Thomas Monroe

Thomas Monroe (born September 26, 1902 , † April 24, 1960 in Sawtelle , California ) was an American screenwriter who was twice nominated for the Oscar for best original story.

Life

Monroe wrote templates and scripts for only five films and television series between 1941 and 1958 . For his first work he was nominated for an Oscar for the best original story, together with Billy Wilder at the Academy Awards in 1942 for the comedy film The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss, directed by Howard Hawks (alternative title: Whirlwind of Love , OT: Ball of Fire, 1941) starring Gary Cooper , Barbara Stanwyck and Oskar Homolka .

Monroe received his second Oscar nomination for the best original story in 1946 with László Görög for the comedy Oh, Susanne! (The Affairs of Susan, 1945) by William A. Seiter with Joan Fontaine , George Brent and Dennis O'Keefe .

The 1965 Turkish film romance Ates gibi kadin by Aram Gülyüz with Tanju Gürsu , Leyla Sayar and Kenan Pars was based on the template for The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss .

Filmography

1941: The strange taming of the gangster bride Sugarpuss (Alternative title: Wirbelwind der Liebe , OT: Ball of Fire )
1945: Oh, Susanne! ( The Affairs of Susan )
1948: A Song Is Born
1954: At This Moment ( short film )
1958: The Texan ( The Texan , TV series)

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Monroe in locategrave.org ( memento of the original from April 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In view of the fact that here, too, the date of death of Monroe is given as April 24, 1960, the Monroe named here must be the said author. @1@ 2

↑ According to William T. Stewart, Arthur F. McClure, Ken D. Jones: International Film Necrology, Garland Publishing Inc., New York & London 1981, p. 210. This source gives, probably based on a Variety obituary from 1960 , the age of death at 56 years.

↑ According to Billy H. Doyle: The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians, The Scarecrow Press Inc., Lanham, Maryland and London 1999, p. 187. This source gives, probably based on a Variety obituary from 1960, in the Monroe's age was numbered 56, the calculated year of birth "1904".

Web links

Thomas Monroe in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Monroe, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1902
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1960
Place of death	Sawtelle , California

[1] Thomas Monroe in locategrave.org ( memento of the original from April 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In view of the fact that here, too, the date of death of Monroe is given as April 24, 1960, the Monroe named here must be the said author. @1@ 2

[2] According to William T. Stewart, Arthur F. McClure, Ken D. Jones: International Film Necrology, Garland Publishing Inc., New York & London 1981, p. 210. This source gives, probably based on a Variety obituary from 1960 , the age of death at 56 years.

[3] According to Billy H. Doyle: The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians, The Scarecrow Press Inc., Lanham, Maryland and London 1999, p. 187. This source gives, probably based on a Variety obituary from 1960, in the Monroe's age was numbered 56, the calculated year of birth "1904".