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Benjamin Glazer is a Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer, Continuity and Translator American born on 7 may 1887 at Belfast (United-kingdom)

Benjamin Glazer

Benjamin Glazer
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Nationality USA
Birth 7 may 1887 at Belfast (United-kingdom)
Death 18 march 1956 (at 68 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Benjamin F. Glazer (né le 7 mai 1887 à Belfast en Irlande du Nord, mort le 18 mars 1956 à Hollywood en Californie) est un scénariste, producteur et réalisateur de films irlandais.

Il a remporté deux Oscars, dont celui de la meilleure adaptation pour le film L'Heure suprême (Seventh Heaven) en 1929 lors de la 1 cérémonie des Oscars.

Biography

Né à Belfast, il émigre aux États-Unis et étudie à l'Université de Pennsylvanie, d'où il sort diplômé en 1906. Il est un des fondateurs de l'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, et a été producteur de comédies musicales avec Bing Crosby aux Studios Paramount. Il a aussi écrit pour le théâtre, en particulier l'adaptation de la pièce Liliom de Ferenc Molnár, reprise ultérieurement dans la comédie musicale Carousel.

Best films

7th Heaven (1927)
(Scriptwriter)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
(Scriptwriter)
Four Daughters (1938)
(Producer)
The Barker (1928)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
(7 films)
Charles Lang
Charles Lang
(5 films)
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(9 films)
Travis Banton
Travis Banton
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Benjamin Glazer (60 films)

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Director

They Made Me a Criminal, 1h32
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Hal B. Wallis, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson, Gloria Dickson, Billy Halop
Rating67% 3.396423.396423.396423.396423.39642
Johnnie Bradfield (John Garfield) is a world champion boxer falsely accused of murder. He disappeared and is presumed dead. The only witnesses who could have exonerated him were his manager and girlfriend, both of whom have died in an automobile accident. Detective Monty Phalen (Claude Rains) believes that Johnnie is still alive and hasn't given up the search for him. Johnnie, meanwhile, is hiding out on Grandma Rafferty's (May Robson) farm in Arizona. It is there that Johnnie meets up with some juvenile delinquents, Tommy (Billy Halop), Angel (Bobby Jordan), Spit (Leo Gorcey), Dippy (Huntz Hall), T.B. (Gabriel Dell), and Milty (Bernard Punsly), who are under the guardianship of Tommy's sister Peggy (Gloria Dickson).
Double or Nothing, 1h30
Directed by Theodore Reed, Charles Davies Lederer, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle, William Frawley, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating63% 3.1930253.1930253.1930253.1930253.193025
Eccentric millionaire philanthropist Axel Clark wishes to prove that all people are essentially honest and good. Following his death and as a provision of his will, his lawyers drop wallets on the streets of town that each have $100 in them, with information for contacting the lawyers. The four honest people who return the wallets then find themselves unexpectedly in a sort of lottery. The first person who could double that sum within one month, through honest means, would inherit Clark's entire estate. Otherwise, the entire estate would go to Clark's greedy brother, who is determined to thwart the plan.
We're Not Dressing, 1h14
Directed by Norman Taurog, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, Ray Milland
Rating60% 3.0019653.0019653.0019653.0019653.001965
Spoiled socialite Doris Worthington (Lombard) is sailing the Pacific with her friend Edith (Merman) and her Uncle Hubert (Errol), while being courted by Prince Michael (Milland) and Prince Alexander (Henry). She is bored, however, and finds entertainment in verbal sparring with one of the sailors, Stephen Jones (Crosby). During one of their battles, Doris slaps Stephen, who retaliates by kissing her and gets fired. In a drunken accident, Uncle Hubert runs the yacht onto a reef in the fog. Stephen rescues the unconscious Doris as the others flee the capsized ship, and everyone makes it to the tropical island although the princes claim credit for Doris’s rescue. Unfortunately, the only person with any survival skills is Stephen, and the socialites are quick to demand that he gather food and build shelter. Stephen attempts to divide up the work but the haughty passengers snub his leadership so he fends for himself. The smells from Stephen’s dinner of mussels and coconuts soon entice the hungry passengers to gather their own food; all except Doris, who tricks Stephen to get his food and gets slapped in turn. The group is forced to cooperate, although Doris remains indignant and infuriated.

Scriptwriter

Carousel
Carousel (1956)
, 2h8
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Gene Lockhart, Audrey Christie
Roles Adaptation
Rating65% 3.293223.293223.293223.293223.29322
The story revolves around Billy Bigelow, a rough-talking, macho, handsome carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a young, innocent mill worker, both living their busy lives in the small town of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. They fall in love, but both are fired from their jobs for different reasons – Billy because he paid too much attention to Julie and incurred the wrath of the jealous carousel owner Mrs. Mullin, and Julie because she stayed out past the curfew imposed by the understanding but stern mill owner, Mr. Bascombe. Billy and Julie marry and go to live at the seaside spa of her cousin Nettie, but Billy becomes bitter because he is unable to find work, and in his frustration, strikes Julie (this moment is not shown at all in the film). Mrs. Mullin, the jealous carousel owner who is infatuated with him, hears of this and goes to Nettie's to offer Billy his old job back, but will not re-hire him unless he leaves his wife. Billy seems to be considering the idea when Julie asks to talk privately. Julie, fearing he will be enraged, timidly tells him she is pregnant. But Billy is overjoyed and now firmly refuses Mrs. Mullin's offer. However, newly worried about not having enough money to provide for his child, and unskilled at anything except being a carousel barker, Billy secretly agrees to join his pal Jigger Craigin in robbing the wealthy Bascombe.
Tortilla Flat, 1h45
Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard
Rating61% 3.0969153.0969153.0969153.0969153.096915
Danny (John Garfield) inherits two houses, so Pilon (Spencer Tracy) and his poor, idle friends move in. One of them, Pirate, (Frank Morgan) is saving money which Pilon endeavors to steal, until he discovers that it is being collected to purchase a golden candlestick which he intends to burn for St. Francis to honor the Pirate's dead dog. One of the houses burns down, so Danny allows his friends to move into the other house with him, and in gratitude Pilon tries to make life better for his friend. Things are fine at first until Danny's passion for a lovely girl (Hedy Lamarr) causes him to actually go to work. A misunderstanding caused by Pilon about a vacuum cleaner causes Danny to lose it; he becomes drunk and a bit crazy. He almost dies in an accident in the cannery but through Pilon's prayers, is restored to health. He then marries his sweetheart with the promise that he will become a fisherman now that Pilon has found the money to buy a boat.
Paris Calling, 1h35
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Charles Arnt, Lee J. Cobb
Rating60% 3.0449353.0449353.0449353.0449353.044935
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive.
Arise, My Love, 1h50
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel, Frank Puglia, Dick Purcell
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.391113.391113.391113.391113.39111
American pilot Tom Martin (Ray Milland) is a soldier of fortune who went to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. During the summer of 1939, he is languishing in a prison cell while awaiting execution. Unexpectedly granted a pardon on the morning that he is to face a firing squad, Tom's release has been managed by reporter Augusta "Gusto" Nash (Claudette Colbert), who posed as his wife. When the prison governor learns of the deception, the pair has to run for their lives.
We're Not Dressing, 1h14
Directed by Norman Taurog, Benjamin Glazer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, Ray Milland
Roles Story
Rating60% 3.0019653.0019653.0019653.0019653.001965
Spoiled socialite Doris Worthington (Lombard) is sailing the Pacific with her friend Edith (Merman) and her Uncle Hubert (Errol), while being courted by Prince Michael (Milland) and Prince Alexander (Henry). She is bored, however, and finds entertainment in verbal sparring with one of the sailors, Stephen Jones (Crosby). During one of their battles, Doris slaps Stephen, who retaliates by kissing her and gets fired. In a drunken accident, Uncle Hubert runs the yacht onto a reef in the fog. Stephen rescues the unconscious Doris as the others flee the capsized ship, and everyone makes it to the tropical island although the princes claim credit for Doris’s rescue. Unfortunately, the only person with any survival skills is Stephen, and the socialites are quick to demand that he gather food and build shelter. Stephen attempts to divide up the work but the haughty passengers snub his leadership so he fends for himself. The smells from Stephen’s dinner of mussels and coconuts soon entice the hungry passengers to gather their own food; all except Doris, who tricks Stephen to get his food and gets slapped in turn. The group is forced to cooperate, although Doris remains indignant and infuriated.
A Bedtime Story, 1h27
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker, Adrienne Ames, Baby LeRoy
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.416143.416143.416143.416143.41614
Chevalier plays a Parisian playboy who finds himself obliged to care for an abandoned baby. The film was directed by Norman Taurog and also stars Edward Everett Horton, Helen Twelvetrees, and Baby LeRoy (in his film debut, as the baby).
The Song of Songs, 1h30
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Brian Aherne, Lionel Atwill, Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, Hardie Albright
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.341373.341373.341373.341373.34137
Lily une jeune paysanne vient de perdre son père, elle est recueillie par sa tante, Madame Rasmussen, libraire à Berlin, une femme autoritaire, rigide et légèrement portée sur l'alcool. De la fenêtre de sa chambre Lily aperçoit un atelier de sculpteur qui la fascine. Un jour, Richard le sculpteur entre dans la librairie et semble captivé par le corps de Lily, il la persuade de venir poser pour elle. Acceptant après avoir hésité, Lily déjouant la surveillance de sa tante se rend chez Richard qui la convainc de se déshabiller pour prendre la pose. Bientôt une très belle sculpture prend forme et les deux jeunes gens entament une idylle. Survient alors le baron von Merzbach qui est un client de Richard et qui tombe en admiration devant la statue, il demande à être présenté à Lily. Quelque temps plus tard, le baron persuade Richard qu'avec ce dernier, Lily n'aura aucun avenir, alors qu'avec lui, elle aura la reconnaissance, la fortune, le titre…par lâcheté Richard accepte. Le soir alors que Lily s'apprête à se rendre chez Richard, Madame Rasmussen la surprend et la chasse de son domicile. Elle se rend chez Richard, mais celui-ci a disparu, et c'est alors le baron von Merzbach qui l'accueille à sa place en lui apprenant que Richard est parti en voyage. Le baron-ci lui propose le mariage, désorientée et choquée, Lily accepte. Elle fait son éducation dans le grand monde, apprend la musique, le français, la danse mais n'est pas heureuse. Von Prell le palefrenier du baron s'éprend d'elle et lui déclare sa flemme pendant une leçon d'équitation, Lily le rabroue.
A Farewell to Arms, 1h29
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips, Herman Bing, Jack La Rue
Rating63% 3.1978353.1978353.1978353.1978353.197835
On the Italian front during World War I, Frederic Henry (Gary Cooper), an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army, delivers some wounded soldiers to a hospital. There he meets his friend, Italian Major Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou), a doctor. They go out carousing, but are interrupted by a bombing raid. Frederic and English Red Cross nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) take shelter in the same place. The somewhat drunk Frederic makes a poor first impression.