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Charles MacArthur

Screenwriter / Playwright / Writer / Film Producer / Theatre Director / Film Director | * 11/05/1895 († 60, 04/21/1956) | Scranton, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Charles Gordon MacArthur (November 5, 1895 – April 21, 1956) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes sui ...

Crime Without Passion

Certification unknown

1934 | 2.9/5 | 1h 10min
Crime, Drama
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Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down ...

His Girl Friday

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.7/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for h ...

The Scoundrel

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1935 | 3.1/5 | 1h 16min
Drama
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The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindl ...

Wuthering Heights

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1939 | 3.6/5 | 1h 44min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Charles MacArthur

Academy Award for Best Story 2x Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Charles MacArthur as Actor(2)

as Flop House Bum1935 The Scoundrel
as Second Interviewer (uncredited)1934 Crime Without Passion

TV Shows/Series with Charles MacArthur as Actor(3)

1966 Mission: Impossible
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Taylor1955 Gunsmoke

Movies with Charles MacArthur as Crew(39)

Writing/Writer1988 Switching Channels
Writing/Theatre Play1974 The Front Page
Writing/Theatre Play1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo
Writing/Theatre Play1950 Perfect Strangers
Writing/Theatre Play1948 Lulu Belle
Writing/Writer1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
Writing/Theatre Play1940 His Girl Friday
Writing/Story1940 I Take This Woman
Writing/Story1939 Gunga Din
Writing/Screenplay1939 Wuthering Heights
Directing/Director1936 Soak the Rich
Production/Producer1936 Soak the Rich
Writing/Writer1936 Soak the Rich
Writing/Theatre Play1935 Spring Tonic
Directing/Director1935 The Scoundrel
Production/Producer1935 The Scoundrel
Writing/Story1935 The Scoundrel
Writing/Writer1935 Barbary Coast
Directing/Director1935 Once in a Blue Moon
Writing/Writer1935 Once in a Blue Moon
Writing/Screenplay1934 Twentieth Century
Writing/Story1934 Upperworld
Directing/Director1934 Crime Without Passion
Production/Producer1934 Crime Without Passion
Writing/Screenplay1934 Crime Without Passion
Writing/Writer1934 The President Vanishes
Writing/Screenplay1932 Rasputin and the Empress
Writing/Writer1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Writing/Writer1931 The Front Page
Writing/Dialogue1931 The Unholy Garden
Writing/Story1931 The Unholy Garden
Sound/ADR Coordinator1931 Love in Every Port
Writing/Adaptation1931 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Crew/Additional Dialogue1930 Billy the Kid
Writing/Adaptation1930 Paid
Writing/Writer1930 Paid
Crew/Additional Dialogue1930 Way for a Sailor
Writing/Writer1930 Street of Chance
Writing/Writer1930 The Girl Said No

Full Name: Charles MacArthur
Born: Tuesday, 11/05 1895 (November) in Scranton, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 04/21 1956 (April) in New York City (aged: 60)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Helen Hayes
Siblings: John D. MacArthur
Related to: James MacArthur
Other names for Charles MacArthur (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles Gordon MacArthur"
Charles MacArthur frequently works together with these people:
Ben Hecht (35x, Crew)
Victor French (19x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (19x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (17x, Actor)
Shug Fisher (17x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (16x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (15x, Actor)
John Dehner (13x, Actor)
Tom Reese (13x, Actor)
Dennis Cross (13x, Cast)
John Crawford (13x, Actor)
Lane Bradford (13x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:107055, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024