Leonard Spigelgass

Scénárista, Producent, Režisér

26. listopadu 1908 — 15. února 1985 (76 let)
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Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter.

Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's Hello, Sister! (1933). Additional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962).

Spigelgass signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps.

Spigelgass also was a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling, The Wrong Way Light Bulb, and A Remedy for Winter, the comedy A Majority of One, and the book for the musical Look to the Lilies. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90 and the novels Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth.

During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for eleven Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career.

Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson, and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth, a close friend of James Dean. Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California.

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • They Got Me Covered
    They Got Me Covered1943

Známý pro

  • Gypsy
    Gypsy1962
  • All Through the Night
    All Through the Night1942
  • Byl jsem válečnou nevěstou
    Byl jsem válečnou nevěstou1949
  • One Night in the Tropics
    One Night in the Tropics1940
  • Mystery Street
    Mystery Street1950
  • A Majority of One
    A Majority of One1961
  • Pepe
    Pepe1960
  • Deep in My Heart
    Deep in My Heart1954
  • The Big Street
    The Big Street1942
  • Athena
    Athena1954
  • The Law and the Lady
    The Law and the Lady1951
  • Stingaree
    Stingaree1934
  • Letter of Introduction
    Letter of Introduction1938
  • They Got Me Covered
    They Got Me Covered1943
  • So Evil My Love
    So Evil My Love1948
  • Hello, Sister!
    Hello, Sister!1933
  • Because You're Mine
    Because You're Mine1952
  • Scandal at Scourie
    Scandal at Scourie1953
  • The Youngest Profession
    The Youngest Profession1943
  • Ten Thousand Bedrooms
    Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957

Filmografie

1942
1940
One Night in the Tropics · as Associate Producer

1982
1980
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special · as Translated By
1960
Pepe · as Story
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Original Screenplay
1950
Mystery Street · as Story
1949
The Accused · as Contract Writer
1943
They Got Me Covered · as Original StoryNa Plexu
1942
1941
1934
Stingaree · as Adaptation
1933
Hello, Sister! · as Scenario Writer