Edwin Justus Mayer
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Edwin Justus Mayer | |
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Born | New York, New York |
November 8, 1896
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York, New York |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1927-1960 |
Spouse(s) | Frances O'Neill McIntyre |
Edwin Justus Mayer (November 8, 1896 – September 11, 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958.
He was born and died in New York, New York. He is the grandfather of film director Daisy von Scherler Mayer.
Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays but he is remembered now for his work with Ernst Lubitsch. He worked with Lubitsch on the scripts for To Be or Not to Be (1942) and A Royal Scandal (1945). A Royal Scandal (1945) was a box office failure, but is considered by many as one of Lubitsch's finest films.
Selected filmography
- The Love Mart (1927)
- The Divine Lady (1929)
- The Unholy Night (1929)
- Our Blushing Brides (1930)
- Romance (1930)
- Tonight Is Ours (1933)
- Thirty Day Princess (1934)
- The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
- They Met in Bombay (1941)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- A Royal Scandal (1945)
- To Be or Not to Be (1983 - from the 1942 screenplay)
External links
- Edwin Justus Mayer at the Internet Movie Database
- Edwin Justus Mayer at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Edwin Justus Mayer at AllMovie
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