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Charles Brackett (1892–1969)

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Charles Brackett, born in Saratoga Springs, New York, of Scottish ancestry, followed in his attorney-father's footsteps and graduated with a law degree from Harvard University in 1920. He practised law for several years, before commencing work as drama critic for The New Yorker (1925-29), in addition to submitting short stories to The Saturday Evening Post... See full bio »

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in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

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(age 76) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1960 Ninotchka (TV movie) (1939 screenplay)
 
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth (screenplay)
 
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
– The Marriage Broker (1957) (screenplay)
 
1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Sunset Boulevard (1956) (film story)
 
1956 Teenage Rebel
 
1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (written by)
 
1954-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Sunset Boulevard (1955) (film story / previous screenplay)
– Hold Back the Dawn (1954) (previous screenplay)
– To Each His Own (1954) (original story / previous screenplay)
 
1953 Titanic (written by)
 
1953 Niagara (written by)
 
1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker
 
1951 The Mating Season (written for the screen by)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd. (written by)
 
1950 Edge of Doom (uncredited)
 
1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions (writer)
 
1948 A Foreign Affair (screenplay)
 
1948 The Emperor Waltz (written by)
 
1947 The Bishop's Wife (uncredited)
 
1946 To Each His Own (screenplay / story)
 
1945 The Lost Weekend (screenplay)
 
1944 Skirmish on the Home Front (short)
 
1943 Mr. Lucky (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1943 Five Graves to Cairo (screenplay)
 
1942 The Major and the Minor (written by)
 
1941 Ball of Fire (screenplay)
 
1941 Hold Back the Dawn (written by)
 
1940 Arise, My Love (screen play)
 
1939 What a Life (screenplay)
 
1939 Ninotchka (screen play)
 
1939 Midnight (screenplay)
 
1938 That Certain Age (uncredited)
 
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (screenplay)
 
1937 Live, Love and Learn (screenplay)
 
1936 The Jungle Princess (uncredited)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
 
1936 Woman Trap (story)
 
1936 Rose of the Rancho (screenplay)
 
1935 The Last Outpost (adaptation)
 
1935 Without Regret
 
1935 The Crusades (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1935 College Scandal (screenplay)
 
1935 Enter Madame
 
1933 Little Women (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1931 Secrets of a Secretary (story)
 
1929 Pointed Heels (short story)
 
1926 Risky Business (story "Pearls Before Cecily")
 
1925 Tomorrow's Love (story "Interlocutory")
 
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1962 State Fair (producer)
 
1960 High Time (producer)
 
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth (producer)
 
1959 Blue Denim (producer)
 
1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (producer)
 
1958 Ten North Frederick (producer)
 
1958 The Gift of Love (producer)
 
1957 The Wayward Bus (producer)
 
1956 Teenage Rebel (producer)
 
1956 The King and I (producer)
 
1956 D-Day the Sixth of June (producer)
 
1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (producer)
 
1955 The Virgin Queen (producer)
 
1954 Woman's World (producer)
 
1954 Garden of Evil (producer)
 
1953 Titanic (producer)
 
1953 Niagara (producer)
 
1951 The Model and the Marriage Broker (producer)
 
1951 The Mating Season (producer)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd. (producer)
 
1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions (producer)
 
1948 A Foreign Affair (producer)
 
1948 The Emperor Waltz (producer)
 
1946 To Each His Own (producer)
 
1945 The Lost Weekend (producer)
 
1944 The Uninvited (associate producer)
 
1943 Five Graves to Cairo (associate producer)
 
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1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Awards
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Awards
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Awards & Irving G. Thalberg Award
 
1950 The Screen Writer (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Replaced Herman Mankiewicz as The New Yorker's theatre critic in 1925, only to leave for Hollywood, as his predecessor had done, in 1929. Worked with director/writer Billy Wilder's as his collaborator on 13 movies, including Sunset Blvd (1950). See more »

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