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Born:
Brooklyn, New York
on
4/1/1917
Died:
8/8/2007
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Filmography
Yours, Mine & Ours
- ( Source Material
/ 2005
/ Released /
)
Mixed Company
- ( Screenplay
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
Mixed Company
- ( Director
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
Mixed Company
- ( Producer
/ 1974
/ Released /
)
The War Between Men and Women
- ( Director
/ 1972
/ Released /
)
The War Between Men and Women
- ( Producer
/ 1972
/ Released /
)
The War Between Men and Women
- ( Screenplay
/ 1972
/ Released /
)
Yours, Mine and Ours
- ( Director
/ 1968
/ Released /
)
Yours, Mine and Ours
- ( Screenplay
/ 1968
/ Released /
)
Cast a Giant Shadow
- ( Producer
/ 1966
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
Cast a Giant Shadow
- ( Screenplay
/ 1966
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
Cast a Giant Shadow
- ( Director
/ 1966
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
A New Kind of Love
- ( Director
/ 1963
/ Released /
)
A New Kind of Love
- ( Producer
/ 1963
/ Released /
)
A New Kind of Love
- ( Screenplay
/ 1963
/ Released /
)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
- ( Director
/ 1962
/ Released /
)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
- ( Producer
/ 1962
/ Released /
)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
- ( Screenplay
/ 1962
/ Released /
)
On the Double
- ( Director
/ 1961
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
On the Double
- ( Screenplay
/ 1961
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
It Started in Naples
- ( Director
/ 1960
/ Released /
)
It Started in Naples
- ( Screenplay
/ 1960
/ Released /
)
The Five Pennies
- ( Director
/ 1959
/ Released /
)
The Five Pennies
- ( Screenplay
/ 1959
/ Released /
)
Houseboat
- ( Director
/ 1958
/ Released /
)
Houseboat
- ( Screenplay
/ 1958
/ Released /
)
Beau James
- ( Director
/ 1957
/ Released /
)
Beau James
- ( Screenplay
/ 1957
/ Released /
)
The Seven Little Foys
- ( Director
/ 1955
/ Released /
)
The Seven Little Foys
- ( Screenplay
/ 1955
/ Released /
)
Living It Up
- ( Screenplay
/ 1954
/ Released /
)
Trouble Along the Way
- ( Producer
/ 1953
/ Released /
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
)
Trouble Along the Way
- ( Screenplay
/ 1953
/ Released /
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
)
Room For One More
- ( Screenplay
/ 1952
/ Released /
)
Always Leave Them Laughing
- ( Screenplay
/ 1949
/ Released /
)
Sorrowful Jones
- ( Screenplay
/ 1949
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
The Great Lover
- ( Screenplay
/ 1949
/ Released /
)
Where There's Life
- ( Screenplay
/ 1947
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
Where There's Life
- ( From Story
/ 1947
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
The Kid From Brooklyn
- ( Writer (adaptation)(- adaptation)
/ 1946
/ Released /
)
The Princess and the Pirate
- ( Screenplay
/ 1944
/ Released /
)
TV Credits
Backstory
(
1999 / Released
):
Actor
Bob Hope: Memories of World War II
(
1995 / Released
):
Writer
Bob Hope's "Don't Shoot, It's Only Me"
(
1990 / Released
):
Book as Source Material / Screenplay
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation
(
1990 / Released
):
Writer
The 60th Annual Academy Awards Presentation
(
1988 / Released
):
Writer
Deceptions
(
1985 / Released
):
Director / Screenplay
The Other Woman
(
1983 / Released
):
Director
True Life Stories
(
1981 / Released
):
Director / Writer
Ike
(
1979 / Released
):
Director / Executive Producer / Screenplay
The Great Houdinis
(
1976 / Released
):
Director / Screenplay
The Legend of Valentino
(
1975 / Released
):
Director / Screenplay
Father On Trial
(
1972 / Released
):
Director / Producer / Writer
Elke
(
1971 / Released
):
Director
Three Coins in the Fountain
(
1970 / Released
):
Writer
Full Biography
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Profession(s):
screenwriter, producer, director, author, radio script writer
Sometimes Credited As:
Education
Cornell University Ithaca, New York
Awards
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Writers Guild of America Morgan Cox Award 1998
Writers Guild of America Screen Laurel Award 1984
Writers Guild of America Valentine Davies Award 1979
Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written American Musical "Five Pennies" 1959
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