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28 de ago. de 2021 · This is probably the first example of an improvisatory comics “jam”: Charles Lederer, then in his twilight years, contributed to the collaborative project, along with his young contemporaries ...
7 de mar. de 1976 · Charles Lederer, the stage and screen writer, died Friday at the University of California Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 65 years old and lived in Bellaire, Calif. Mr. Lederer was producer and co ...
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Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director.[1] He was born into a prominent theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst.
Charles Lederer, Neffe der Schauspielerin Marion Davies, arbeitete zuerst als Journalist. Durch Vermittlung seines Freundes Ben Hecht fand er zum Film und war dort als Dialogautor tätig. Die Mitwirkung an der sehr erfolgreichen Komödie The Front Page ebnete ihm den Weg zum Drehbuchautor.
Lederer's scripts were noted for their sharp wit, though his few directorial efforts proved somewhat lackluster. The son of theatre producer George W. Lederer and nephew of actress Marion Davies, Lederer married Orson Welles' former wife Virginia Nicholson in 1940, and actress Anne Shirley in 1949.
Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The music was mostly adapted from several pieces composed by Alexander Borodin. The story concerns a wily poet who talks ...
