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Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson

Writer · Born 1917-04-01 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. He came to Hollywood in 1938 as one of comedian Bob Hope's joke writers, a job he held for the next five years. He is responsible for the screenplays of such Hope films as The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Where There's Life (1947), The Great Lover (1949), and Sorrowful Jones (1949), which also starred Lucille Ball. Shavelson was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay -- first for 1955's The Seven Little Foys, starring Hope in a rare dramatic role, and then for 1958's Houseboat. He shared both nominations with Jack Rose. He also directed both films. Other films he wrote and directed include Beau James (1957), The Five Pennies (1959) for which he won a Screen Writers Guild Award, It Started in Naples (1960), On the Double (1961), The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962), A New Kind of Love (1963), Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), and Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), which starred Henry Fonda and again wit…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Tales from the Script (2009) — Self
  2. Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003) — Himself
  3. Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome (1996) — Self

Directed

  1. Houseboat (1958) — Director
  2. Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) — Director
  3. It Started in Naples (1960) — Director
  4. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) — Director
  5. A New Kind of Love (1963) — Director
  6. The Five Pennies (1959) — Director
  7. The War Between Men and Women (1972) — Director
  8. On the Double (1961) — Director
  9. The Seven Little Foys (1955) — Director
  10. The Great Houdinis (1976) — Director
  11. Deceptions (1985) — Director
  12. The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) — Director
  13. Beau James (1957) — Director
  14. The Other Woman (1983) — Director
  15. Mixed Company (1974) — Director
  16. The Legend of Valentino (1975) — Director
  17. Ike (1979) — Director
  18. My World and Welcome to It (1969) — Director
  19. Deceptions (1985) — Director
  20. Ike (1979) — Director
  21. Here Comes the Judge (1972) — Director
  22. Rainbow (1978) — Director