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Hal Kanter
Writer 1918 - 2011

Hal Kanter

Savannah, Georgia, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hal Kanter (born December 18, 1918) is a veteran writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley (in Loving You and Blue Hawaii), for both feature films and television. Kanter... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling

Michael Gordon 1963 1h 43m 6.0

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Frank Capra 1961 2h 16m 5.5

How can a drunken beggar in just one night become a High-Society woman? This type of thing only happens in fairytales. Or maybe in Hollywood.

Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii

Norman Taurog 1961 1h 42m 4.0

Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend.

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise

Jack Arnold 1961 1h 49m 5.0

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Edmund Goulding 1958 1h 47m

A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations.

Loving You

Loving You

Hal Kanter 1957 1h 41m 4.5

Deliveryman Deke Rivers is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote him to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.

Artists and Models

Artists and Models

Frank Tashlin 1955 1h 50m 7.0

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.

Money from Home

Money from Home

George Marshall 1953 1h 40m 5.0

Herman owes a lot of gambling debts. To pay them off, he promises the mob he'll fix a horse, so that it does not run. He intends to trick his animal-loving cousin Virgil, an apprentice veterinarian, into helping him. Of course, he doesn't tell Virgil what he is really up to.

Road to Bali

Road to Bali

Hal Walker 1952 1h 31m 6.0

Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.

Two Tickets to Broadway

Two Tickets to Broadway

James V. Kern 1951 1h 46m

Nancy Peterson and her friends wants to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.

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