Leonard Spigelgass
Leonard Spigelgass (born November 26, 1908 in New York City , † February 15, 1985 in Los Angeles County , California ) was an American screenwriter and film producer .
Live and act
From 1938 Spigelgass was under contract with Universal Studios as a permanent screenwriter. A total of eleven films for which he wrote the screenplay won an Oscar and in 1937 he himself received a nomination for best screenplay. As a playwright, he wrote the plays Dear Me the Sky Is Falling , The Wrong Way Light Bulb , A Remedy for Winter and the comedy A Majority of One, among others . The latter was made into a film by Mervyn LeRoy in 1961 and was released in Germany under the title 1000 miles to Yokohama .
In addition to his work as a screenwriter, Spigelgass wrote novels such as Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth . He was also involved in Edward G. Robinson's autobiography ( All My Yesterdays ).
During the Second World War he was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps and worked as an editor for the magazine "Army, Navy Screen Magazine".
He was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery .
Filmography
script
- 1934: I'll Fix It
- 1940: The Boys from Syracuse
- 1941: Agents of the Night (All Through the Night)
- 1949: I Was a Male War Bride (I Was a Male War Bride)
- 1950: The Dead in the Dunes (Mystery Street)
- 1951: The Rogue and the Lady (The Law and the Lady)
- 1952: My heart sings only for you (Because You're Mine)
- 1953: scandal Patsy (Scandal at Scourie)
- 1955–1957: Climax! (TV series)
- 1961: 1000 miles to Yokohama (A Majority of One)
- 1962: Gypsy - Queen of the Night (Gypsy)
- 1981: The clever widow
production
- 1935: Princess O'Hara
- 1940: One Night in the Tropics
Awards
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Oscars (Academy Awards)
- 1937: nominated for Die Tote in den Dünen
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WGA Award
- 1950: I was a male war bride (nominated)
- 1962: A Majority of One (nominated)
- 1963: Gypsy - Queen of the Night (Nominated)
- Morgan Cox Award ( Writers Guild of America )
- 1971: (Won)
- Valentine Davies Award ( Writers Guild of America )
- 1966: (Won)
Web links
- Leonard Spigelgass in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leonard Spigelgass in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fandango.com/leonardspigelgass/biography/p112332
- ↑ See biography of the IMDb (web links)
- ^ Leonard Spigelgass in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spigelgass, Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1985 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles County , California |