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S. J. Perelman is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 1 february 1904 at Brooklyn (USA)
Sidney Joseph Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979), almost always known as S. J. Perelman, was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. He also wrote for several other magazines, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays.
(1956)
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 february 1904 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 17 october 1979 (at 75 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 1 february 1904 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 17 october 1979 (at 75 years) at New York City (USA)
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Filmography of S. J. Perelman (14 films)
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Public Speaking (2010)
, 1h22Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Fran Lebowitz, Martin Scorsese, Serge Gainsbourg, Alex Trebek, Candy Darling, Andy Warhol
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating75%
Scriptwriter
Aladdin (1958)
, 1h30Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Sal Mineo, Geoffrey Holder, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Basil Rathbone, Cyril Ritchard, Howard Morris
Roles Writer
Rating75%
, 2h47Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Rating66%
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
One Touch of Venus (1948)
, 1h22Directed by William A. Seiter, Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Eve Arden, Tom Conway, Olga San Juan, Dick Haymes
Roles Musical
Rating65%
Wealthy department-store mogul Whitfield Savory II buys a statue of Venus for $200,000. He plans to exhibit it in the store.
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy
Roles Theatre Play
Rating72%
Suave convict J. Chalmers "Pressure" Maxwell decides to go straight. Just before he is released from prison along with his none-too-bright accomplice Jug Martin, he rejects a proposal by fellow inmate Leo Dexter to rob a bank.
Ambush (1939)
, 1h22Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Gladys Swarthout, William Henry, William Frawley, Ernest Truex, Broderick Crawford
Rating56%
Sweethearts (1938)
, 1h54Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Mischa Auer, Florence Rice
Rating61%
Broadway stars Gwen Marlow (Jeanette MacDonald) and Ernest Lane (Nelson Eddy) are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta Sweethearts (Ray Bolger dances the role of Hans). They are also very much in love after six years of marriage. Norman Trumpett (Reginald Gardiner) is a successful Hollywood talent scout under pressure to recruit Marlow and Lane for his studio, which their Broadway producer Felix Lehman (Frank Morgan) is equally determined to prevent.
Florida Special (1936)
, 1h10Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Oakie, Sally Eilers, Kent Taylor, Frances Drake, Claude Gillingwater, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rating61%
Early to Bed (1936)
, 1h15Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Gail Patrick, Robert McWade, Lucien Littlefield
Roles Story
Rating65%
Chester Beatty (Ruggles) and Tessie Weeks (Boland) have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee (McWade). To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton (Barbier) to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking make him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
Paris Interlude (1934)
, 1h12Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Robert Young, Una Merkel, Ted Healy, Louise Henry
Roles Theatre Play
Rating58%
Sitting Pretty (1933)
, 1h25Directed by Harry Joe Brown
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoff, Lew Cody
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
, 1h6Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Stanley Blystone, Robert Armstrong, Jed Prouty
Rating60%
Horse Feathers (1932)
, 1h8Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, Reginald Barlow
Rating74%
The film revolves around college football and a game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges. Many of the jokes about the amateur status of collegiate football players and how eligibility rules are stretched by collegiate athletic departments remain remarkably current. Groucho plays Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College, and Zeppo is his son Frank, who convinces his father to recruit professional football players to help Huxley's team. There are also many references to Prohibition. Baravelli (Chico) is an "iceman", who delivers ice and bootleg liquor from a local speakeasy. Pinky (Harpo) is also an "iceman", and a part-time dogcatcher. Through a series of misunderstandings, Baravelli and Pinky are recruited to play on Huxley's football team; this requires them to enroll as students at Huxley, which creates chaos throughout the school.
Monkey Business (1931)
, 1h17Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, Rockliffe Fellowes
Rating73%
While stowing away on a ship to America, four brothers get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desperately to evade the ship's crew. After arriving stateside one of the gangsters kidnaps the other's daughter, leaving it up to the brothers to save the day.