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Edgar Allan Woolf
Writer 1881 - 1943

Edgar Allan Woolf

New York City, New York, USA

Edgar Allan Woolf (25 April 1881 – 9 December 1943) was a lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Filmography

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6 titles
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Victor Fleming 1939 1h 42m 8.3

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Everybody Sing

Everybody Sing

Edwin L. Marin 1938 1h 31m 6.0

Expelled from her conservative private school for jazzy singing, Judy returns to her artistic parents and Russian maid, then auditions as a blackface performer in a musical.

Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder

Edwin L. Marin 1936 1h 5m

An amateur detective gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when an opera singer is murdered at the Hollywood Bowl.

The Casino Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case

Edwin L. Marin 1935 1h 22m

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.

The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu

Charles Brabin 1932 1h 8m 9.0

Boris Karloff stars as the villainous Dr. Fu Manchu in a race with a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan. Fu Manchu wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

Edmund Goulding 1932 1h 52m 7.2

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

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