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Russel Crouse is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Writing American born on 20 february 1893 at Ohio (USA)

Russel Crouse

Russel Crouse
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 february 1893 at Ohio (USA)
Death 3 april 1966 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Russel Crouse est un scénariste et producteur américain né le 20 février 1893 à Findlay, Ohio (États-Unis), décédé le 3 avril 1966 à New York (États-Unis).

Best films

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
(1965)
(Book)

Usually with

Howard Lindsay
Howard Lindsay
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William LeBaron
William LeBaron
(3 films)
Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer
(1 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(4 films)
Cole Porter
Cole Porter
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Russel Crouse (13 films)

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Director

Scriptwriter

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music (1965)
, 2h54
Directed by Robert Wise, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Bill Lee, Bill Lee, Richard Haydn
Roles Book
Rating80% 4.047534.047534.047534.047534.04753
Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children alone using strict military discipline following the death of his first wife. At first, the children treat Maria as they did their former governesses—playing tricks on her as a way of gaining their father's attention. Maria responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her.
Tall Story
Tall Story (1960)
, 1h28
Directed by Joshua Logan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Basketball films, Films based on plays
Actors Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Anne Jackson, Murray Hamilton, Robert Redford
Roles Theatre Play
Rating58% 2.9494052.9494052.9494052.9494052.949405
At Custer University, Ray Blent (Anthony Perkins) is an honor student and college basketball star. June Ryder (Jane Fonda) has come to the university to study home economics and to find a husband. Both students and faculty are scandalized by Ryder's unashamed pursuit of Blent. She joins the pom-pom girls and attends all the classes taken by Blent to ensure she has maximum contact with him. Everyone is aware of her designs on the sexually naive Blent, except for him. She succeeds in convincing him that she has an intelligent, inquiring mind that he admires, although this is all done through deception. She eventually gets Blent to fall for her and propose marriage. However, they need several thousand dollars to set up a home.
Woman's World
Woman's World (1954)
, 1h34
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.4458553.4458553.4458553.4458553.445855
When the general manager of Gifford Motors dies, company owner Ernest Gifford (Clifton Webb) invites the three candidates for the position to New York so he can personally evaluate them and their wives. Bill and Katie Baxter (Cornel Wilde and June Allyson) are a loving couple from Kansas City. Elizabeth Burns (Lauren Bacall) is becoming estranged from her driven husband Sidney (Fred MacMurray) because his work is consuming him and undermining his health; she fears a promotion would eventually kill him. Jerry Talbot (Van Heflin), who has a sexy, ambitious wife, Carol (Arlene Dahl), rounds out the trio.
Call Me Madam
Call Me Madam (1953)
, 1h54
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Helmut Dantine, Billy De Wolfe
Roles Book
Rating66% 3.3443153.3443153.3443153.3443153.344315
A wealthy Washington, D.C., socialite, Sally Adams, has political connections and is appointed U.S. ambassador to the tiny country of Lichtenburg, even though nothing in her background qualifies her for the job. A young journalist, Kenneth Gibson, persuades her to let him tag along as her press attache.
Remains to Be Seen
Remains to Be Seen (1953)

Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical, Crime
Actors June Allyson, Van Johnson, Louis Calhern, Angela Lansbury, John Beal, Dorothy Dandridge
Roles Theatre Play
Rating61% 3.0960053.0960053.0960053.0960053.096005
A girl vocalist and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.
State of the Union
State of the Union (1948)
, 2h4
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Howard Smith, Adolphe Menjou
Roles Theatre Play
Rating71% 3.5938153.5938153.5938153.5938153.593815
Republican newspaper magnate Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) intends to make her lover, aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy), President of the United States with her as the power behind the throne. Thorndyke plans to use her newspaper chain's influence to deadlock the 1948 Republican National Convention, so it will choose Matthews as a compromise dark horse candidate instead of Dewey, Taft, or another.
Life with Father
Life with Father (1947)
, 1h58
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts, Jimmy Lydon
Roles Theatre Play
Rating70% 3.546223.546223.546223.546223.54622
Clarence Day (William Powell), is a benevolent despot of his 1880s New York City household. His wife Vinnie (Irene Dunne), is the real head of the household. The anecdotal story encompasses such details as the romance of Clarence (Jimmy Lydon) with pretty out-of-towner Mary (Elizabeth Taylor). Vinnie tries to get her headstrong husband baptized, else he'll never be able to enter the Kingdom of God.
Artists and Models Abroad
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
, 1h30
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charley Grapewin, Fritz Feld, Monty Woolley
Roles Story
Rating58% 2.906922.906922.906922.906922.90692
A penniless acting group stranded in Paris is saved by a millionaire.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
, 1h34
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors W. C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Lynne Overman, Ben Blue
Roles Adaptation
Rating60% 3.048823.048823.048823.048823.04882
In what is being billed as "The Race of the Ages," the new forty-million-dollar “radio powered” ocean liner S.S. Gigantic (“America’s Challenge for Crossing Record”) is about to race its rival, the slightly smaller S.S. Colossal across the Atlantic from New York’s Pier 97 to Cherbourg in two-and-a-half days. Gigantic owner T. Frothingill “T.F.” Bellows (W.C. Fields) intends to send his nearly identical younger brother S.B. (also Fields) to sail aboard the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble and sabotage the rival ship, enabling the Gigantic and his own Bellows Line to win.

Producer

The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart (1949)
, 1h42
Directed by Vincent Sherman, Cliff Owen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Anthony Nicholls, Perry King, Howard Marion-Crawford
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.6422653.6422653.6422653.6422653.642265
In Burma during the Pacific War in 1945, a group of wounded Allied soldiers are at makeshift British military hospital in the jungle. As they've all been there for quite some time, they have a strong bond. "Yank" (Ronald Reagan) is the lone American there, recovering from malaria, along with Tommy (Howard Marion-Crawford), the Englishman, Kiwi (Ralph Michael), the New Zealander, Digger (John Sherman), the Australian, and Blossom (Orlando Martins), the African. They are all under the care of the friendly nurse, Sister Margaret Parker (Patricia Neal).

Team

Artists & Models
Artists & Models (1937)
, 1h37
Directed by Raoul Walsh, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick, Donald Meek, Hedda Hopper
Roles Additional Writing
Rating60% 3.000853.000853.000853.000853.00085
Mac Brewster, de l'agence de publicité Brewster, est nommé président du bal Artistes et Modèles et doit choisir une reine pour la soirée. En échange d'un million de dollars de campagne publicitaire, Mac promet à Alan Townsend, de Townsend Silver, que la reine du bal sera la "Townsend Silver Girl". Mac promet alors à sa petite amie, Paula Sewell, un modèle d'origine modeste, qu'elle aura le titre. Alan de son côté a rencontré Cynthia Wentworth, de Park Avenue, et lui décerne le titre de Townsend Girl. Mac, pendant ce temps, demande Paula en mariage et ils se fiancent. Considérant qu'elle a les capacités pour poser pour Alan, Paula se rend à Miami sous le faux nom de Paula Monterey. Paula fait du charme à Alan, et après avoir dansé ils font ensemble un plongeon dans la piscine à minuit, ce qui pousse Alan à surnommer Paula Cendrillon. Pendant ce temps, Mac a rencontré Cynthia et, en apprenant qu'elle est une des Wentworth de Park Avenue, il l'a nommé Townsend Girl. À Miami, Paula se fait toujours passer pour une jeune femme de la bonne société et Alan la désigne comme Townsend Girl. Les deux couples se retrouvent à Miami, et Mac apprend qu'Alan a déjà promis le travail à Paula, dont il est tombé amoureux. Plus tard, Paula rompt ses fiançailles avec Mac, en lui avouant son amour pour Alan. La mère d'Alan découvre alors que Paula est un modèle professionnel, faisant ainsi penser à Alan qu'elle a voulu se servir de lui.