• Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their...
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  • Kiss Me, Kate (category Plays and musicals based on The Taming of the Shrew)
    Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical...
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  • from the musical's book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The songs were by Cole Porter, with musical underscoring by Saul Chaplin and André Previn, who were nominated...
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  • Rendezvous (1935 film) (category American black-and-white films)
    Yardley, founder and head of the Black Chamber, as adapted by Bella and Samuel Spewack. In April 1917, former newspaperman William Gordon (William Powell)...
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  • Schulman, Nunnally Johnson and Walter Bernstein, and was an update of the 1940 film's story by Leo McCarey and Samuel and Bella Spewack, which itself was a comedic...
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    1953 Cole Porter and Bella and Samuel Spewack, film of the same name. Based on the 1964 Robert Stevenson, film of the same name and book series by P....
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    My Favorite Wife (category American black-and-white films)
    hit". Bella and Sam Spewak and Leo McCarey were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, Roy Webb for Best Score, and Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee...
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    José Ferrer (category Hispanic and Latino American male actors)
    26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors—or...
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  • that was an update of 1940's My Favorite Wife by Leo McCarey and Samuel and Bella Spewack. The script includes a reference to My Favorite Wife during the...
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    Three Loves Has Nancy (category American black-and-white films)
    American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone. It is set in New York City. The seduction...
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  • written by Bella and Samuel Spewack, staged and produced by George Abbott. It is a farce with a large cast, fast pacing, two settings and a film sequence...
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  • consideration in a given year if it has not previously been produced on Broadway and is not "determined... to be a 'classic' or in the historical or popular repertoire"...
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  • non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligible...
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  • Carlisle, William Janney, Halliwell Hobbes. The screenwriters were Bella and Samuel Spewack and the director was Harry Beaumont. Paul Osborn, Farrar & Rinehart...
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  • Clear All Wires! (category American black-and-white films)
    comedy film directed by George Hill and written by Bella and Samuel Spewack (from their 1932 play of the same name) and Delmer Daves. The film stars Lee...
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  • Girl may refer to: Boy Meets Girl (play), a 1935 Broadway play by Bella and Samuel Spewack, basis for the 1938 film Boy Meets Girl (1938 film), an American...
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    Ferrier (born 5 December 1971) is a French actress, comedian, dancer, writer and theater director. Ferrier is in the eighth generation of actresses on the...
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  • The original Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter opened at the New Century Theatre...
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  • writer, the title of the film adapted from the musical, the year of the film, and the film's director. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical...
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    Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack, but the film purported to be based on the Husson original rather than the Spewacks' adaptation. The Spewacks sued Paramount...
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  • This is a list of Jewish winners and nominees of Academy Awards. It includes ethnic Jews and those who converted to Judaism. Note: Defunct category. Note:...
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    parents, Charles A. and Helen originally from Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross. He studied at Yale and the University of Edinburgh and, after serving in the...
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    Academy Award winners and nominees from Romania. Arthur Caesar biography 1935 Oscar Winners and Nominees 1941 Oscar Winners and Nominees Marin Karmitz...
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  • municipality of Ramat Gan and the initial facilities were constructed partly due to a donation by Bella and Samuel Spewack from income made on their play...
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    creation of the Bella and Samuel Spewack Sport Center in Ramat Gan to serve as a recreational and therapeutic center for disabled children and adults. The...
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    Orchestra and the chorus of Northern Ireland Opera were conducted by Gareth Hancock. The 2019/2020 season closed with Bella and Samuel Spewack/Porter's...
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  • Week-End at the Waldorf (category American black-and-white films)
    Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, and Van Johnson. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, its Samuel and Bella Spewack screenplay is based on playwright Guy...
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  • Angels is a comedy play by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The play is based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson, and is their only play that...
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  • a list of European Academy Award winners and nominees, which includes people born and/or raised in Europe and people born outside of Europe who are citizens...
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    Festival - August 1, 1955 to September 3, 1955 My Three Angels (Samuel and Bella Spewack) Starring: Joan Chandler (Marie Louise Ducotel) - Morosco Theatre...
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