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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Corbin Bleu (section Early life and education)
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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Boy Meets Girl (play) (section Adaptions and revivals)
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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Boy Meets Girl (section Film, television and theatre)
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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Betty Dubiner (section Death and legacy)
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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