I.A.L. Diamond Biography (1920-1988)

Born Itek Domnici, June 27, 1920, in Ungheni, Rumania; immigrated to the United States in 1929; died of cancer, April 21, 1988, in Los Angeles, CA; son ofDavid and Elca (Waldman) Domnici (family changed name to Diamond); married Barbara Bentley (a novelist and screenwriter), July 21, 1945; children: Ann Cynthia, Paul Bentley.

Born Itek Domnici, I. A. L. Diamond adopted the initials of the Interscholastic Algebra League, which he joined as a high school math champion, for his pen name.

Nationality
Romanian
Gender
Male
Birth Details
June 27, 1920
Ungheni, Romania
Death Details
April 21, 1988
Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
  • Co-associate producer: Some Like It Hot, United Artists, 1959.
  • The Apartment, United Artists, 1960.
  • One, Two, Three, United Artists, 1961.
  • Irma La Douce, United Artists, 1963.
  • Kiss Me, Stupid, United Artists, 1964.
  • The Fortune Cookie (also known as Meet Whiplash Willie), United Artists,1966.
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, United Artists, 1970.
  • Fedora, United Artists, 1978.
  • Buddy Buddy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981.
  • Writings;FILM
  • (With Stanley Davis) Murder in the Blue Room, Universal, 1944.
  • (with James V. Kern) Never Say Goodbye, Warner Brothers, 1946.
  • (with Charles Hoffman) Two Guys from Milwaukee (also known as Royal Flush), Warner Brothers, 1946.
  • (with Eugene Conrad and Francis Swann) Love and Learn, Warner Brothers, 1946.
  • (additional dialogue) Romance on the High Seas (also known as It's Magic), Warner Brothers, 1948.
  • (with Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron) Always Together, Warner Brothers, 1948.
  • (with Allen Boretz) Two Guys from Texas (also known as Two Texas Knights), Warner Brothers, 1948.
  • (story only) It's a Great Feeling, Warner Brothers, 1949.
  • The Girl from Jones Beach, Warner Brothers, 1949.
  • Love Nest, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
  • (with F. Hugh Herbert) Let's Make It Legal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
  • (with Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer) Monkey Business, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
  • (with Boris Ingster) Something for the Birds, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
  • (with Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, and William Altman) That Certain Feeling, Paramount, 1956.
  • (with Billy Wilder) Love in the Afternoon, Allied Artists, 1957.
  • (with Isobel Lennart) Merry Andrew, MGM, 1958.
  • (with Wilder) Some Like It Hot, United Artists, 1959, published by New American Library, 1959.
  • (With Wilder) The Apartment, United Artists, 1960, published in "The Apartment" and "The Fortune Cookie," Praeger, 1971.
  • (with Wilder) One, Two, Three, United Artists, 1961.
  • (with Wilder) Irma La Douce, United Artists, 1963, published by Midwood-Tower, 1963.
  • (with Wilder) Kiss Me, Stupid, United Artists, 1964.
  • (with Wilder) The Fortune Cookie (also known as Meet Whiplash Willie), United Artists, 1966, published in "The Apartment" and "The Fortune Cookie"; Cactus Flower, Columbia, 1969.
  • (with Wilder) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, United Artists, 1970.
  • (with Wilder) Avanti!, United Artists, 1972.
  • (with Wilder) The Front Page, Universal, 1974.
  • (with Wilder) Fedora, United Artists, 1978.
  • (with Wilder) Buddy Buddy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981.
  • Writings;OTHER
  • Writer and editor, Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University, New York City.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 26, American Screenwriters, Gale,1984.
  • Variety, April 27, 1988.