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Bella Spewack is a Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue American born on 25 march 1899
Bella Spewack (née le 25 mars 1899 à Bucarest en Roumanie, morte le 27 avril 1990 à New York) est une scénariste et auteur dramatique américaine d'origine roumaine.
Avec son mari Samuel, elle signe de nombreuses pièces, comédies musicales et scénarios de films.
Elle a été nommée pour un Oscar en 1941 pour Mon épouse favorite (My Favorite Wife).
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Née Bella Cohen à Bucarest, Bella est l'aînée d'une famille de trois enfants. Elle émigre avec sa mère dans le Lower East Side à Manhattan.Avec son mari Samuel, elle signe de nombreuses pièces, comédies musicales et scénarios de films.
Elle a été nommée pour un Oscar en 1941 pour Mon épouse favorite (My Favorite Wife).
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We're No Angels (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Neil Jordan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, Ray McAnally
Roles Theatre Play
Rating61%
A couple of 1930s Great Depression-era convicts, Ned and Jim, jailed on never-specified charges and abused by a ruthless warden, are dragged along when a vicious killer named Bobby escapes the electric chair.
Move Over, Darling (1963)
, 1h43Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating68%
Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Doris Day), a mother of two young girls named Jenny and Didi, was believed to be lost at sea following an airplane accident. Her husband, Nick Arden (James Garner), was one of the survivors.
Kiss Me, Kate (1953)
, 1h49Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore
Roles Theatre Play
Rating69%
Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, a divorced couple, meet at Fred's apartment to hear the score for the Cole Porter (Ron Randell) musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew". Lois Lane, who is to play Bianca, arrives and sings "Too Darn Hot". Lilli almost decides against performing in the show, as she fears it might interfere with her honeymoon. But when she overhears Cole and Fred promising Lois the part, she decides to play Katherine after all.
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
, 2h10Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn
Rating65%
The film focuses on various guests staying at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among them are lonely screen star Irene Malvern, in town with her maid Anna for a childhood friend's wedding and the premiere of her latest movie; war correspondent Chip Collyer, mistaken for a jewel thief by Irene but playing along to catch her attention; flyer Capt. James Hollis, wounded in World War II and facing perilous surgery in three days; wealthy shyster Martin X. Edley, who is trying to sign the Bey of Aribajan to a shady oil deal; Oliver Webson, a cub reporter for Collier's Weekly hoping to expose Edley; and bride-to-be Cynthia Drew, whose upcoming wedding is endangered by her belief her fiancé Bob is in love with Irene Malvern. Also on the scene are Bunny Smith, the hotel's stenographer/notary public, who hopes to escape her low income roots by marrying Edley, and reporter Randy Morton, who loiters in the lobby hoping to stumble upon a scoop for his newspaper.
My Favorite Wife (1940)
, 1h28Directed by Garson Kanin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett
Roles Original Story
Rating72%
After seven years, lawyer Nick Arden (Cary Grant) has his wife Ellen (Irene Dunne), missing since her ship was lost, declared legally dead so he can marry Bianca (Gail Patrick). It turns out however that Ellen was merely shipwrecked on a deserted island, and has been rescued. When she returns home, she learns that Nick has just left on his honeymoon with his second wife.
Boy Meets Girl (1938)
, 1h26Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors James Cagney, Dennie Moore, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh
Roles Theatre Play
Rating60%
Two screenwriters, Law and Benson (James Cagney and Pat O'Brien), are in need of a story for cowboy star Larry Toms (Dick Foran). When studio waitress Susie Seabrook (Marie Wilson) faints in the office of producer C.F. Friday (Ralph Bellamy) because she is pregnant, the writers get an idea for a story about a cowboy and a baby, and cast Susie's unborn baby Happy in the part. The story will be the classic Hollywood tale: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. When they all leave to sell the idea to their boss, Susie meets and is intrigued by, Rodney Bevan (Bruce Lester), a good-looking young Englishman who is an extra on one of the studio's films.
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
, 1h10Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd, Reginald Owen
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Malcolm Niles, un écrivain new-yorkais, apprécie une soirée romantique avec l'actrice Vivian Herford, jusqu'à ce que la mère de celle-ci arrive et parle mariage. Pour éviter ce mariage, Malcolm décide de partir en tournée de promotion à travers le pays, comme le lui a suggéré son ami et éditeur Robert Hanson. Lors d'une séance de signature dans une petite ville du Sud, Malcolm rencontre Nancy Briggs, qui ne montre aucun intérêt à ses livres et prévoit de se marier le soir même avec George Wilkins Jr. Lorsqu'il reçoit un télégramme de Robert lui annonçant que Vivian vient de quitte New York, il prend un train pour rentrer en ville, et y trouve Nancy, dont le fiancé ne s'est pas présenté lors de la cérémonie et qu'elle a l'intention de retrouver. Malgré ses efforts pour l'éviter, c'est à cause de Nancy qu'il rate une correspondance car il était en train de chercher les gants que la jeune femme avait oubliés. Il la retrouve à la porte de chez lui, car elle a découvert que non seulement George avait disparu mais qu'il n'étais pas comme elle le lui avait dit directeur de magasin. Comme elle n'a nulle part où aller, elle demande à Malcolm de l'aider à retrouver son fiancé. Il est sur le point de la jeter dehors mais, quand Vivian arrive, il lui dit qu'il est avec Nancy. Habitant chez Malcolm, Nancy prend une part de plus en plus importante dans la vie de ce dernier et dans celle de Robert. Malcolm commence à tomber amoureux d'elle, de même que Robert. Il le nie mais quand George réapparaît et réclame Nancy, il se bat avec lui. Malcolm finit par admettre qu'il l'aime et la demande en mariage. Peu après le mariage, Nancy et Malcolm s'embarquent pour l'Europe, mais elle réalise soudain qu'elle a oublié ses gants à terre, Malcolm court pour les retrouver mais ne peut revenir à temps au quai et voit le bateau s'éloigner.
The Chaser (1938)
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Lewis Stone, Lana Turner, Jack Mulhall, Nat Pendleton, John Qualen
Rating57%
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
, 1h49Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Marjorie Gateson, Mischa Auer, Victor Young, Jerome Cowan
Roles Writer
Rating58%
Rendezvous (1935)
, 1h34Directed by William K. Howard, Sam Wood, Lawrence Weingarten
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Adaptation
Rating65%
In April 1917, former newspaperman William Gordon (William Powell) is commissioned in the U.S. Army. The day before he is to leave Washington, D.C. for France, he meets socialite Joel Carter (Rosalind Russell) at an embassy gathering. The couple spend the day together where Gordon confides that because he once wrote a book on cryptography under a pen name, the army is searching for him to put him to work behind a desk, but he is eager to get into the fighting. Just before he boards his train, Gordon is ordered to report to Assistant Secretary of War John Carter (Samuel S. Hinds). Over his objections, Carter assigns Gordon to the code-breaking room to help break an intercepted German message that Major Brennan (Lionel Atwill), an experienced British cryptologist, has been unable to decipher. Gordon learns that Carter is Joel's uncle, and that she revealed his true identity to keep him in Washington.
The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
, 1h28Directed by William K. Howard, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ramón Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth, Jean Hersholt, Henry Armetta
Rating63%
The Gay Bride (1934)
, 1h20Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendleton, Sam Hardy
Rating64%
Gold-digging chorus girl Mary (Carole Lombard) marries the head of a bootlegging syndicate, gangster "Shoots" Magiz (Nat Pendleton), but the illegal liquor business goes down the drain when Prohibition is repealed, and Shoots is knocked off by rival Daniel Dingle (Sam Hardy). Mary, looking for a new sugar-daddy, hooks up with Dingle, and when Dingle is removed from the scene by Mickey "The Greek" Mikapopoulis (Leo Carrillo), transfers her attention to him in return for a "trust fund". All the time, fast-talking straight-shooter Jimmy "Office Boy" Burnham (Chester Morris), Shoots' former bodyguard and errand boy, has looked after Mary, passing her advice and snappy remarks whenever they're needed. In the end, Mary and Office Boy end up together, but only after "Merry Widow Mary" gives away all the dirty money she was given.
The Nuisance (1933)
, 1h23Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Lee Tracy, Madge Evans, Charles Butterworth, Frank Morgan, John Miljan, Virginia Cherrill
Roles Dialogue
Rating65%
Deux escrocs chasseurs de primes d'assurance provoquent à dessein des accidents de la circulation.
Clear All Wires! (1933)
, 1h18Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Lee Tracy, Benita Hume, Una Merkel, James Gleason, C. Henry Gordon, Alan Edwards
Roles Theatre Play
Rating60%
Should Ladies Behave (1933)
, 1h27Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Conway Tearle, Katharine Alexander, Mary Carlisle, William Janney
Roles Writer
Rating58%