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Arnaud d'Usseau Biography (1916-1990)

Born April 18, 1916, in Los Angeles, CA; died of stomach cancer, January 29,1990, in New York, NY; son of Leon (a film director and producer) and Ottola(an actress; maiden name, Nesmith) d'Usseau; married Susan Wells (an artist;died 1973); married Marie Christine; children: (second marriage) one son, onedaughter.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

April 18, 1916

Los Angeles, California, United States

Death Details

January 29, 1990

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Writings;PLAYS
• (With James Gow) Tomorrow the World, produced on Broadway, 1943.
• (With Gow) Deep Are the Roots, produced in New York City, 1945.
• (With Gow) Legend of Sarah, produced in New York City, 1950.
• (With Dorothy Parker) Ladies of the Corridor, produced on Broadway, 1953.
• Also author of Bledsoe and, with Gow, How Like an Angel.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• (With Richard Collins) One Crowded Night, RKO, 1940.
• (With Collins) Lady Scarface, RKO, 1941.
• (With Gow) Repent at Leisure, RKO, 1941.
• Just off Broadway, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• The Man Who Wouldn't Die, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Who Is Hope Schuyler?, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• (With Julian Halvey) Horror Express (also known as Panico en el Transiberiano and Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express), Benmar Scotia, 1972.
• Psychomania (also known as The Death Wheelers), Scotia International, 1974.
• Other Works
• Adaptations: Tomorrow the World was adapted for film by Ring Lardner, Jr., and Leopold Atlas, United Artists, 1944.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• Hollywood Reporter, February 1, 1990.