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Fannie Hurst is a Scriptwriter American born on 19 october 1889 at Hamilton (USA)

Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1889 at Hamilton (USA)
Death 23 february 1968 (at 78 years) at New York City (USA)

Fannie Hurst (19 octobre 1889 - 23 février 1968) est une romancière américaine. Bien qu'oubliés de nos jours, ses livres ont connu le succès à leur parution, parmi lesquels Stardust (1919), Lummox (1923), A President is Born (1927), Back Street (1931), et Imitation of Life (1933).

Biography

Fannie Hurst est née à Hamilton, Ohio, seule enfant non-morte en bas-âge d'une famille juive. Elle passe ses vingt premières années à Saint-Louis, Missouri, diplômée de l'université Washington de Saint-Louis. En 1915, elle épouse le pianiste Jacques S. Danielson de New York, mais leur union ne sera annoncée que cinq ans plus tard.

Usually with

Frank Capra
Frank Capra
(2 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(3 films)
Milton Carruth
Milton Carruth
(3 films)
John M. Stahl
John M. Stahl
(2 films)
Joe Lapis
Joe Lapis
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fannie Hurst (18 films)

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Scriptwriter

Back Street
Back Street (1961)
, 1h47
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Natalie Schafer
Rating65% 3.293893.293893.293893.293893.29389
Wealthy department-store heir Paul Saxon has a romantic fling with a Nebraska dress-shop owner, Rae Smith, who breaks it off when she discovers he is married.
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% 3.8962753.8962753.8962753.8962753.896275
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.
Humoresque
Humoresque (1947)
, 2h5
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Chandler, Peggy Knudsen
Rating72% 3.646773.646773.646773.646773.64677
In New York City, a performance by noted violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield) is cancelled. At his apartment, Boray is at rock bottom emotionally. His manager Frederic Bauer (Richard Gaines) is angry with him for misunderstanding what a performing career would be like, and for thinking that music is no longer part of his life. To the more sympathetic Sid Jeffers (Oscar Levant), Boray says he has always wanted to do the right thing, but has always been "on the outside, looking in," and cannot "get back to that happy kid" he once was.
Back Street
Back Street (1941)
, 1h29
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks
Rating66% 3.344913.344913.344913.344913.34491
The film is set in the early 1900s. It tells the story of a pretty and independent young woman, Rae Smith, who lives in Cincinnati. She has many suitors, none of whom she takes seriously. One day she meets an extremely charming and handsome banker named Walter Louis Saxel, and they fall immediately into a strong attraction, which for her is real love. After a few days of closeness she is shocked when he tells her he is already engaged to someone else. Nonetheless the two of them very nearly marry one another on an impulse, but they are prevented from doing so by arbitrary external forces.
Four Wives
Four Wives (1939)
, 1h50
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Rosemary Lane, Eddie Albert, Lola Lane, John Garfield
Rating63% 3.1937353.1937353.1937353.1937353.193735
Malgré le récent décès de son époux, Ann souhaite se remarier au plus vite avec Felix, qu'elle vient de rencontrer. Or, la jeune femme apprend qu'elle est enceinte de son mari défunt et cache la vérité à Felix car elle sait que son futur époux déteste les enfants et pourrait la quitter...
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life (1934)
, 1h51
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Rating74% 3.7445153.7445153.7445153.7445153.744515
White widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter Jessie (Juanita Quigley as a toddler, Marilyn Knowlden as an eight-year-old) take in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) and her daughter Peola (Sebie Hendricks), whose fair complexion reveals her mixed-race ancestry. Bea exchanges room and board for work, although struggling to make ends meet. Delilah and Peola quickly become like family to Jessie and Bea. They particularly enjoy Delilah's pancakes, made from a special family recipe. Five years later, Jessie and Peola prove to be challenging children to raise: Jessie is demanding, not particularly studious, relying instead on her charm. She is the first person to call Peola "black" in a hurtful way, making it clear that their childhood idyll is doomed. Peola does not tell her classmates at school that she is "colored" and is humiliated when her mother shows up one day, revealing her secret.
Symphony of Six Million
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
, 1h34
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Irene Dunne, Gregory Ratoff, Noel Madison, Lita Chevret, John St. Polis
Rating60% 3.048273.048273.048273.048273.04827
Felix '"Felixel" Klauber (Ricardo Cortez), a brilliant young man from a tight-knit Jewish family living in New York City's Lower East Side ghetto, becomes a physician, as he has wanted to do since childhood, eventually establishing himself as a Park Avenue doctor catering to the wealthy after working his way up from being a doctor at a Lower East Side clinic. He is spurred on in his ambitions by an older brother, who is materialistic and uses Felix's love for their mother to insist that Felix better his station in life for the benefit of his family.
Forbidden
Forbidden (1932)
, 1h25
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy, Dorothy Peterson, Charlotte Henry, Thomas Jefferson
Rating68% 3.44433.44433.44433.44433.4443
Librarian Lulu Smith (Barbara Stanwyck) shows up late to work for the first time in eight years—the victim of Spring fever. Frustrated by her loneliness, she withdraws her life savings and buys a ticket for a romantic cruise to Havana—the "land of romance". On the ship, she meets Bob Grover (Adolphe Menjou), a lawyer with political ambitions, who mistook her room 66 for his room 99 after a few too many drinks. They have dinner together, and soon they develop a romantic attraction. In Havana, they spend their time together gambling and having fun. When he asks why she came to Havana, she answers, "To meet you".
Back Street
Back Street (1932)
, 1h33
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, John Boles, June Clyde, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, Shirley Grey
Rating69% 3.491093.491093.491093.491093.49109
Based on a best-selling novel by Fannie Hurst, Back Street concerns an ill-starred couple, Rae (Irene Dunne) and Walter (John Boles). This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's story; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961.
Five and Ten
Five and Ten (1931)
, 1h29
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Leslie Howard, Richard Bennett, Marion Davies, Irene Rich, Douglass Montgomery, Halliwell Hobbes
Rating63% 3.1981253.1981253.1981253.1981253.198125
John Rarick, devenu l'un des hommes les plus riches d'Amérique grâce à sa chaîne de magasins populaires, déménage avec sa famille du Kansas à New York. Obsédé par le travail, il ne remarque pas que sa femme Jenny et son fils Avery sont malheureux et regrettent la vie simple du Kansas. Seule sa fille Jennifer aime New York et essaie désespérément de faire partie de l'élite sociale de la ville, même s'ils la snobent à cause de son origine sociale. Lors d'un gala de charité, elle rencontre Berry Rhodes et décide immédiatement de l'épouser, même s'il est déjà fiancé à Muriel Preston. Lorsqu'elle découvre que Berry est un architecte talentueux, elle convainc Rarick de l'engager pour construire une nouvelle tour de bureaux pour son entreprise. Berry rejette d'abord les avances de Jennifer mais finit par se rendre compte qu'il l'aime. Ils prévoient de se rencontrer dans le jardin, mais avant que Berry n'arrive, Jennifer est confrontée à Muriel qui lui dit qu'elle ne peut pas acheter Berry de la même façon qu'elle achète son chemin dans la société. Lorsque Muriel raconte la conversation à Berry, elle déforme les paroles de Jennifer. Peu de temps après, Muriel et Berry se marient.
The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation (1929)
, 1h15
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Rex Lease, Joe Bordeaux, Julia Swayne Gordon
Rating63% 3.192313.192313.192313.192313.19231
The child of Jewish immigrants, young Morris Goldfish (Ricardo Cortez) becomes a big success in business. He moves his family to Park Avenue, but finds they were happier back on the East Side. He changes his name to Maurice Fish, as he becomes more and more ashamed of his family and his origins. In the end he finds that there is more to life than money.