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D.M. Marshman Jr. is a Scriptwriter American born on 21 december 1922 at Cleveland (USA)
Donald M. Marshman, Jr., credited as D.M. Marshman, (born December 21, 1922) is an American screenwriter known mainly for his contribution to the film script for Sunset Boulevard.
Marshman was educated at Andover and Yale, receiving his B.A. in 1945. Originally hired as an editorial researcher at Life Magazine, he eventually became the magazine’s movie editor before moving to Time Magazine, where he was the film critic.
In 1948, Marshman was recruited by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder to help write the screenplay of Sunset Boulevard. He suggested that a gigolo be introduced to the story as a romantic interest for the heroine. Characteristics of the main character can be attributed to Marshman, such as name similarity, personality, and identical birthday. He shared a screenwriting credit with Wilder and Brackett. The three won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. Marshman has only one other film to his credit, a 1953 production titled Taxi.
He chose to return to the East Coast in 1953, where he pursued a career in advertising for Young & Rubicam and other agencies, including one he started himself. From 1974 to 1979, he conducted a fund-raising campaign for Yale University, and has spent the years since as a freelance consultant, writing speeches for corporate CEOs, and doing other business writing.
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Birth name Donald M. Marshman Jr
Nationality USA
Birth 21 december 1922 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 17 september 2015 (at 92 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 21 december 1922 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 17 september 2015 (at 92 years)
Marshman was educated at Andover and Yale, receiving his B.A. in 1945. Originally hired as an editorial researcher at Life Magazine, he eventually became the magazine’s movie editor before moving to Time Magazine, where he was the film critic.
In 1948, Marshman was recruited by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder to help write the screenplay of Sunset Boulevard. He suggested that a gigolo be introduced to the story as a romantic interest for the heroine. Characteristics of the main character can be attributed to Marshman, such as name similarity, personality, and identical birthday. He shared a screenwriting credit with Wilder and Brackett. The three won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. Marshman has only one other film to his credit, a 1953 production titled Taxi.
He chose to return to the East Coast in 1953, where he pursued a career in advertising for Young & Rubicam and other agencies, including one he started himself. From 1974 to 1979, he conducted a fund-raising campaign for Yale University, and has spent the years since as a freelance consultant, writing speeches for corporate CEOs, and doing other business writing.
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Second Chance (1953)
, 1h22Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Roy Roberts, Dan Seymour, Sandro Giglio
Roles Adaptation
Rating59%
A mob bookkeeper (played by Milburn Stone) is confronted, shot, and killed by the utterly ruthless hitman Cappy Gordon (Jack Palance), under orders from the notorious gangster Vic Spilato, who is currently under investigation by the U.S. Senate. Cappy then heads for San Cristóbal, a bustling town in an unspecified Latin American country, with plans to deliver a similar fate to Spilato's estranged girlfriend, the singer Clare Shepperd (Linda Darnell), who is trying to escape her past connections with Spilato.
Taxi (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Dan Dailey, John Cassavetes, Constance Smith, Mark Roberts, Neva Patterson, Blanche Yurka
Rating64%
Taxi driver Ed Nielson is a bad-tempered bachelor who lives with his mother and owes money on his cab.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Fred Clark
Rating83%
At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.