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Stanley Shapiro is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 16 july 1925 at New York City (USA)
Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 – July 21, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for South Sea Woman in 1953. His work for Day earned him Oscar nominations for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy.
He produced the first season of Ray Bolger's ABC sitcom, Where's Raymond?, and was replaced in the second season by Paul Henning, as the series was renamed The Ray Bolger Show.
Additional writing credits include Operation Petticoat, Come September, Bedtime Story, Me, Natalie, For Pete's Sake, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Carbon Copy.
Shapiro's last project was the television movie Running Against Time, based on his novel A Time to Remember. Broadcast four months after his death from leukemia in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 july 1925 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 july 1990 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Birth 16 july 1925 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 july 1990 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 – July 21, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for South Sea Woman in 1953. His work for Day earned him Oscar nominations for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy.
He produced the first season of Ray Bolger's ABC sitcom, Where's Raymond?, and was replaced in the second season by Paul Henning, as the series was renamed The Ray Bolger Show.
Additional writing credits include Operation Petticoat, Come September, Bedtime Story, Me, Natalie, For Pete's Sake, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Carbon Copy.
Shapiro's last project was the television movie Running Against Time, based on his novel A Time to Remember. Broadcast four months after his death from leukemia in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.
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The Hustle (2019)
, 1h34Directed by Chris Addison
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver, Casper Christensen, Dean Norris
Roles Story
Rating55%
Deux jeunes femmes issues de catégories différentes, Joséphine et Penny, débarquent sur la Riviera afin d'escroquer des hommes fortunés. D'abord rivales, elles sympathisent lorsque Penny demande à la première de la prendre sous son aile pour lui apprendre ses tactiques d'escrocquerie puis tenir un pari fou.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
, 1h50Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes La provence, Buddy films, Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Steve Martin, Glenne Headly, Ian McDiarmid, Barbara Harris, Anton Rodgers
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating73%
Lawrence Jamieson is an intelligent and sophisticated British con artist operating in the French Riviera with the help of manservant Arthur and corrupt police official Andre. He seduces wealthy and morally suspect women and steals their money. His only concern is a con artist known as "The Jackal" who has been preying on other wealthy victims.
Carbon Copy (1981)
, 1h32Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Denzel Washington, George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Parley Baer
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Roger Porter (Washington) is the long-lost black son of Walter Whitney (Segal), a respectable businessman who lives in the all-white community of San Marino, California. Walter, who is Jewish, has been hiding that fact for purposes of professional advancement in the business which his anti-Semitic father-in-law (Warden) heads.
The Seniors (1978)
, 1h27Directed by Rodney Amateau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid, Gary Imhoff, Priscilla Barnes, Lou Richards, Alan Reed
Roles Writer
Rating43%
Ben (Gary Imhoff), Larry (Jeffrey Byron), Alan (Dennis Quaid), and Steve (Lou Richards) are college seniors who are terrified at the prospect of working for a living. They create a plan to support themselves as graduate research students by getting a foundation grant to study sexuality in college-age women.
For Pete's Sake (1974)
, 1h27Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Louis Zorich, Richard Ward
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Avec sa femme Henrietta (Henry), Pete Robbins vit le parfait amour, mais il souffre de n’avoir pas pu terminer ses études et de devoir gagner médiocrement sa vie comme chauffeur de taxi. Conseillé par un collègue boursicoteur, il pense faire fortune en spéculant sur les “boyaux de porc” (pork bellies). Comme les banques lui refusent un prêt, sa femme emprunte 3 000 dollars à un usurier mafieux. Pete investit dans les "pork bellies" cette somme qu'il croit prêtée par la famille de Henry. Mais les cours stagnent, et Henry, traquée par la pègre, doit recourir à des expédients de plus en plus compromettants dont chacun alourdit sa dette et la précipite dans des situations de plus en plus loufoques…
Me, Natalie (1969)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Patty Duke, James Farentino, Deborah Winters, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Marchand
Roles Story
Rating63%
From childhood, Brooklyn teenager Natalie Miller, with upper front teeth that are slightly bucked and a nose too large for her face, has considered herself homely and she never has subscribed to her mother's determined belief that she will grow up to be pretty. Her best friend Betty is a knockout gorgeous blonde with boyfriends, which further depresses her. Natalie's father, a druggist who doesn't share his wife's optimistic outlook, bribes myopic optometrist Morris to marry her, hoping his nearsightedness will prevent him from seeing she's no beauty.
, 1h42Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Betty Field, Jack Albertson
Roles Writer
Rating62%
David Sloane is an attorney and a bachelor whose married pal Harry Hunter is having an affair. David decides to do something about it so Harry doesn't mess up his home life.
A Very Special Favor (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer, Walter Slezak, Frank De Vol, Dick Shawn
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Paul Chadwick (Hudson) is a wealthy American oilman who is in a Parisian court, where he is up against the opposing lawyer Michel Boullard (Charles Boyer). Paul wins the case, but only by seducing the judge, who happens to be a woman. Shortly after, Boullard sets out to New York, where he plans on reuniting with his daughter Lauren (Caron), whom he has not seen for over 25 years, since his American wife divorced him for flirting with another woman. On the plane, he meets Paul, to whom he complains about having lost because of his charm, a French quality. Paul apologizes for having hurt his French pride and offers a favor in return.
Bedtime Story (1964)
, 1h39Directed by Ralph Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes La provence, Escroquerie
Actors Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Susanne Cramer, Marie Windsor, Dody Goodman
Rating66%
Lawrence Jameson (David Niven) is a refined, elegant con artist who operates in the French Riviera town of Beaulieu-sur-Mer. He masquerades frequently as the deposed prince of a small European country, seducing wealthy women into donating money and jewellery to his revolutionary "cause". Meanwhile, Corporal Freddy Benson (Marlon Brando) is a small-time operator in the US Army stationed in Germany, an expert at conning his way into the hearts (and wallets) of young women with sob stories about his sick grandmother. His attempt at seducing the daughter of a local burgomaster backfires when her father arrives home early, and Freddy is nearly arrested until he blackmails his Colonel into giving him an early discharge.
That Touch of Mink (1962)
, 1h39Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young, John Astin, Alan Hewitt, Dick Sargent
Rating65%
Cathy Timberlake, a New York City career woman, meets Philip Shayne. His Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview.
Come September (1961)
, 1h52Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Joel Grey, Bobby Darin, Walter Slezak
Rating68%
Wealthy American businessman Robert Talbot (Rock Hudson) owns a villa on the Ligurian coast, where he and his Roman mistress Lisa Fellini (Gina Lollobrigida) spend September of each year. When Robert moves up his annual visit to July and calls her en route from Milano, she cancels her wedding to Englishman Spencer (Ronald Howard) and rushes to meet him. Upon his arrival at the villa, Robert discovers that, in his absence, his major domo, Maurice Clavell (Walter Slezak), has turned the villa into a hotel, currently hosting a group of teenage girls, including Sandy (Sandra Dee), and their chaperone, Margaret Allison (Brenda De Banzie). Their departure is delayed when Margaret slips on a champagne bottle cork dropped by Robert and is forced to spend a day in the hospital. Four teenage boys who irritated Robert on the drive to his villa, including Tony (Bobby Darin), set up camp right outside of the villa and begin courting the girls.
Lover Come Back (1961)
, 1h47Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Joe Flynn
Roles Ecrivain
Rating70%
In a New York advertising agency, Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson), a Madison Avenue ad executive, has achieved success not through hard work or intelligence but by wining and dining his clients, even setting them up on dates with attractive girls.
Pillow Talk (1959)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins
Rating73%
Jan Morrow (Doris Day) is a successful, content, self-reliant interior decorator who lives in New York City. She lives alone and claims to be quite happy, when questioned on that subject by her drunken housekeeper, Alma (Thelma Ritter). The only irritant in her life is the party line that she shares with Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), a talented, creative Broadway composer and playboy. She is unable to obtain a private phone line because the telephone company has been overwhelmed by the recent demand for new phone lines in the area.
Operation Petticoat (1959)
, 2h4Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, Joan O'Brien, Gene Evans, Gavin MacLeod
Rating71%
In 1959, United States Navy Rear Admiral Matt Sherman (Cary Grant), ComSubPac, boards the obsolete submarine USS Sea Tiger prior to her departure for the scrapyard. The first commanding officer of the Sea Tiger, Sherman begins reading his wartime personal logbook and recalling earlier events
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
, 1h33Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Marcel Dalio
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Corporal Paul Hodges, after a long period in an isolated Arctic base, wins a lottery and gets to Paris, France, on a three weeks leave. There he will be under psychiatrist lieutenant Vicky Loren's control.