Leonard Spigelgass

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Leonard Spigelgass (1908 - 1985) was an American film producer and screenwriter who got his start collaborating on the script of Erich Von Stroheim's Hello Sister (1933).

He signed on as a staff writer for Universal Studios in 1938 and was a colonel in the US Army Signal Corps.

In 1950, Spigelgass received an Oscar nomination for the story of Mystery Street.

He was also a playwright and penned such dramas as Dear Me the Sky Is Falling and A Remedy for Winter though his most famous play is A Majority of One. He also wrote plays for such television series as Playhouse 90. In addition to his screen work, Spigelgass wrote novels, such as Million Dollar Baby and Fed to the Teeth.

During his career, Spigelgass wrote the script for 11 Academy Award-winning shows.

His sister, Beulah Routh, was a political speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson.

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