LC control no. | n 82232445 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PS3507.A7116 |
Personal name heading | Davies, Valentine, 1905-1961 |
Variant(s) | Davies, Valentine |
Birth date | 1905-08-25 |
Death date | 1961-07-23 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Malibu (Calif.) |
Profession or occupation | Screenwriters |
Found in | His Miracle on 34th Street, 1984: CIP t.p. (Valentine Davies) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Davies, Valentine; 1905-1961) IMDb, June 1, 2016 (Valentine Davies, born August 25, 1905 in New York City; writer and producer; died July 23, 1961 in Malibu, California) Wikipedia, June 1, 2016 (Valentine Davies; Valentine Loewi Davies (August 25, 1905-July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director; his film credits included Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Chicken Every Sunday (1949), It Happens Every Spring (1949), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Benny Goodman Story (1955); he was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Glenn Miller Story; Davies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan; he wrote a number of Broadway plays and was president of the Screen Writers Guild and general chairman of the Academy Awards program; he wrote the story for the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which was given screen treatment by the director, George Seaton; Davies also did a novelization of the story, which was published as a novella by Harcourt Brace & Company in conjunction with the film release; Miracle on 34th Street earned him an Academy Award for Best Story) |
Associated language | eng |