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Valentine Davies is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 25 august 1905 at New York City (USA)
Valentine Davies (August 25, 1905 – July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Chicken Every Sunday (1949), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Benny Goodman Story (1955). He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Glenn Miller Story.
Davies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He wrote a number of Broadway plays and was president of the Screen Writers Guild and general chairman of the Academy Awards program.
He wrote the story for the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which was given screen treatment by the director, George Seaton. Davies also did a novelization of the story, which was published as a novella by Harcourt Brace & Company in conjunction with the film release. Miracle on 34th Street earned him an Academy Award for Best Story.
Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, Valentine Davies est garde-côtes. Il est ensuite diplômé de l’Université du Michigan puis s'inscrit à la Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dans le but de devenir auteur. Dans le Michigan, il fait la connaissance du cinéaste George Seaton - alors que celui-ci est encore acteur ; il deviendra l'un de ses meilleurs amis.
Il commence sa carrière comme auteur dans les années 1930 : il écrit trois pièces de théâtre pour Broadway qui seront des échecs : les représentations prennent fin au bout d'un mois.
Il vend ses scénarios à des sociétés de production cinématographique, dont la 20th Century Fox. C'est au cours de son service militaire qu'il écrit son troisième scénario, le plus connu : Le Miracle sur la 34e rue que son ami George Seaton utilise pour en faire un film en 1947. Le film est un grand succès commercial et remporte l'Oscar du meilleur scénario 1948. Valentine Davies en écrit très vite le roman, qu'il publie chez Harcourt Brace & Company. Il dit avoir écrit le scenario car il était écœuré par le mercantilisme de la fête de Noël et voulait montrer ce que le père Noël penserait s'il venait ce jour-là dans un grand magasin.
En 1954, il est également nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour le film Romance inachevée (1954).
Il est président de la Screen Writers Guild (1949-1950) et du programme des Oscars du cinéma (1960-1961).
Valentine Davies meurt en 1961, à l'âge de 55 ans, d'une crise cardiaque.
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 august 1905 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 july 1961 (at 55 years) at Malibu (USA)
Birth 25 august 1905 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 july 1961 (at 55 years) at Malibu (USA)
Davies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He wrote a number of Broadway plays and was president of the Screen Writers Guild and general chairman of the Academy Awards program.
He wrote the story for the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which was given screen treatment by the director, George Seaton. Davies also did a novelization of the story, which was published as a novella by Harcourt Brace & Company in conjunction with the film release. Miracle on 34th Street earned him an Academy Award for Best Story.
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Son père est un Néerlandais qui investit dans l'immobilier. Devenu prospère, il émigre à New York et change son nom, Davries, en Davies.Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, Valentine Davies est garde-côtes. Il est ensuite diplômé de l’Université du Michigan puis s'inscrit à la Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dans le but de devenir auteur. Dans le Michigan, il fait la connaissance du cinéaste George Seaton - alors que celui-ci est encore acteur ; il deviendra l'un de ses meilleurs amis.
Il commence sa carrière comme auteur dans les années 1930 : il écrit trois pièces de théâtre pour Broadway qui seront des échecs : les représentations prennent fin au bout d'un mois.
Il vend ses scénarios à des sociétés de production cinématographique, dont la 20th Century Fox. C'est au cours de son service militaire qu'il écrit son troisième scénario, le plus connu : Le Miracle sur la 34e rue que son ami George Seaton utilise pour en faire un film en 1947. Le film est un grand succès commercial et remporte l'Oscar du meilleur scénario 1948. Valentine Davies en écrit très vite le roman, qu'il publie chez Harcourt Brace & Company. Il dit avoir écrit le scenario car il était écœuré par le mercantilisme de la fête de Noël et voulait montrer ce que le père Noël penserait s'il venait ce jour-là dans un grand magasin.
En 1954, il est également nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour le film Romance inachevée (1954).
Il est président de la Screen Writers Guild (1949-1950) et du programme des Oscars du cinéma (1960-1961).
Valentine Davies meurt en 1961, à l'âge de 55 ans, d'une crise cardiaque.
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The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
, 1h56Directed by Valentine Davies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Sammy Davis Jr., Hy Averback
Rating67%
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Edward Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
, 1h54Directed by Les Mayfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J. T. Walsh, Kathy Bates
Roles Story
Rating66%
When Cole's Department Store's Santa Claus gets drunk before taking part in the Thanksgiving parade, Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins), Cole's director of special events, fires him and must find a replacement immediately. She spots an old man (Richard Attenborough) berating the inebriated Santa, and begs him to take over. He introduces himself as Kris Kringle. Kris does so well during the parade that he is immediately hired to be Cole's main Santa for the holiday period. All the children in New York begin to believe that he is the real Santa, with the exception of Dorey's six-year-old daughter Susan (Mara Wilson). Dorey's boyfriend, Bryan Bedford (Dylan McDermott), does his best to convince Susan to believe. While being babysat one night by Kris, Susan shares with him her Christmas wish, she would like a dad, a house (used every year for the Cole's catalogue photoshoot) and a baby brother. Kris asks if she would begin to believe in Santa if she got all those things. Susan agrees that she would.
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
, 1h40Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Sebastian Cabot, Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall, Mara Wilson, Jim Backus
Roles Story
Rating58%
When an old man (Sebastian Cabot) spies the department store Santa Claus get drunk before taking part in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, he immediately locates and complains to Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), the parade director. She promptly fires her Santa Claus and the old man, who turns out to be named Kris Kringle, volunteers to take his place for the sake of the children. Kris does so well during the parade that he is immediately hired to be the store's main Santa for the holiday period. At the same time, Karen's daughter, Susan (Suzanne Davidson), an intelligent but cynical six-year-old, meets her new neighbor, Bill Schafner (David Hartman), a lawyer, and decides to try and hook him up with her mother.
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
, 1h49Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Paula Prentiss, Virginia Grey, Jim Hutton
Rating62%
A.J. Niles is a provocative best-selling author who discovers that he has a large tax debt owed to the IRS, due to being ripped off by his accountant, Herman Wapinger. He goes undercover under the alias "Jack Adams" in a California suburban community called Paradise Village to research a new book about the wives and lives there. Niles is pursued by a flirtatious married woman named Dolores while falling in love with a woman, Rosemary, who rents her house to him. Wapinger is found, Niles' cash is returned to him, and he reveals his true identity on national television. The husbands in Paradise Village all file for divorce, believing their wives are all having affairs with Niles. In divorce court, Niles reveals that he is in love with Rosemary and asks her to marry him. Everyone lives happily ever after.
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
, 1h44Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Morgan, Gustavo Rojo
Rating59%
After a whirlwind courtship, an Air Force staff sergeant who is a Korean War veteran, Joe Fitzpatrick (Ford), and his wife
The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
, 1h56Directed by Valentine Davies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Sammy Davis Jr., Hy Averback
Rating67%
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Edward Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Strategic Air Command (1955)
, 1h52Directed by Anthony Mann, Bernard McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Bruce Bennett, Barry Sullivan, Alex Nicol
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals,. A B-29 bomber pilot during World War II, he is also an officer on inactive status in the United States Air Force Reserve. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is recalled to active duty for 21 months. He reports to his posting at Carswell AFB, a bomber base in Fort Worth, Texas to qualify in the Convair B-36. He arrives in civilian clothing because his old uniforms are those of the old U.S. Army Air Forces. This is to the great displeasure of General Hawkes (Frank Lovejoy), the commander of SAC. The General's character is patterned after the real SAC commander of the time, General Curtis LeMay.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
, 1h42Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors William Holden, Mickey Rooney, Fredric March, Grace Kelly, Robert Strauss, Charles McGraw
Rating66%
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Harry Brubaker (William Holden) is a Naval Reserve officer and Naval Aviator who was called back to active duty from his civilian profession as an attorney to fly fighter-bombers in the Korean War. Returning from a mission with battle damage, he is forced to ditch into the sea and is rescued by a Sikorsky H-5 helicopter manned by Chief Petty Officer (NAP) Mike Forney (Mickey Rooney) and Airman (NAC) Nestor Gamidge (Earl Holliman).
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
, 1h55Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Jazz films, Musical films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon
Roles Ecrivain
Rating72%
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger (June Allyson), and various cameos by actual musicians who were colleagues of Miller.
Sailor of the King (1953)
, 1h23Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern
Roles Writer
Rating66%
During the First World War, Lieutenant Richard Saville, a young British naval officer on five days leave, and Miss Lucinda Bentley, a merchant's daughter from Portsmouth, get talking on the train up to London. Halfway along their journey, they miss their rail connection and spend a romantic holiday in the countryside of southern England. When Saville proposes to her, she accepts, but on the day they are due to go back to Portsmouth, she changes her mind, asking Saville to realise that neither he nor she could bear being parted for the long periods he would be at sea. They part, seemingly forever.
On the Riviera (1951)
, 1h29Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Sig Ruman, Henri Letondal
Rating62%
The film follows Jack Martin as he is offered a large amount of money to impersonate his look alike, Henri Duran.
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
, 1h34Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Alan Young, Colleen Townsend, Natalie Wood, William Frawley
Roles Writer
Rating63%
In Tucson, Arizona in 1910, Emily Hefferen visits attorney Robert Hart to file for divorce from her husband Jim, citing his lack of support as grounds. When Hart expresses surprise, given the local hotel, laundry, and dairy bear the Heffernen name, suggesting the family is wealthy, Emily describes her family life for the past twenty years.
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
, 1h27Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Sports films, Comedy science fiction films, Baseball films, Children's films
Actors Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins
Roles Story
Rating67%
A college professor is working on a long-term scientific experiment when a baseball comes through the window, destroying all of his glassware and spilling the fluids that the flasks and test tubes contained. The pooled fluids combine to form the (fictitious) chemical "methylethylpropylbutyl," which then covers a large portion of the baseball. The professor soon discovers that the fluid, along with any object with which it makes contact, is repelled by wood (cf. Alexander Fleming's serendipitous discovery of penicillin).
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
, 1h32Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Oscar Levant, Herbert Anderson, Barbara Lawrence, Marilyn Monroe
Rating60%
Chuck Arnold (Dan Dailey) is a bandleader during the 1920s. He meets hometown girl Peggy Mayhew (Jeanne Crain), a flapper script girl, at one of the band's presentations and the next day they get married. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, and eventually, with the rise of the Great Depression, in 1929, she tires of it and returns to her country home. Unable to find new bookings, he soon joins her and brings with him Oscar Hoffman (Oscar Levant) his acerbic, cynical manager. The bandleader finds the pastoral life a crashing bore and so heads for the big city to find fortune. Fortunately, this time, he succeeds and happiness is the result.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
, 1h36Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn, Porter Hall, Gene Lockhart
Roles Story
Rating78%
Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) is indignant to find that the person (Percy Helton) assigned to play Santa in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is intoxicated. When he complains to event director Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), she persuades Kris to take his place. He does such a fine job that he is hired as the Santa for Macy's flagship New York City store in Macy's Herald Square.