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Harry Segall

Harry Segall

Biography

Harry Segall (April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975) was an American playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Segall was born in Chicago. Harry Segall's writing career spans from 1933 to 1959. Segall's plays, including Lost Horizons, appeared on Broadway in the mid-1930s. In 1933, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought Segall to Hollywood as a contract writer. In 1936, he moved to RKO Pictures, where he wrote and co-wrote screenplays for films such as The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a story by Bret Harte, and Blind Alibi, starring Richard Dix. During this time, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios also produced his screenplays. In 1941, Segall won an Academy Award for Best Original Story for the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery and Evelyn Keyes, based on Segall's play Heaven Can Wait. The play was later revived under Wonderful Journey, but the revival lasted only nine performances. A Technicolor sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Down to Earth, was released in 1947, starring Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks.  A 1978 film version of Heaven Can Wait starred Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. The play was then filmed again as Down to Earth, a 2001 vehicle for Chris Rock, with Segall credited as the writer of the original story. With the advent of television, Segall turned his writing talents to this medium, writing plots for TV series and Playhouse 90. He retired from screenwriting in 1959 and died November 25, 1975, in Woodland Hills, California. Segall was interred in Roosevelt Cemetery in Gardena, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Segall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Agatha

Agatha

19796.2 / 10

For Heaven's Sake

For Heaven's Sake

19506.9 / 10

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

19376.0 / 10

Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat

19386.0 / 10

The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots

19465.9 / 10

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It

19385.0 / 10

There Goes My Girl

There Goes My Girl

19375.0 / 10

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

19526.7 / 10

Blind Alibi

Blind Alibi

19385.8 / 10

Fatal Lady

Fatal Lady

19360.0 / 10

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

19375.3 / 10

Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth

19375.0 / 10

Coast Guard

Coast Guard

19395.0 / 10

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Lone Wolf Strikes

19406.3 / 10

The Powers Girl

The Powers Girl

19436.5 / 10

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

19806.0 / 10

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

19466.4 / 10

Fight for Your Lady

Fight for Your Lady

19374.3 / 10

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers

19416.3 / 10

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

TBA0.0 / 10

Breakfast for Two

Breakfast for Two

19375.9 / 10

Don't Turn 'em Loose

Don't Turn 'em Loose

19364.8 / 10

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer

19424.5 / 10

Xanadu

Xanadu

19805.7 / 10

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Two Yanks in Trinidad

19422.0 / 10

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

19417.0 / 10

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

19786.6 / 10

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

19475.8 / 10

Down to Earth

Down to Earth

20015.5 / 10