Charles G. Booth
Charles Gordon Booth (born February 12, 1896 in Prestwich , Lancashire ; † May 22, 1949 in Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California ) was a British- born American writer and screenwriter who won an Oscar for best original story as well as in 1946 won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Screenplay.
Life
Booth initially worked as a writer and wrote with Sinister House in 1926 . A mystery story of Southern California made its debut novel . Based on his novel of the same name, the 1936 film The General died at dawn directed by Lewis Milestone with Gary Cooper , Madeleine Carroll and Akim Tamiroff .
He won the Oscar for best original story at the Academy Awards in 1946 for the template for the film Das Haus on 92nd Straße (1945) by Henry Hathaway with William Eythe , Lloyd Nolan and Signe Hasso , which was based on a fictional representation about the Duquesne spy ring . In addition, he received the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best film script together with Barré Lyndon and John Monks Jr. in 1946.
He was also in 1949 with Winston Miller for revenge without mercy (Fury at Furnace Creek, 1948) by H. Bruce Humberstone with Victor Mature , Coleen Gray and Glenn Langan for a WGA Award of the Writers Guild of America for the original document to a Western nominated.
After his short story Caviar for His Excellency , the film Moon over Parador (1988) by Paul Mazursky with Richard Dreyfuss , Raúl Juliá and Sônia Braga was made .
Publications
- 1926: Sinister house. A mystery story of Southern California
- 1929: Gold bullets
- 1930: Murder at high tide
- 1932: Those seven alibis
- 1941: The general died at dawn (republication)
- 1944: Mr. Angel comes aboard
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: The general died at dawn
- 1941: Gun smugglers from Kenya ( Sundown )
- 1945: The House on 92nd Street ( The House on 92nd Street )
- 1948: Vengeance Without Mercy ( Fury at Furnace Creek )
Awards
- 1946 : Oscar for the best original story
- 1946: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Screenplay
Web links
- Charles G. Booth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in Open Library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Booth, Charles G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Booth, Charles Gordon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-British screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prestwich , Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1949 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California |