Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Spigelgass (November 26, 1908 – February 15, 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter. Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Spigelgass got his start collaborating on the script for Erich Von Stroheim's Hello, Sister! (1933). Additional screen credits include The Big Street (1942), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Silk Stockings (1957), Pepe (1960), and Gypsy (1962). Spigelgass signed on as a staff ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Man You Loved to Hate
1979
as Self
The Man You Loved To Hate blends revealing interviews, rare photographs, and clips from von Stroheim's legendary and lesser-known works to create a fa...

Le pont japonais
1978
Writer

Cyrano
1974
Writer
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.

Gypsy
1962
Writer
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention t...

A Majority of One
1961
Screenplay, Theatre Play
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the les...

Pepe
1960
Story
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. ...

Silk Stockings
1957
Screenplay
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is ...

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
Writer
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying ...

Eloise
1956
Writer
It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.

Deep in My Heart
1954
Screenplay
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Athena
1954
Writer
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.

Scandal at Scourie
1953
Writer
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a...

Because You're Mine
1952
Screenplay
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.

The Law and the Lady
1951
Writer
A former housemaid now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry.

Night Into Morning
1951
Screenplay
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.

Mystery Street
1950
Story
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with...

I Was a Male War Bride
1949
Screenplay
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her ...

So Evil My Love
1948
Screenplay
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several mal...

The Perfect Marriage
1947
Writer
A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

They Got Me Covered
1943
Original Story
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is ...

The Youngest Profession
1943
Screenplay
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson a...

The Big Street
1942
Screenplay, Producer
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

Butch Minds the Baby
1942
Screenplay
Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe cracker...

All Through the Night
1942
Story, Screenplay
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Tight Shoes
1941
Screenplay
A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the store as a front for illegal gambling.

Million Dollar Baby
1941
Story
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

One Night in the Tropics
1940
Associate Producer
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million ...

Private Affairs
1940
Screenplay
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.

Unexpected Father
1939
Story
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate ...

Service de Luxe
1938
Writer
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for i...

Letter of Introduction
1938
Writer
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also ...

Princess O'Hara
1935
Associate Producer
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our he...

I'll Fix It
1934
Screenplay
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in w...

Stingaree
1934
Adaptation
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Si...

Hello, Sister!
1933
Scenario Writer
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...