Leonard Spigelgass
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's Hello, Sister! (1933). Additional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962). Spigelgass signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps. Spigelgass also was a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling, The Wrong Way Light Bulb, and A Remedy for Winter, the comedy A Majority of One, and the book for the musical Look to the Lilies. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90 and the novels Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth. During his career, Spigelgass wrote the scripts for eleven Academy Award-winning films. He himself was nominated in 1950 for the story for Mystery Street and garnered three Writers Guild of America nominations over the course of his career. Spigelgass' sister, Beulah Roth, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson, and was married to photographer Sanford H. Roth, a close friend of James Dean. Spigelgass died in Los Angeles, California.
Known for
WritingBirthday
November 26, 1908Deathday
February 15, 1985Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
35Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USACast credits
Crew credits
I Was a Male War Bride
ScreenplaySilk Stockings
ScreenplayAll Through the Night
Screenplay, StoryGypsy
WriterThe Big Street
Screenplay, ProducerThe Youngest Profession
ScreenplayA Majority of One
Theatre Play, ScreenplayTen Thousand Bedrooms
WriterBecause You're Mine
ScreenplayService de Luxe
WriterScandal at Scourie
WriterThe Law and the Lady
WriterHello, Sister!
Scenario WriterLetter of Introduction
WriterMillion Dollar Baby
StoryPrincess O'Hara
Associate ProducerThey Got Me Covered
Original StoryDeep in My Heart
ScreenplayStingaree
AdaptationNight Into Morning
ScreenplayButch Minds the Baby
Screenplay