Sidney Joseph Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979) was an American humorist and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces...
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investor S. J. Perelman (1904–1979), American humorist, author, and screenwriter Sean Kanan (b. 1966 as Sean Perelman), American actor Vadim Perelman (b. 1963)...
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Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman (Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Перельман, IPA: [ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪtɕ pʲɪrʲɪlʲˈman] ; born 13 June 1966) is a Russian mathematician...
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based on the 1943 Broadway musical of the same name, book written by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, with music composed by Kurt Weill (lyrics by Nash)....
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with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the 1885 novella The Tinted Venus by Thomas Anstey...
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Ronald Owen Perelman (/ˈpɛrəlmən/; born January 1, 1943) is an American banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated...
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Woody Allen (redirect from Allen S. Konigsberg)
Yorker; he was inspired by the tradition of New Yorker humorists S. J. Perelman, George S. Kaufman, Robert Benchley, and Max Shulman, whose material he modernized...
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Monkey Business (1931 film) (category Films produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz)
and Ruth Hall. It is directed by Norman Z. McLeod with screenplay by S. J. Perelman and Will B. Johnstone. Much of the story takes place on an ocean liner...
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Horse Feathers (category Films produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz)
Thelma Todd and David Landau. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote the original songs...
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flow, Grigori Perelman was able to modify and complete Hamilton's program. In papers posted to the arXiv repository in 2002 and 2003, Perelman presented his...
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Raymond Chandler, Lillian Hellman, Irwin Shaw, James Agee, Norman Corwin, S. J. Perelman, Terence Rattigan, John Osborne, Robert Bolt, Harold Pinter, David Mamet...
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(although they would reconcile). Parker met S. J. Perelman at a party in 1932 and, despite a rocky start (Perelman called it "a scarifying ordeal"), they remained...
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Micallef was influenced by the Goons, Peter Sellers, Marx Brothers, S. J. Perelman, James Thurber, Spike Milligan, Barry Humphries, Frank Muir, Monty Python...
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comedy version of Aladdin was written especially for U.S. television, with a book by S. J. Perelman and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. A London stage production...
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Tugwell, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Charles MacArthur, Darryl F. Zanuck, S. J. Perelman, Carole Lombard, and Eddie Cantor. Mank was officially announced in...
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Korine's favorite writers were listed as the humorists James Thurber and S. J. Perelman, as well as the Southern Gothic novelist Flannery O'Connor. He also...
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List of comedians (section J)
Mathews Jeremy Lloyd David Nobbs Simon Nye Frank Muir Denis Norden S. J. Perelman Jimmy Perry David Renwick Jack Rosenthal David Sedaris Gerardo Sofovich...
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same name by Jules Verne, was written by James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm...
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Mary Chapin Carpenter '81; humorist and Marx Brothers screenwriter S. J. Perelman '25; novelists Nathanael West '24, Jeffrey Eugenides '83, Edwidge Danticat...
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Prize. Grigori Perelman built upon Hamilton's research program, proving the Poincaré and geometrization conjectures in 2003. Perelman was awarded a Millennium...
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often includes feghoots in his strip Pearls Before Swine. Humorist S. J. Perelman often contrived elaborate feghoots. His piece "Abby, This Is Your Father"...
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American comedy film directed by Leslie Fenton and written by S. J. Perelman, Laura Perelman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson...
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Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. In the United States, S. J. Perelman (1904–1979) has been identified as the first surrealist humour writer...
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character was also the subject of a series of short animated cartoons. S. J. Perelman stated in 1978 that Dorgan's inspiration for the strip had been the...
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lines than William Peter Blatty, a gifted virtuoso who writes like [S. J.] Perelman"; but significant sales were lacking. It was at this point that Blatty...
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List of musicals: M to Z (section S)
Sherman Sherman and Sherman Lowell S. Hawley One Touch of Venus 1943 Broadway Kurt Weill Ogden Nash S. J. Perelman and Nash Notable song: "Speak Low"...
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Broadway musical One Touch of Venus and collaborated with the librettist S. J. Perelman and the composer Kurt Weill. The show included the notable song "Speak...
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List of The New Yorker contributors (section I–J)
Penn – photographer, 1997–2001, 2016 Jorge Penné – cartoonist, 2022 S. J. Perelman – humorist, 1930–1979 Tullio Pericoli – illustrator 1996–2000 Lucia...
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arbiter. As a comic writer he excelled at parody, and his hero was S. J. Perelman. All these characteristics meant that he was an excellent partner with...
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famous humorists such as Mark Twain, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman and S. J. Perelman.: 218 Soon after graduating from high school, he signed up...
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