Paul Osborn was an American playwright and screenwriter.
11 Facts About Paul Osborn
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Paul Osborn wrote the screenplays for East of Eden and South Pacific, among other films.
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Paul Osborn went on to graduate from the University of Michigan.
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In 1930, Paul Osborn found singular success on Broadway with a comedy titled The Vinegar Tree that starred Mary Boland.
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Paul Osborn contributed the comedy Oliver Oliver to the 1934 Broadway season, and in 1984 that play won critical acclaim at the Long Wharf Theater and the Philadelphia Drama Guild with Boyd Gaines in the title role.
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Paul Osborn had a gift for friendship: Al Hirschfeld, Elia Kazan, Robert Frost.
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Elia Kazan, in his autobiography A Life, credits Paul Osborn with guiding him to the section of the novel East of Eden to film as well as discovering James Dean for the film.
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Paul Osborn's screenplay for Wild River is an outstanding literary achievement, providing scope for Kazan's directorial imagination.
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Paul Osborn had received Academy Award nominations for the screenplays for Sayonara and East of Eden, and Writers Guild of America nominations for South Pacific, Sayonara and East of Eden.
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Paul Osborn received a Tony Award for Best Broadway Revival in 1980 for Morning's at Seven.
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In 1982, two years after the Tony for Morning's at Seven, Paul Osborn won the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America.