Month: August 2022

Written by Dawn Glory

State Fair (1945)

Directed by Walter Lang. Screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted by Sonya Levien & Paul Green, from a novel by Philip Strong. This is a musical adaptation of the “State Fair” story – an earlier, non-musical version was made in 1933 & starred Will Rogers & Janet Gaynor (this is the version on which the […]

Written by Dawn Glory

Midnight (1939)

Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Screenplay by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder, based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer & Franz Schulz. Brackett & Wilder are one of the most celebrated screenwriting pairs in film history, so there’s little that needs to be said here about their greatness – though it’s contextually interesting to note […]