Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild ...
Melville Shavelson
American film director
Melville Shavelson was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. Wikipedia
Born: April 1, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Died: August 8, 2007 (age 90 years), Studio City, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Ruth Florea (m. 2001–2007) and Lucille Myers (m. 1938–2000)
Books: The eleventh commandment, Ike, Lualda: A Novel, and more
Children: Richard Shavelson
Movies
He was a writer and director, known for The Five Pennies (1959), Houseboat (1958) and The Seven Little Foys (1955). He was married to Ruth Lafaye Florea and ...
Melville Shavelson discusses his near-fifty year career as a director and writer of such films as The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).
Melville Shavelson received two Academy Award nominations for his original screenplays and has written or co-written more than 30 theatrical motion pictures ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author.
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Publisher, Star/W.H. Allen; First Thus edition (January 1, 1979). Language, English. Mass Market Paperback, 272 pages. ISBN-10, 035230426X.
Aug 9, 2007 · Melville Shavelson, who has died aged 90, was a top writer for cinema and television, a prolific director and producer, and for many years ...
Melville Shavelson honed his comedic writing chops while working as a joke writer on comedian Bob Hope's radio show, and traveled with the comic to ...
A masterpiece by one of the cinema's great directors. Bosley Crowther of the New York Times calls it “highly palatable schmaltz”, Halliwell's Film Guide a “rags ...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 315. Includes three sections of black & white photography on glossy ...