Frank Cavett
Frank Morgan Cavett (born December 27, 1905 in Jackson , Ohio , † March 25, 1973 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American screenwriter who won two Academy Awards .
Life
After attending school, he studied at Ohio University and Yale University before he began as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in the early 1930s and was involved in the making of around a dozen films. He made his debut writing the original for the 1932 film Vanity Street by Nick Grinde .
At the Academy Awards in 1945 he and Frank Butler won the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay for the film Der Weg zum Glück (1945) by Leo McCarey . In 1948 he was nominated together with Dorothy Parker for the Oscar in the category best original story for the film Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) by Stuart Heisler .
He finally won the Oscar for the best original story at the Academy Awards in 1953 together with Fredric M. Frank and Theodore St. John for the film The Greatest Show in the World (1952) by Cecil B. DeMille .
Other well-known films were Never Marry the First Time (1934) by WS Van Dyke , Ruler of the Seas (1939) by Frank Lloyd , Second Chorus (1940) by HC Potter , The Green Grain (1945) by Irving Rapper and Colorado (1951) by William A. Wellman . He was also with Edward Roberts author of the play Forsaking All Others (1933), which between March and June 1933 was performed 110 times at the Times Square Theater .
Cavett was married to Mary Oakes, a model and actress, and had two sons with them. Morgan Cavett has also worked as a composer in film productions, while Jon Cavett was an actor.
Web links
- Frank Cavett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavett, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cavett, Frank Morgan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jackson , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1973 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California |