Richard Flournoy

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Richard Fitzhugh Flournoy (born March 11, 1900 in Pine Bluff , Arkansas , † August 14, 1967 in Los Angeles ) was an American playwright and screenwriter .

Life

Richard Flournoy, who served as a young soldier in World War I , attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia . From 1920 to 1924 he tried his hand at singing and then turned to the writing of plays, of which the comedy Fly By Night and the two dramas Come What May and Ladies' Money were performed on New York's Broadway in 1933 and 1934 . In 1934 he moved to Los Angeles and was first involved as a writer on a screenplay for Paramount Pictures . This was followed by engagements with smaller production companies, where he specialized in film comedies. In 1938 he found a permanent position at Columbia Pictures . From then on, he was regularly used as a screenwriter for the Blondie series. He used the comic strip of the same name by Chic Young as a template for the Blondie films, such as Blondie on a Budget (1940) .

For More and More the Merrier ( The More the Merrier ) with Jean Arthur , directed by George Stevens , he received a 1944 Oscar nomination in the category Best Screenplay along with Lewis R. Foster , Frank Ross and Robert Russell . In 1945 he left Hollywood to pursue other projects, but returned to film in 1949. Flournoy, who was married to Gertrude Colborn, died in Los Angeles in 1967 after a long illness at the age of 66.

Works (selection)

Dramas

  • Affairs with a Stranger
  • Affairs of Susan
  • The Rag Opera , 1931
  • Enter the Prodigal , 1931
  • This Woman , 1932
  • Fly by Night , 1932
  • A Quiet Place to Eat , 1932
  • Here Comes the Groom , 1932
  • Manhattan Medley , 1933 (with Lawrence Hazard)
  • The Hopefuls , 1933
  • Ladies' Money , 1934 (with Lawrence Hazard and George Abbott , based on Manhattan Medley )

Filmography

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. errol. oclc.org (Online Computer Library Center)
  2. ^ A b c National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (US): Films in Review . Volume 19. Then and There Media, 1968, p. 319.
personal data
SURNAME Flournoy, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flournoy, Richard Fitzhugh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Pine Bluff , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1967
Place of death Los Angeles , California