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Donald Ogden Stewart (November 30, 1894 – August 2, 1980) was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated golden age comedies and melodramas such as The Philadelphia Story (based on the play by Philip Barry ), Tarnished Lady and Love Affair.
Donald Ogden Stewart (born Nov. 30, 1894, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died Aug. 2, 1980, London) was an American humorist, actor, playwright, and screenwriter who won a 1940 Academy Award for his screenplay adaptation of The Philadelphia Story.
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Donald Ogden Stewart was born on 30 November 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Not So Dumb (1930).
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Donald Ogden Stewart was born on November 30, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Not So Dumb (1930). He was married to Leonore (Ella) Sophie Winter Steffens and Beatrice Ames.
- November 30, 1894
- August 2, 1980
Oct 25, 2013 · “My Life in the Bull Ring with Donald Ogden Stewart” is comic relief, a ridiculous romp narrated by an English matador named Hemingway, and featuring Stewart as a Christian Scientist given to wearing bowler hats (though never in the ring).
Donald Ogden Stewart was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his sophisticated golden era comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story (based on the play by Philip Barry), Tarnished Lady, and Love Affair.
Donald Ogden Stewart, one of the most prominent of such screenwriters, is probably best described as one of the supreme play doctors of the 1930s and 1940s. For the most part, his career rests on the seven films he worked on for the director George Cukor, the best of these being Holiday and The Philadelphia Story (for which he received the ...
