Oscar Brodney was an American lawyer-turned-screenwriter.
26 Facts About Oscar Brodney
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Oscar Brodney is best known for his long association with Universal Studios, where his credits included Harvey, The Glenn Miller Story, several Francis movies and the Tammy series.
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Oscar Brodney was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of an immigrant fisherman.
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Oscar Brodney earned a law degree from the latter and became a lawyer.
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Oscar Brodney began writing night club and vaudeville routines as a hobby and became a radio writer.
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Oscar Brodney and writing partner Jack Rubin had submitted a number of stories to Hollywood studios and only got polite rejections.
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Oscar Brodney did Always a Bridesmaid with the Andrews Sisters, an original of his; Rhythm of the Islands with Jane Frazee; and On Stage Everybody.
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Oscar Brodney sold a story to Linda Darnell called Flamenco and Three Cornered Honeymoon for Jack Oakie but these were not made.
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Oscar Brodney was one of several writers on the hugely popular Harvey.
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Oscar Brodney wrote South Sea Sinner with Winters; Curtain Call at Cactus Creek with O'Connor; Comanche Territory with Maureen O'Hara; and Little Egypt with Rhonda Fleming.
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Oscar Brodney wroteKatie Did It with Ann Blyth; Double Crossbones a pirate comedy with O'Connor; Back at the Front with Tom Ewell; and Francis Goes to West Point with O'Connor.
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Oscar Brodney began working on more historical material with Scarlet Angel with Yvonne De Carlo and Rock Hudson.
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Oscar Brodney was nominated for an Oscar for The Glenn Miller Story screenplay which he wrote with Valentine Davies in 1954.
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Oscar Brodney wrote Walking My Baby Back Home and Francis Covers the Big Town with O'Connor, then returned to history with Sign of the Pagan with Jeff Chandler; The Black Shield of Falworth with Tony Curtis; The Spoilers with Chandler; Lady Godiva of Coventry with O'Hara; The Purple Mask with Curtis; and Captain Lightfoot with Hudson.
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Oscar Brodney wrote a film No, No Nora which appears to have not been made.
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Oscar Brodney went to work at RKO on The Great Maestro a biopic of Ben Bernie that was never made.
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Oscar Brodney began working in TV on shows such as Lux Video Theatre, Casey Jones, General Electric Theater, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Studio 57.
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Oscar Brodney continued doing features like A Day of Fury and Star in the Dust, and had a huge hit with Tammy and the Bachelor at Universal for producer Ross Hunter.
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Oscar Brodney went to England where he produced and co wrote Bobbikins, a vehicle for Max Bygraves at 20th Century Fox.
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Oscar Brodney continued to write for TV on such shows as Death Valley Days, The Alaskans, and Danger Man.
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Oscar Brodney returned to Universal as a writer for Tammy Tell Me True and Tammy and the Doctor.
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Oscar Brodney wrote The Brass Bottle, I'd Rather Be Rich with Sandra Dee; and The Sword of Ali Baba.
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Oscar Brodney wrote a film It Comes Up Love that was meant to be filmed in Britain in 1967 but appears to have never been made.
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In 1975 Oscar Brodney lived in the Smoke Tree neighborhood of Palm Springs, California.
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Oscar Brodney died in 2008, six days before his 101st birthday.
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Oscar Brodney died on February 12,2008, in Los Angeles US at the age of 100, six days shy of his 101st birthday.