A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born:
November 26, 1908
Died:
February 15, 1985
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Adaptation:
1934 Stingaree
Associate Producer:
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1940 One Night in the Tropics
Original Story:
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1943 They Got Me Covered
Producer:
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1942 The Big Street
1943 They Got Me Covered
Scenario Writer:
1933 Hello, Sister!
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1942 The Big Street
1943 They Got Me Covered
Screenplay:
1933 Hello, Sister!
1934 I'll Fix It
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1940 Private Affairs
1941 Tight Shoes
1942 All Through the Night
1942 Butch Minds the Baby
1942 The Big Street
1943 The Youngest Profession
1943 They Got Me Covered
1948 So Evil My Love
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
1951 Night Into Morning
1952 Because You're Mine
1954 Deep in My Heart
1957 Silk Stockings
1961 A Majority of One
Story:
1933 Hello, Sister!
1934 I'll Fix It
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1939 Unexpected Father
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1940 Private Affairs
1941 Million Dollar Baby
1941 Tight Shoes
1942 All Through the Night
1942 Butch Minds the Baby
1942 The Big Street
1943 The Youngest Profession
1943 They Got Me Covered
1948 So Evil My Love
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
1950 Mystery Street
1951 Night Into Morning
1952 Because You're Mine
1954 Deep in My Heart
1957 Silk Stockings
1960 Pepe
1961 A Majority of One
Theatre Play:
1933 Hello, Sister!
1934 I'll Fix It
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1939 Unexpected Father
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1940 Private Affairs
1941 Million Dollar Baby
1941 Tight Shoes
1942 All Through the Night
1942 Butch Minds the Baby
1942 The Big Street
1943 The Youngest Profession
1943 They Got Me Covered
1948 So Evil My Love
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
1950 Mystery Street
1951 Night Into Morning
1952 Because You're Mine
1954 Deep in My Heart
1957 Silk Stockings
1960 Pepe
1961 A Majority of One
Writer:
1933 Hello, Sister!
1934 I'll Fix It
1934 Stingaree
1935 Princess O'Hara
1938 Letter of Introduction
1938 Service de Luxe
1939 Unexpected Father
1940 One Night in the Tropics
1940 Private Affairs
1941 Million Dollar Baby
1941 Tight Shoes
1942 All Through the Night
1942 Butch Minds the Baby
1942 The Big Street
1943 The Youngest Profession
1943 They Got Me Covered
1947 The Perfect Marriage
1948 So Evil My Love
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
1950 Mystery Street
1951 Night Into Morning
1951 The Law and the Lady
1952 Because You're Mine
1953 Scandal at Scourie
1954 Athena
1954 Deep in My Heart
1956 Eloise
1957 One Coat of White
1957 Silk Stockings
1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1960 Pepe
1961 A Majority of One
1962 Gypsy
1974 Cyrano
1978 Le pont japonais
Writer:
1956 Playhouse 90
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