Isobel Lennart

Isobel Lennart

1915-05-18 New York City, New York, USA 28 Credits

Biography

Isobel Lennart (May 18, 1915 – January 25, 1971) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isobel Lennart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Funny Girl

Funny Girl

2018

Musical, Writer

8.5
Writing

The life of Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway's biggest stars under producer Florenz Ziegfield. Whi...

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968

Screenplay, Musical

7.2
Writing

The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Fol...

Fitzwilly

Fitzwilly

1967

Writer

6.1
Writing

When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam...

Two for the Seesaw

Two for the Seesaw

1962

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examina...

Period of Adjustment

Period of Adjustment

1962

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.

The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1960

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to set...

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewi...

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys wor...

Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew

1958

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancien...

This Could Be the Night

This Could Be the Night

1957

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't lik...

Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

1955

Adaptation

Connie is a widow and mother whose work involves checking up on the competition for her department store employer. When Steve, a charming salesman at...

Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stard...

Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers

1953

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1953

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke fr...

My Wife's Best Friend

My Wife's Best Friend

1952

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different ways that historical figures such as Cleopatra and Joan o...

Skirts Ahoy!

Skirts Ahoy!

1952

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small b...

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

Story

5.3
Writing

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best director...

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

East Side, West Side

East Side, West Side

1949

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

1949

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by anothe...

The Kissing Bandit

The Kissing Bandit

1948

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's...

It Happened in Brooklyn

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947

Writer

6.0
Writing

Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Bro...

Holiday in Mexico

Holiday in Mexico

1946

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl...

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...

Lost Angel

Lost Angel

1943

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts A...

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

1943

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seem...

The Affairs of Martha

The Affairs of Martha

1942

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.