tostevain, became owners of the Hammerstein Amusement Company. A judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled that the two daughters were the rightful owners of 4,998 shares of the company's total of 5,000 shares of stock. The ownership had been the subject of a legal dispute involving the sisters, Oscar
Arthur Hammerstein productions were "Luana" and "Ballyhoo" in 1930, which were considered failures. Hammerstein suffered bankruptcy in 1931 due to some musical failures and went into retirement. In 1925-1927 Hammerstein built what is now known as the Ed Sullivan Theater at 1697 Broadway in Manhattan. Hammerstein made an appearance as himself in an episode of the film series "Popular Science" in 1949. He was one of the writers of the song "Because of You," a major hit (#1 for 10 weeks) for Tony Bennett in 1951. Hammerstein wrote the song in 1940. It was used in the film "I Was an American