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Irving Brecher
American film director and screenwriter (1914-2008) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 94
Irving S. Brecher was a screenwriter who wrote for the Marx Brothers among many others; he was the only writer to get sole credit on a Marx Brothers film, penning the screenplays for At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940).
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The Unknown Marx BrothersFilm1982
The Marx Brothers in a NutshellFilm1963
Bye Bye BirdieFilm, Writer1961
Cry for HappyFilm, Writer1959
The Many Loves of Dobie GillisSeries, Writer1955
The People's ChoiceSeries, Creator1952
Somebody Loves MeFilm, Director, Writer1949
The Life of RileySeries, Writer, Producer
The Life of RileyFilm, 1949Director, Writer1945
Yolanda and the ThiefFilm, Writer1944
Meet Me in St. LouisFilm, Writer1943
Best Foot ForwardFilm, Writer
Du Barry Was a LadyFilm, 1943Writer1941
Shadow of the Thin ManFilm, Writer1940
Go WestFilm, Writer1939
At the CircusFilm, Writer1937
New Faces of 1937Film, Writer1914Born17 January 1914People around Irving
Close ties
Arthur Freed Produced Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Edward Buzzell Directed At the Circus and Go West
Vincente Minnelli Directed Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Groucho Marx Irving wrote Go West (1940)
Lucille Ball Irving wrote Best Foot Forward (1943)
Robert Wagner Irving directed Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
Beulah Bondi Irving directed The Life of Riley (1950)
Chico Marx Irving wrote At the Circus (1939)
Mervyn LeRoy Produced At the Circus (1939)
Frankie Avalon Irving directed Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
Dolores Hart Irving directed Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Leon Ames Irving wrote Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Chill Wills Irving wrote Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
William Bendix Irving directed The Life of Riley (1950)
Ernie Kovacs Irving directed Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
Ralph Meeker Irving directed Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Rosemary DeCamp Irving directed The Life of Riley (1950)
Howard Duff Irving directed The Life of Riley (1950)
Roy Del Ruth Directed Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Robert Emmett O'Connor Irving wrote Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Jack Cummings Produced Go West (1940)
William Goetz Produced Cry for Happy (1961)- Leigh Jason Directed New Faces of 1937 (1937)
Known for
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Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
Shadow of the Thin Man 1941
Go West 1940
At the Circus 1939
Bye Bye Birdie 1963
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 15
23 credits on file
Television 3
About this person
Brecher was also one of the numerous uncredited writers on the screenplay of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Some of his other screenplays were Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1945) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963).
