Movies: Playwright
- 1940
Curtain Call (1940)
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Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find....
- 1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
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A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Willi...
- 2014
Inverosímil Jardiel Poncela (2014)
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The Spanish author Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901-1952) was one of the best comedy writers of all time, a novelist and newspaper columnist, misunderstood, even censored, both by the Second Republic government and Francoism, an outsider ahead of his ti...
- 1969
Leading Men (1969)
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In July 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on t...
- 1940
The Girl from Avenue A (1940)
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A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright....
- 1987
The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
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The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The...
- 1950
Trial Without Jury (1950)
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A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder....
- 2018
Making Love (2018)
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A playwright with a dark past risks his life in returning to his home city to find out if a woman with whom he once had a passionate and illicit affair ever truly loved him, only to learn that it was only ever the unknowing and distance that kept the...
- 1935
Accent on Youth (1935)
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A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss' son falls for her....
- 1989
Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)
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An unsuccessful playwright faces trials and tribulations as he seeks to find himself in New York City....
- 1969
Oltre il sipario (1969)
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A rough and seasoned playwright and his young, bright and good-looking companion are the opposite sides of the same mirror....
- 1920
Bonnie May (1920)
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Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to help him write another play, despite t...
- 1930
Matinee Idle (1930)
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A Broadway star visits his playwright friend who's working out a scene for his new play....
- 2010
Like Father, Like Son (2010)
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Like Father Like Son is a hilarious play that looks at issues such as fatherhood (or the lack of it) double infidelity and the unprofessional conduct of some music producers....
- 1966
The Face of Genius (1966)
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The Face of a Genius is a 1966 American documentary film about Eugene O’Neill, produced by Alfred R. Kelman for WBZ-TV Boston. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the first time that a film originally produced for tele...
- 2020
Wake Show (2020)
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Leonardo Oviedo is an ambitious theatre director, whose plays haven’t accomplished the success he dreamt of. Seeking for some recognition, he decides to write a play for four characters; a one-performance only, where all actors have to die onstage. O...
- 2010
Amour de vivre (2010)
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An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: his Spanish origin on the isle of Menorca, his childhood in Algiers, his literary career and his constant struggle against the pomposity of French bourg...
- 1988
Normal Service (1988)
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It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the...
- 2012
Lentejuelas de sangre (2012)
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Antonio Gracia José (1942-2011), known as “Pierrot,” was a prominent member of the Barcelona art scene, a pioneer in the filmmaking of underground short films and Fantaterror movies, writer and playwright, magazine editor, movie poster painter, carto...
- 2023
What's Left Behind (2023)
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After Ali suddenly leaves home, he and Simin separately try to find the reason for this separation before their memories are permanently faded....