Known For
Writing
Born
Nov 26, 1908
Died
Feb 15, 1985
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits
39 titles
Leonard Spigelgass
Biography
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 Hello, Sister! (1933). Additional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962). Spigelgass signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps. Spigelgass also was a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling, The Wrong Way Light Bulb, and A Remedy for Winter, the comedy A Majority of One, and the book for the musical Look to the Lilies. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90 and the novels Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth. During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for eleven Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career. Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson, and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth, a close friend of James Dean. Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California.
Known For
Filmography
The Man You Loved to Hate
Self
Le pont japonais
Writer
Cyrano
Writer
Gypsy
Writer
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
A Majority of One
Screenplay
Pepe
Story
Silk Stockings
Screenplay
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Writer
One Coat of White
Writer
Eloise
Writer
Playhouse 90
Writer
MGM Parade
Director
Deep in My Heart
Screenplay
Athena
Writer
Scandal at Scourie
Writer
Because You're Mine
Screenplay
The Law and the Lady
Writer
Night Into Morning
Screenplay
Mystery Street
Story
I Was a Male War Bride
Screenplay
So Evil My Love
Screenplay
The Perfect Marriage
Writer
They Got Me Covered
Original Story
The Youngest Profession
Screenplay
The Big Street
Screenplay
Butch Minds the Baby
Screenplay
All Through the Night
Story
Tight Shoes
Screenplay
Million Dollar Baby
Story
One Night in the Tropics
Associate Producer
Private Affairs
Screenplay
Unexpected Father
Story
Service de Luxe
Writer
Letter of Introduction
Writer
Princess O'Hara
Associate Producer
I'll Fix It
Screenplay
Stingaree
Adaptation
Hello, Sister!
Scenario Writer