Valentine Davies
Film director, screenwriter (1905-1961) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 55
Valentine Loewi Davies was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. His film credits included Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Chicken Every Sunday (1949), It Happens Every Spring (1949), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Benny Goodman Story (1955).
Valentine Davies is read about 13 times a day, in 13 languages.
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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Bachelor in ParadiseFilm, 1961Writer1959
It Started with a KissFilm, Writer1956
The Benny Goodman StoryFilm, Director, Writer
The House Without a NameFilm, 1956Producer1955
Strategic Air CommandFilm, Writer1954
The Bridges at Toko-RiFilm, Writer1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Writer
The OscarsSeries, 1953Producer
Sailor of the KingFilm, 1953Writer1951
On the RivieraFilm, Writer1949
Chicken Every SundayFilm, Writer
It Happens Every SpringFilm, 1949Writer1948Academy Award for Best StoryAward
You Were Meant for MeFilm, 1948Writer1946
Three Little Girls in BlueFilm, Writer1942
SyncopationFilm, Writer1905Born25 August 1905Known for
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The Glenn Miller Story 1954
Miracle on 34th Street 1994
Strategic Air Command 1955
The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1954
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William Perlberg Produced Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
George Seaton Directed Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Anthony Mann Directed The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Gene Krupa Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
Herbert Anderson Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
Lionel Hampton Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
Harry James Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
James Stewart Valentine wrote The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Donna Reed Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
June Allyson Valentine wrote The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Celeste Holm Also in Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Steve Allen Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
Lloyd Bacon Directed It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Dan Dailey Also in You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Harry Morgan Valentine wrote The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Jack Arnold Directed Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Walter Lang Directed On the Riviera (1951)
H. Bruce Humberstone Directed Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Robert F. Simon Valentine directed The Benny Goodman Story (1957)
Clinton Sundberg Valentine wrote On the Riviera (1951)
James Bell Valentine wrote The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Sol C. Siegel Produced On the Riviera (1951)
Roy Boulting Directed Sailor of the King (1953)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 18
23 credits on file
Television 2
Awards
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He won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Story for Miracle on 34th Street and was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Glenn Miller Story.
