Lajos Biró
Writer
August 22, 1880 — September 9, 1948 (68 years)
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Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London.
In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London.
In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
Known For
Filmography
| 1947 | An Ideal Husband · as Screenplay |
| 1937 | The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel · as Screenplay |
| 1937 | Under the Red Robe · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1937 | Dark Journey · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1955 | Storm Over the Nile · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1945 | A Royal Scandal · as Theatre Play |
| 1943 | Five Graves to Cairo · as Theatre Play |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad · as Scenario Writer |
| 1940 | The Way of All Flesh · as Story |
| 1939 | The Four Feathers · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial · as Story |
| 1939 | Over the Moon · as Story |
| 1938 | The Drum · as Adaptation |
| 1938 | The Divorce of Lady X · as AdaptationOn Plex |
| 1937 | Elephant Boy · as Script Editor |
| 1935 | Sanders of the River · as Scenario Writer |
| 1934 | The Rise of Catherine the Great · as Continuity |
| 1934 | The Rise of Catherine the Great · as Story |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1932 | Wedding Rehearsal · as Story |
| 1932 | Faithful Hearts · as Scenario Writer |
| 1928 | The Last Command · as StoryOn Plex |
| 1927 | The Way of All Flesh · as Adaptation |
| 1927 | Hotel Imperial · as Story |
| 1924 | Forbidden Paradise · as Theatre Play |