Melville Shavelson

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Melville Shavelson was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood comedies and dramas.

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Melville Shavelson canonical 11

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instanceOf film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
activeInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-04-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-08-08 ⓘ
directed Beau James NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cast a Giant Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houseboat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ike: The War Years NERFINISHED ⓘ
It Started in Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Double NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Houdinis NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Seven Little Foys NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yours, Mine and Ours NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Shavelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
givenName Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Writers Guild of America, West NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Melville Shavelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Hollywood comedies ⓘ
Hollywood dramas ⓘ
notableWork Beau James NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cast a Giant Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houseboat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ike: The War Years NERFINISHED ⓘ
It Started in Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Double NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Houdinis NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Seven Little Foys NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Story of Esther Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yours, Mine and Ours NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
television writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
Studio City NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld president of the Writers Guild of America, West ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Lynn Shavelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruth Shavelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedIn Hollywood ⓘ
wrote Beau James NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cast a Giant Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Houseboat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ike: The War Years NERFINISHED ⓘ
It Started in Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Double NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Houdinis NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Seven Little Foys NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yours, Mine and Ours NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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A New Kind of Love → director → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
A New Kind of Love → writer → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
The Seven Little Foys → director → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
The Seven Little Foys → screenwriter → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
April in Paris (1952 film) → screenwriter → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
On Moonlight Bay → screenwriter → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
High Time → writtenBy → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
High Time → screenplayBy → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
Bundle of Joy → screenwriter → Melville Shavelson ⓘ
The Ladies Man → screenwriter → Melville Shavelson ⓘ