Stanley Shapiro
Screenwriter, Actor, and Producer
For Pete's Sake (film)For Pete's Sake is a 1974 American screwball comedy film directed by Peter Yates. The screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin chronicles the misadventures of a Brooklyn housewife. In 1977 it was remade in India as the Hindi film... In this article: For Pete's Sake, Pete Robbins, Peter Yates, Cattle, Mafia, Vincent Canby, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Helen |
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Wikipedia | October 27, 2009
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)
...originally starred David Niven and Marlon Brando. Launer ended up securing the remake rights from Stanley Shapiro, one of the original writers. Shapiro was responsible for writing (or co-writing) a genre known as "sex comedies" also known as...
In this article: Dale Launer, Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Mick Jagger, Doris Day, and Frank Oz
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 21, 2009
Writer of a creepy and kooky theme
...and Eva Gabor sitcom Green Acres (1965-71). Movie work came too, after he had found himself bumping into the Universal producer Stanley Shapiro in the pool at a Beverly Hills hotel. A string of Universal movies followed, including The...
In this article: Vic Mizzy, The Addams Family, Irving Taylor, Brooklyn, World War II, My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time, The Shakiest Gun in the West, New York University, and US Navy
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Wikipedia | October 02, 2009
Clarence Greene
...the Academy Award for writing The Well (1951). They received the Academy Award for Pillow Talk '' (1959) (with Maurice Richlin and Stanley Shapiro). ''D.O.A. has been preserved in the National Film Registry; the film has been remade several...
In this article: Clarence Greene, The Well, Russell Rouse, Academy Award, Maurice Richlin, and Tightrope
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Wikipedia | September 27, 2009
The Seniors
...when the business becomes a multimillion-dollar operation. The film has some mildly amusing moments but certainly nothing to make this memorable. Stanley Shapiro, the Oscar-winning writer of PILLOW TALK, wrote and coproduced the film.
In this article: Dennis Quaid, Alan Reed, Oscar, Fred Flintstone, and Jeffrey Byron
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Wikipedia | September 03, 2009
Writers Guild of America Awards 1962
...Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S. on 7 May 1963, honored the best writers of 1962 . That Touch of Mink - Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro ''To Kill a Mockingbird '' - Horton Foote Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation - Nunnally Johnson
In this article: Writers Guild of America Awards 1962, Nunnally Johnson, Los Angeles, California, and U.S.
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Wikipedia | August 10, 2009
Bedtime Story (film)
...film made by Pennebaker Productions, The Lankershim Company and Universal Pictures. It was directed by Ralph Levy and produced by Stanley Shapiro with Robert Arthur as executive producer from a screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning.
In this article: David Niven, Marlon Brando, Bedtime Story, Shirley Jones, Academy Award, Clifford Stine, Ralph Levy, Hans J. Salter, and Paul Henning
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Wikipedia | July 01, 2009
Stanley Shapiro
Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit...
In this article: Academy Award, Doris Day, Leukemia, Writers Guild of America Award, That Touch of Mink, Lover Come Back, Pillow Talk, Brooklyn, and New York
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Medical News Today | May 21, 2009
Sol-Gel Anti-Acne Clinical Study Shows Significantly Improved Efficacy And Safety
...was significantly superior to leading commercial products, and at week four a 75 percent improvement was achieved," said Stanley Shapiro, PhD, Head of Sol-Gel's Skin Care Science & Technology unit. "Throughout the study Sol-Gel's...
In this article: Benzoyl peroxide, Erythema, and Prague
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Wikipedia | May 18, 2009
Me, Natalie
...dramedy film directed by Fred Coe. The screenplay by A. Martin Zweiback is based on an original story by Academy Award-winner Stanley Shapiro, who previously wrote Pillow Talk '', ''Lover Come Back, and That Touch of Mink for Doris Day.
In this article: Me, Natalie, Patty Duke, That Touch of Mink, Fred Coe, Suicide, Academy Award, Chicago Sun-Times, and Young at Heart
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New York Post | February 08, 2009
'SPONGE' HEAD
...of her skull, said the suit filed last month in Queens Supreme Court. "There's skin, but no bone covering her brain," said Stanley Shapiro, Pober's lawyer. "Any fall could be fatal. Any blow to the head could be fatal." In September 2007,...
In this article: Surgery, Headache, and Subdural hematoma
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Stanley Shapiro (July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and producer responsible for three of Doris Day's most successful films.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Shapiro earned his first screen credit for South Sea Woman in 1953. His work for Day earned him Oscar nominations for Lover Come Back and That Touch of Mink and a win for Pillow Talk, and Mink won him the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Comedy.
Additional writing credits include Operation Petticoat, Come September, Bedtime Story, Me, Natalie, For Pete's Sake, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Carbon Copy.
Shapiro's last project was the television movie Running Against Time, based on his novel A Time to Remember. Broadcast four months after his death from leukemia in Los Angeles, it was dedicated to his memory.
- Birth Date:
- July 16, 1925
- Birthplace:
- New York, New York, USA
- Death Date:
- July 21, 1990
- Place of Death:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Occupation:
- Writer, Screenwriter
- Years Active:
- 1953-1988
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