Myles Connolly

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Myles Connolly (born October 7, 1897 in Boston , Massachusetts , † July 15, 1964 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American film producer and screenwriter , each time for the Oscar for best original screenplay , the Hugo Award for the Best Drama Presentation and the Writers Guild of America Award (WGA Award) for Best Written Musical .

Life

Connolly first became known through his youth book Mr. Blue (1928), which is attributable to North American Christian literature , in which he tells the story of a modern Francis of Assisi . He began his career in the Hollywood film industry as a film producer in 1929 on the comedy film The Very Idea, directed by Frank Craven and Richard Rosson , with Frank Craven, Hugh Trevor and Sally Blane in the leading roles. He produced sixteen other films by 1937 and began working as a screenwriter in 1933 on the screenplay for the romantic musical film comedy Face in the Sky by Harry Lachman with Spencer Tracy , Marian Nixon and Stuart Erwin .

At the Oscar ceremony in 1946 Connolly was responsible for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay nominations, specifically for the directed by Henry Koster incurred feature film music for millions (Music For Millions, 1944) with the main actors Margaret O'Brien , José Iturbi and Jimmy Durante .

In 1951 he received a Hugo Award nomination for best dramatic presentation together with director Henry Koster and the other screenwriters Mary Chase and Oscar Brodney for My Friend Harvey (Harvey, 1950) with James Stewart , Josephine Hull and Peggy Dow .

Most recently, Connolly, who was involved as a screenwriter and film producer between 1929 and 1956 in the production of more than forty films and television series , was awarded the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award) for 1952 together with Virginia Van Upp and Liam O'Brien the bestgeschriebene American nominated musical, and indeed for the Groom (Here Comes the Groom, 1951) by Frank Capra with Bing Crosby , Jane Wyman and Alexis Smith in the lead roles.

Publications

  • Mr. Blue , 1928
  • The bump on Brannigan's head , 1950
  • Dan England and the noonday devil , 1951
  • The reason for Ann , 1953
  • Three who ventured , 1958

Filmography (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Connolly, Myles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1964
Place of death Santa Monica , California