Samuel G. Engel
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Samuel G. Engel | |
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Albany College of Pharmacy | |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer and assistant director |
| Relatives | Irving Engel |
Samuel Gamliel Engel (December 29, 1904 – April 7, 1984) was a screenwriter and film producer from the 1930s until the 1960s. He wrote and produced such films as My Darling Clementine (1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City (1950), and Daddy Long Legs (1955).
Biography
Born in
Albany College of Pharmacy in 1924.[1]
Samuel G.Engel owned a chain of drug stores in
20th Century Fox.[1]
After serving with the
20th Century Fox until 1962, and continued as an independent producer until 1966.[2]
Engel was president of the
Screen Producers Guild from 1955 to 1958, and was instrumental in promoting its merger with the analogous guild of television producers to form the Producers Guild of America, and started the televising of the Academy Awards ceremonies as first vice-president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1]
Samuel G.Engel also contributed to the creation of the theater arts department in UCLA.[1]
Personal life
Samuel G. Engel had a wife, Ruth, and two sons, Mark and Charles. He had a heart condition for many years before passing away in 1984.[1][2]
Other roles
- Fellow of Brandeis University[1]
- President of the Brandeis Institute[1]
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
- The Big Shakedown (1934)
- Sins of Man (1936)
- Crack-Up (1936)
- We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
- Johnny Apollo (1940)
- Earthbound (1940)
- Scotland Yard (1941)
- Private Nurse (1941)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
Producer (or co-producer)
- Crack-Up (1936)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- Sitting Pretty (1948)
- The Street With No Name (1948)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
- Come to the Stable (1949)
- Night and the City (1950)
- The Jackpot (1950)
- Rawhide (1951)
- Follow the Sun (1951)
- Belles on Their Toes (1952)
- Pony Soldier (1952)
- Daddy Long Legs (1955)
- Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
- A Man Called Peter (1955)
- Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
- The Story of Ruth (1960)
- The Lion (1962)
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ a b "Veteran film producer Samuel G. Engel was buried Monday..." UPI. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
External links
- Samuel G. Engel at IMDb
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