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Writer 1899 - 1971

Sam Spewack

Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. He and his wife, Bella, were awarded the 2001 London... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

3 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.

Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway

Sidney Lumet 1957 1h 30m

A musical television special chronicling the early career of playwright George M. Cohan, focusing primarily on his vaudeville years as part of his family singing group "The Four Cohans."

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

Garson Kanin 1940 1h 28m 7.0

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

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