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Donald Ogden Stewart

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American author and screenwriter (1894-1980)

United StatesWritersLived 1894 to 1980 · aged 85
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Donald Ogden Stewart was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated golden age comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story, Tarnished Lady and Love Affair. Stewart worked with a number of the directors of his time, including George Cukor, Michael Curtiz and Ernst Lubitsch.

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1941Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Donald Ogden Stewart was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated golden age comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story, Tarnished Lady and Love Affair. Stewart worked with a number of the directors of his time, including George Cukor, Michael Curtiz and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and, with Ernest Hemingway's friend Bill Smith, the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises. His 1922 parody on etiquette, Perfect Behavior, published by George H. Doran and Co., was a favorite book of P. G. Wodehouse.‍

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1894 to 1980 · aged 85
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14 languages

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