Leonard Spigelgass

Forfatter, Producer, Instruktør

26. november 1908 — 15. februar 1985 (76 år)
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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.

Film og serier på Plex

  • Hjælp! Jeg bli'r skygget
    Hjælp! Jeg bli'r skygget1943

Kendt for

  • Gypsy - striptease-dronningen
    Gypsy - striptease-dronningen1962
  • Nattens helt
    Nattens helt1942
  • Jeg var en mandlig krigsbrud
    Jeg var en mandlig krigsbrud1949
  • One Night in the Tropics
    One Night in the Tropics1940
  • Mystery Street
    Mystery Street1950
  • Mr. Asano forelsker sig
    Mr. Asano forelsker sig1961
  • Pepe
    Pepe1960
  • Deep in My Heart
    Deep in My Heart1954
  • The Big Street
    The Big Street1942
  • Athena
    Athena1954
  • Lord Charming og Lady Loverly
    Lord Charming og Lady Loverly1951
  • Stingaree
    Stingaree1934
  • Damernes ven
    Damernes ven1938
  • Kærlighedens forbandelse
    Kærlighedens forbandelse1948
  • Hjælp! Jeg bli'r skygget
    Hjælp! Jeg bli'r skygget1943
  • Hello, Sister!
    Hello, Sister!1933
  • Fordi du er min
    Fordi du er min1952
  • Skandale i byen
    Skandale i byen1953
  • The Youngest Profession
    The Youngest Profession1943
  • Ti tusind soveværelser
    Ti tusind soveværelser1957

Filmografi

1942
1940
One Night in the Tropics · as Associate Producer

1982
1980
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special · as Translated By
1961
A Majority of One · as Theatre Play
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 StoryPå Plex
1942
1941
1934
Stingaree · as Adaptation
1933
Hello, Sister! · as Scenario Writer