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Edward Chodorov Biography (1904-1988)
Born April 17, 1904 (some sources say 1914), in New York, NY; died October 9,1988, in New York, NY; son of Harry (an actor and businessman) and Lena (Simmons) Chodorov; married Marjorie Roth (divorced); married Rosemary Pettit, June 16, 1954; children: one son, two daughters.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- April 17, 1904
- New York, New York, United States
- Death Details
- October 9, 1988
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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Credits
- FIRST STAGE WORK--Stage manager, Abie's Irish Rose, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1922.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
- Those Endearing Young Charms, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1944.
- Decision, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1944.
- Common Ground, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1945.
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1953.
- Monsieur Lautrec, Belgrade Civic Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1959.
- Also stage manager, Is Zat So, South Africa, 1928.
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Credits; MAJOR TOURS
- Director, Listen to the Mocking Bird, U.S. cities, 1958-59.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER
- The World Changes, First National, 1933.
- The Mayor of Hell, Warner Brothers, 1933.
- Gentlemen Are Born, First National, 1934.
- Desirable, Warner Brothers, 1934.
- Madame Du Barry, Warner Brothers, 1934.
- The Story of Louis Pasteur, Warner Brothers, 1935.
- Alibi Ike, Warner Brothers, 1935.
- Living on Velvet, First National, 1935.
- Sweet Adeline, Warner Brothers, 1935.
- Craig's Wife, Columbia, 1936.
- Yellow Jack, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1938.
- Rich Man, Poor Girl, MGM, 1938.
- Woman against Woman, MGM, 1938.
- Spring Madness, MGM, 1938.
- Tell No Tales, MGM, 1939.
- The Man from Dakota, MGM, 1940.
- Road House, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948.
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Writings;STAGE
- (With Arthur Barton) Wonder Boy, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1931.
- Kind Lady, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1935, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1936, and in Three Plays about Crime and Criminals, Pocket Books, 1979.
- (with H.S. Kraft) Cue for Passion, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1940, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1941.
- Those Endearing Young Charms, Booth Theatre, 1943, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1943.
- Decision, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1944, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1946.
- Common Ground, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1945, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1946.
- Signor Chicago, first produced in 1947.
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1953, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1955.
- The Spa, first produced in 1955, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1957.
- Listen to the Mocking Bird, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, 1958.
- Monsieur Lautrec, Belgrade Civic Theatre, Coventry, U.K., 1959.
- Also wrote Erskine, The Clubwoman, and Irrational Knot, all unproduced.
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Writings;FILM
- See production details above, unless indicated.
- The Mayor of Hell, 1933.
- Captured, Warner Brothers, 1933.
- The World Changes, 1933.
- Madame Du Barry, 1934.
- (with Mary C. McCall) Craig's Wife, 1936.
- (with F. Hugh Herbert and Brown Holmes) Snowed Under, First National, 1936.
- Yellow Jack, 1938.
- Woman against Woman, 1938.
- Spring Madness, 1939.
- (with Marguerite Roberts and George Oppenheimer) Undercurrent, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1946.
- (with Luther Davis and George Wells) The Hucksters, MGM, 1947.
- (with Margaret Gruen, Oscar Saul, and David Hertz) Road House, 1948.
- (with Jerry Davis and Charles Bennett) Kind Lady, MGM, 1951.
- (uncredited with Nunnally Johnson) Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
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Writings;TELEVISION; SERIES
- The Billy Rose Show, ABC, 1952.
Further Reference
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
- Variety, October 19, 1988.
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