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Robert Yost. Writer: Tip-Off Girls. Robert M. Yost, son of Alice Kern (Yost) and Robert M. Yost and brother of writer Dorothy Yost, was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and attended Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois. Began his career as a reporter/writer for the St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch.
- Writer, Actor
- July 7, 1886
- Robert Yost
Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 – July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including The Tomb of Ligeia in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
3 days ago · Updated on: July 2, 2024 / 11:53 PM EDT / CBS/AP. Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a ...
2 days ago · 7 min. 61. Robert Towne, a screenwriter whose mastery of dialogue and insightful storytelling helped define the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s that included the Oscar-winning “Chinatown,” and ...
4 days ago · Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the script for 1974 classic Chinatown, has died, his publicist confirmed to THR. He was 89. According to his publicist, he died on Monday in his ...
4 days ago · By Bill Morris. July 2, 2024. Robert Towne, whose screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” won an Oscar, and whose work on that and other important films established him as one of the ...
3 days ago · 0:51. Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter known for his work on the films “Chinatown” and “The Last Detail,” has died. He was 89. Towne “passed away peacefully at home” on ...
