George Wells

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George Wells (born November 8, 1909 in New York City , New York , † November 27, 2000 in Newport Beach , California ) was an American screenwriter who received the Oscar for best original screenplay .

Life

Wells, son of vaudeville comedian Billy K. Wells studied after school at New York University before he first became a director of recordings. As such, he directed the well-known studio recordings of Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol at Decca Records in 1941 with Ronald Colman in the role of "Ebenezer Scrooge".

In the mid- 1940s he began his work as a screenwriter in film productions and, after his debut in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) by Richard Whorf, contributed to the making of around 30 films. In 1950 he received his first nomination for a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA Award) for the best written musical along with Harry Tugen for Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) by Busby Berkeley . In 1951 he was nominated for two musical scripts for the WGA Award: one for Drei kleine Wort (1950) by Richard Thorpe and the other together with Sy Gomberg for Summer Stock (1950) by Charles Walters . In 1951 he worked on the screenplay of the musical adaptation Show Boat Mississippi Melody . In 1952, he received his first nomination for a WGA Award for Best Written Comedy, along with Dorothy Kingsley for Angels in the Outfield (1951) by Clarence Brown . In 1958 he was nominated again for two WGA Awards, this time for the comedies Don't Go Too Close To Water (1957, co-writer Dorothy Kingsley) by Charles Walters and for Why Did I Say Yes? (1957) by Vincente Minnelli .

For this film he finally received the Oscar for best original screenplay at the 1958 Academy Awards .

Wells was also the author of the novel Taurus (1982). In 1994 the material from Angels in the Outfield was again published by William Dear under the title Angels - Angels Really Exist! filmed.

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SURNAME Wells, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2000
Place of death Newport Beach , California