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Allan Scott (scénariste américain) is a Scriptwriter American born on 23 may 1906

Allan Scott (scénariste américain)

Allan Scott (scénariste américain)
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 may 1906
Death 13 april 1995 (at 88 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Allan Scott est un scénariste américain né le 23 mai 1906 à Arlington, New Jersey (États-Unis), mort le 13 avril 1995 à Santa Monica, Californie (États-Unis). Il a surtout travaillé avec le réalisateur Mark Sandrich, notamment pour quelques films musicaux des années 1930 et 1940 avec Fred Astaire ou Ginger Rogers. Il fut d'ailleurs nommé aux Oscars pour le scénario de Les Anges de miséricorde.

Il est le frère d'Adrian Scott, producteur et scénariste, et le père de l'actrice Pippa Scott.

Best films

Swing Time
Swing Time
(1936)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
(15 films)
Mark Sandrich
Mark Sandrich
(10 films)
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
(8 films)
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
(11 films)
Darrell Silvera
Darrell Silvera
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Allan Scott (scénariste américain) (33 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Confession
The Confession (1964)
, 1h36
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Barbara Eden, Walter Abel, Pippa Scott, Elliott Gould
Rating38% 1.924421.924421.924421.924421.92442
Ginger Rogers, propriétaire d'un bordel, aide le voleur Ray Milland à trouver un ancien trésor enfoui.
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life (1959)
, 2h5
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about racism
Actors Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy
Rating77% 3.89653.89653.89653.89653.8965
In 1947, widow Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) dreams of becoming a famous Broadway actress. Losing track of her young daughter Susie at the beach (portrayed as a child by Terry Burnham), she asks a stranger named Steve Archer (John Gavin) to help her find the girl. Susie is found and looked after by Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black single mother who also has a daughter, Sarah Jane (portrayed as a child by Karin Dicker), who is about Susie's age. Sarah Jane inherited her father's fair skin and can pass for white. She does this with fierce zeal and fervor, taking advantage of her European heritage and features. In return for Annie's kindness, Lora temporarily takes in Annie and her daughter. Annie persuades Lora to let her stay and look after the household, so that the widow can pursue an acting career.
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair (1957)
, 1h40
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Jim Backus, Paul Stewart, John Cromwell, Roland Winters
Rating61% 3.096153.096153.096153.096153.09615
Melville A. "Ironpants" Goodwin (Kirk Douglas) is a much-decorated U.S. Army major general who has just been appointed chairman of the Joint Atomic International Commission by the President of the United States. This is upsetting to wealthy Dorothy "Dottie" Peale, a media mogul who wanted a close friend of her father's to get the position.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
, 1h28
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tommy Rettig, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, George Chakiris, Peter Lind Hayes, Henry Kulky
Rating66% 3.345613.345613.345613.345613.34561
Young Bart Collins (Tommy Rettig) lives with his widowed mother Heloise (Mary Healy). The blight of Bart's existence are the hated piano lessons he endures under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried). Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's influence, and gripes to plumber August Zabladowski (Peter Lind Hayes), without result. While hammering at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a musical dream, much as did Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
, 1h48
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jean Peters, David Wayne, Hugh Marlowe, Albert Dekker, Helene Stanley, Helene Stanley
Rating70% 3.521433.521433.521433.521433.52143
Expecting to honeymoon in Chicago and live there, newlywed Nellie is disappointed when she and Ben Halper disembark from their train at a small town in Illinois, where he has chosen to live and run a barber shop.
The Guy Who Came Back
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
, 1h31
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films, Children's films
Actors Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell, Don DeFore, Billy Gray, Zero Mostel
Rating62% 3.1339553.1339553.1339553.1339553.133955
Injured and out of shape, "Hurricane" Harry Joplin is unhappy about not being accepted for World War II duty by the Navy and unhappier still when the New York Titans decline to offer him a new contract, suggesting he become a coach instead. Harry refuses to believe his football days are over.
Let's Dance
Let's Dance (1950)
, 1h47
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick, Lucile Watson
Rating60% 3.0485153.0485153.0485153.0485153.048515
A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is aghast that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody.
Tell It to the Judge
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
, 1h27
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald, Harry Davenport, Fay Baker
Rating63% 3.194873.194873.194873.194873.19487
Appointed to be a federal judge, Marsha Meredith (Rosalind Russell) is questioned by a U.S. Senate committee, specifically about her divorce from lawyer Peter Webb (Robert Cummings).
Blue Skies
Blue Skies (1946)
, 1h44
Directed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Sol C. Siegel, Mark Sandrich, Arthur Sheekman, Irving Berlin, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan, Billy De Wolfe, Frank Faylen
Rating63% 3.1959853.1959853.1959853.1959853.195985
The story is told in a series of vignettes and musical numbers that serve to show events in flashback. Our narrative link is New York radio star Jed Potter, who once was a renowned Broadway hoofer. The conceit is that he is on the air, telling his life story... which does not yet have an ending. The tale starts just after World War I and centers on two men who became friends while serving in the Army: rising dancer Potter and the business-minded Johnny Adams. While young, hardworking Potter dreams of and works for stardom, the more laid-back and less disciplined Adams has hopes of becoming a successful nightclub owner. In time, dancer Potter falls in love with a band singer, a "very pretty girl" named Mary O'Hara. He takes Mary to Adams' nightclub, and she takes a shine to Adams. Potter warns Mary that his old buddy is not the marrying kind. So, of course, she marries Adams. The union is not a happy one, despite the birth of a child. Adams' nightclub business is anything but a resounding success, and it turns out Potter was right: Adams is self-centered and unable to commit to his nightclubs, his marriage, or his daughter. The couple divorces, and Mary tries again with Potter. The two even become engaged. But Mary can't go through with the wedding and takes off. A devastated Potter turns to booze and subsequently suffers an accident that puts an end to his dancing career. He winds up behind a radio microphone, sharing his story with his audience, hoping that wherever Mary is, she can hear him.
So Proudly We Hail
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
, 2h6
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Cora Witherspoon, George Reeves, Barbara Britton
Rating73% 3.688643.688643.688643.688643.68864
The story covers many day-to-day events and contrasts the brutality of war against the sometimes futile efforts of the nurses to provide medical aid and comfort. Each of the nurses has a past or present love story with a soldier, with the longest-term one between the characters played by Colbert and George Reeves. Flashback narration and a sequence where the nurses and injured soldiers are stranded in Malinta Tunnel pinned down by aircraft fire are two notable aspects of the film.
Remember the Day
Remember the Day (1941)
, 1h26
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann Todd, Ann E. Todd, Ann E. Todd
Rating71% 3.58643.58643.58643.58643.5864
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell reflects on her life and teaching career while waiting to see Dewey Roberts, formerly her student and currently a Presidential nominee. This film is reminiscent of Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) and Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955).