Allan Scott (screenwriter, 1906)

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Laurence Allan Scott (born May 23, 1906 in Arlington , New Jersey , † April 13, 1995 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American screenwriter who was once nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay .

Life

Scott graduated from Amherst College with financial support from a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford . He began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1933 with the romantic comedy Goodbye Again by Michael Curtiz with Warren William , Joan Blondell and Genevieve Tobin in the lead roles, based on his 1932 stage work of the same name .

After signing a scriptwriting contract with RKO Pictures in 1934 , he was one of the leading writers of music and dance films with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers like Dance with Me until 1940 . (The Gay Divorcee, 1934), I dance into your heart (Top Hat, 1935), Swing Time (1936) and dance with me (Shall We Dance, 1937). In addition, he was also considered a so-called "Script Doctor" who read and revised the scripts of other authors.

At the 1944 Academy Awards , Scott was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the war film Brave Women (So ​​Proudly We Hail !, 1943), directed by Mark Sandrich for Paramount Pictures, starring Claudette Colbert , Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake .

Scott, who until 1968 the scripts and templates for more than forty films and television series as well as the plays In Clover (1937) and Joy to the World (1948) wrote, was the father of actress Pippa Scott , in turn, with the film producer Lee Rich married was. His younger brother Adrian Scott , who also worked as a screenwriter and film producer, was married to actress Anne Shirley for a second time and to screenwriter Joan Scott for a third time .

Filmography (selection)

Background literature

  • Lee Server: Screenwriter: Words Become Pictures , Pittstown 1987, pp. 186-203. ISBN 1555620183

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personal data
SURNAME Scott, Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scott, Laurence Allan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Arlington , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1995
Place of death Santa Monica , California