Irving Brecher
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Irving Brecher (b. January 17, 1914, in New York City, New York) enjoyed early success as a screenwriter for the Marx Brothers; he helped write "At the Circus" in 1939 and "Go West" in 1940. He was also one of the numerous uncredited writers on the screenplay of 1939's "The Wizard of Oz". Some of his other screenplays were "Shadow of the Thin Man" (1941), "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946) and "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963).
He received an Academy Award nomination in 1944 for his screenplay of "Meet Me in St Louis".
His memoir is scheduled for 2008 publication by Ben Yehuda Press[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Ben Yehuda Press page for The Wicked Wit of the West: The guy who made Groucho funny by Irving Brecher as told to Hank Rosenfeld.
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