Charles Lederer
Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers.Lederer is recognized for his comic and acerbic adaptations and collaborative screenplays of the 1940s and early 1950s. His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power. His comedy writing was considered among the best of the period, and he, along with writer friends Ben Hecht and Herman Mankiewicz, became major contributors to the film genre known as "screwball comedy".
Among his notable screenplays which he wrote or co-wrote, were ''The Front Page'' (1931), the critically acclaimed ''His Girl Friday'' (1940), ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953), ''The Spirit of St. Louis'' (1957), ''Ocean's 11'' (1960), and ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962). Provided by Wikipedia
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His girl Friday (1940) : draft script / screenplay by Charles Lederer. by Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976
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The thing from another world (1951) : shooting script / written by Charles Lederer. by Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976
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Mutiny on the Bounty : [screenplay / by Charles Lederer]. by Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976
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Gentlemen prefer blondes : screenplay / by Charles Lederer. by Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976
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The inspector general (1949) : draft script / screenplay by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer. by Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964
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Star Sapphire : draft script, never produced / written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer. by Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964
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Ocean's Eleven (1960) : shooting script / written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer ; script story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. by Brown, Harry, 1917-1986
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Kismet : (a musical Arabian night) / music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest (from the themes of Alexander Borodin) ; book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis (based on the play by Edward Knoblock). by Wright, Robert, 1914-2005
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Howard Hawks' Gentlemen prefer blondes / Twentieth Century Fox ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks.
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Howard Hawks' his girl Friday screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks.
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Gentlemen prefer blondes / Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by Sol C. Siegel ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks.
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Monkey business / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ; producer, Sol C. Siegel ; screen play, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, A.L. Diamond ; director, Howard Hawks. by Harline, Leigh
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Kiss of death / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; screen play by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer ; produced by Fred Kohlmar ; directed by Henry Hathaway.
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Can-Can / Twentieth Century Fox presents Jack Cummings' production ; produced by Suffolk-Cummings Productions and released through Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ; produced for the stage by Feuer and Martin ; screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer ; directed by Walter Lang.
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His girl Friday / Columbia Pictures.
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Howard Hawks' His girl Friday / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks.
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The Spirit of St. Louis / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Leland Hayward-Billy Wilder production ; screen play by Billy Wilder and Wendell Mayes ; adaptation by Charles Lederer ; directors of photography, Robert Burks, J. Peverell Marley ; produced by Leland Hayward ; directed by Billy Wilder.
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Ocean's eleven / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment ; a JW/Section Eight Production ; produced by Jerry Weintraub ; screenplay by Ted Griffin ; directed by Steven Soderbergh.
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I was a male war bride / Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by Sol C. Siegel ; screenplay by Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass and Hagar Wilde ; directed by Howard Hawks.
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The Thing from another world.
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