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Charles Schnee

American screenwriter (1916-1963) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 47

Charles Schnee was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote the scripts for the Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live by Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award.

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Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay1953

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1963 · aged 47

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