Leonard Spigelgass

1908-11-26 Brooklyn, New York, USA 35 Credits

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 ...

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The Man You Loved to Hate

The Man You Loved to Hate

1979

as Self

6.3
Acting

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

Le pont japonais

1978

Writer

8.0
Writing
Cyrano

Cyrano

1974

Writer

9.0
Writing

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

Gypsy

1962

Writer

6.4
Writing

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

A Majority of One

1961

Screenplay, Theatre Play

5.7
Writing

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

Pepe

1960

Story

6.2
Writing

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

Silk Stockings

1957

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

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

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957

Writer

5.0
Writing

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

Eloise

1956

Writer

Writing

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

Deep in My Heart

1954

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Athena

Athena

1954

Writer

5.6
Writing

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

Scandal at Scourie

1953

Writer

6.7
Writing

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

Because You're Mine

1952

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.

The Law and the Lady

The Law and the Lady

1951

Writer

6.1
Writing

A former housemaid now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry.

Night Into Morning

Night Into Morning

1951

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

1950

Story

6.7
Writing

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

I Was a Male War Bride

1949

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

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

So Evil My Love

1948

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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

The Perfect Marriage

1947

Writer

4.0
Writing

A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

They Got Me Covered

They Got Me Covered

1943

Original Story

5.9
Writing

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

The Youngest Profession

1943

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

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

The Big Street

1942

Screenplay, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby

1942

Screenplay

Writing

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

All Through the Night

1942

Story, Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Tight Shoes

Tight Shoes

1941

Screenplay

Writing

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

Million Dollar Baby

1941

Story

6.0
Writing

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

Associate Producer

5.6
Producing

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

Private Affairs

1940

Screenplay

Writing

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

Unexpected Father

Unexpected Father

1939

Story

Writing

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

Service de Luxe

1938

Writer

6.5
Writing

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

Letter of Introduction

1938

Writer

5.7
Writing

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

Princess O'Hara

1935

Associate Producer

6.0
Producing

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

I'll Fix It

1934

Screenplay

Writing

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

Stingaree

1934

Adaptation

5.9

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!

Hello, Sister!

1933

Scenario Writer

6.2
Writing

Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...