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Overview
Trivia:
Profiled in "The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden... moreAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
R.I.P. 2008: A Rough Year For Hollywood (From Screen Rant. 5 January 2009, 3:56 PM, PST)
Comedy Scriptwriter Brecher Dies
(From WENN. 19 November 2008, 8:14 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Irv S. Brecher | Irv BrecherFilmography
Writer:
- Bye Bye Birdie (1963) (screenplay)
- Cry for Happy (1961) (writer)
- "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1 episode, 1959)
- Couchville, USA (1959) TV episode (writer) - Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) (TV) (teleplay)
- Somebody Loves Me (1952) (written by)
- "The Life of Riley" (1 episode, 1949)
- Babs and Simon Step Out (1949) TV episode (writer) - The Life of Riley (1949) (writer)
- Summer Holiday (1948) (adaptation)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1946) (writer)
... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title) - Yolanda and the Thief (1945) (screenplay)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (screenplay)
- Best Foot Forward (1943) (screenplay)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) (screenplay)
- Ship Ahoy (1942) (uncredited)
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) (screenplay)
- Go West (1940) (original screenplay)
... aka Marx Brothers Go West (UK) - At the Circus (1939) (writer)
... aka The Marx Brothers at the Circus (USA: promotional title) - The Wizard of Oz (1939) (uncredited)
- Fools for Scandal (1938) (additional dialogue) (as Irv Brecher)
- New Faces of 1937 (1937) (screenplay) (as Irv S. Brecher)
Director:
- Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
- Somebody Loves Me (1952)
- The Life of Riley (1949)
Producer:
- "The Life of Riley" (1949) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
- The Life of Riley (1949) (producer)
Thanks:
- Remarks on Marx: A Night at the Opera (2004) (V) (special thanks)
Self:
- On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Remarks on Marx: A Night at the Opera (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993) (TV) (as Irv Brecher) .... Himself
- The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982) (TV) .... Himself
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Writer of stage comedy "Sweet Charity" (1942) in collaboration with Manuel Seff morePublicity Listings:
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