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Andrew Solt (1916-1990)

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Alias:
Andrew P. Solt

Birthplace:
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Born:
June 7, 1916

Died:
November 4, 1990

Biography from TheMovieDB

Among Mr. Solt's credits was "In a Lonely Place," a much-praised 1950 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray. It centered on a cynical screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) who eludes a murder charge but loses his lover (Gloria Grahame) through his violent temper.  The script was hailed as "almost as flinty as the actor himself" in The New York Times by Thomas M. Pryor, who wrote that "because Mr. Solt did not compromise to fabricate a happy ending, the climax packs both surprise and a punch."  Mr. Solt's screenplays included comedies like "Without Reservations" (1946), melodramas such as "Whirlpool" (1949) and "Thunder on the Hill" (1951), the 1949 version of "Little Women" and "For the First Time" (1959), the last film made by Mario Lanza.  Mr. Solt, a native of Budapest, also wrote many plays for television anthologies.

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1946  The Jolson Story

Additional Dialogue:
1946  The Jolson Story
1952  Lovely to Look At

Producer:
1946  The Jolson Story
1952  Lovely to Look At
1992  A Classic Christmas From The Ed Sullivan Show

Screenplay:
1943  My Kingdom for a Cook
1946  The Jolson Story
1946  Without Reservations
1948  Joan of Arc
1949  Little Women
1950  In a Lonely Place
1950  Whirlpool
1951  The Family Secret
1951  Thunder on the Hill
1952  Lovely to Look At
1959  For the First Time
1992  A Classic Christmas From The Ed Sullivan Show

Story:
1943  My Kingdom for a Cook
1946  The Jolson Story
1946  Without Reservations
1948  Joan of Arc
1949  Little Women
1950  In a Lonely Place
1950  Whirlpool
1951  The Family Secret
1951  Thunder on the Hill
1952  Lovely to Look At
1959  For the First Time
1992  A Classic Christmas From The Ed Sullivan Show

Writer:
1943  My Kingdom for a Cook
1946  The Jolson Story
1946  Without Reservations
1948  Joan of Arc
1949  Little Women
1950  In a Lonely Place
1950  Whirlpool
1951  The Family Secret
1951  Thunder on the Hill
1952  Lovely to Look At
1952  The Lusty Men
1959  For the First Time
1992  A Classic Christmas From The Ed Sullivan Show

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
2018  Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Story:
1955  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
2018  Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Teleplay:
1953  General Electric Theater
1955  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
2018  Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Writer:
1953  General Electric Theater
1955  Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1956  Wire Service
2018  Elvis Presley: The Searcher

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