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Writer 1908 - 1985

Leonard Spigelgass

Brooklyn, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

11 titles
Gypsy

Gypsy

Mervyn LeRoy 1962 2h 23m 8.0

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

Mervyn LeRoy 1961 2h 36m

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Pepe

Pepe

George Sidney 1960 3h 4.0

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood.

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Richard Thorpe 1957 1h 54m 8.0

In this musical comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

Rouben Mamoulian 1957 1h 57m 6.0

A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.

Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine

Alexander Hall 1952 1h 43m

A famous opera singer (Mario Lanza) falls for his sergeant's (James Whitmore) sister (Doretta Morrow) at boot camp.

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

John Sturges 1950 1h 33m 7.0

When the skeletal remains of a pregnant prostitute turn up on a Massachusetts beach the Barnstable cop Peter Morales (Montalban) teams up with Boston police and uses forensics with the help of Dr. McAdoo, a Harvard doctor (Bennett), to figure out who the woman is. The cop then tries to figure out how she died and, later, who killed her.

I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

Howard Hawks 1949 1h 45m 7.5

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

Lewis Allen 1948 1h 49m 7.0

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

The Big Street

The Big Street

Irving Reis 1942 1h 28m 6.0

A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

Vincent Sherman 1941 1h 47m 6.0

A criminal gang turns patriotic to track down a Nazi spy ring.

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