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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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