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Frank Cavett

Screenwriter / Playwright | * 12/27/1905 († 67, 03/25/1973) | Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Frank Cavett (December 27, 1905 – March 25, 1973) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated one more in the categories Best Screenplay and Best Motion Picture Story for the films Going My Way, Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman and The Greatest Show on Earth. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowle ...

Going My Way

NR

1944 | 3.4/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies". ...

Vanity Street

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1932 | 3.5/5 | 1h 7min
Drama, Crime
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To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a da ...

The Greatest Show on Earth

NR

1952 | 3.2/5 | 2h 32min
Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life. ...

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

NR

1947 | 3.0/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Frank Cavett

Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2x Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Frank Cavett as Crew(14)

Writing/Story1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
Writing/Story1951 Across the Wide Missouri
Writing/Story1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Writing/Screenplay1945 The Corn Is Green
Writing/Screenplay1944 Going My Way
Writing/Screenplay1942 Syncopation
Directing/Assistant Director1941 Second Chorus
Writing/Story1941 Second Chorus
Writing/Screenplay1940 Tom Brown's School Days
Writing/Story1939 Rulers of the Sea
Writing/Screenplay1939 Rulers of the Sea
Writing/Writer1938 Comet Over Broadway
Writing/Screenplay1934 Forsaking All Others
Writing/Story1932 Vanity Street

Full Name: Frank Cavett
Born: Wednesday, 12/27 1905 (December) in Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 03/25 1973 (March) in Santa Monica (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Educated at: Yale University
Frank Cavett frequently works together with these people:
Talbot Jennings (4x, Crew)
Cecil B. DeMille (3x, Crew)
Leo McCarey (3x, Crew)
Robert Stevenson (2x, Crew)
Artie Shaw (2x, Actor)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds (2x, Actress)
Franklyn Farnum (2x, Actor)
Eily Malyon (2x, Actress)
Theodore St. John (2x, Crew)
John Ringling North (2x, Actor)
Ben Hall (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:199933, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/26/2024