Viña Delmar
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist (1903-1990) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
Viña Delmar was an American short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who worked from the 1920s to the 1970s. She rose to fame in the late 1920s with the publication of her suggestively titled novel, Bad Girl, which became a bestseller in 1928.
Viña Delmar is read about 17 times a day, in 7 languages.
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Leo McCarey Directed Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Lee Moran Also in Dance Hall and A Soldier's Plaything
Frank Borzage Directed Bad Girl (1931)
Ralph Bellamy Viña wrote The Awful Truth (1937)
William A. Wellman Directed The Great Man's Lady (1941)
Clarence Brown Directed Sadie McKee (1934)
Adolph Zukor Produced Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Anna Q. Nilsson Viña wrote Cynthia (1947)
Jack Oakie Viña wrote Uptown New York (1932)
Gene Lockhart Viña wrote Make Way for Tomorrow and Cynthia
Mitchell Leisen Directed Hands Across the Table (1935)
Victor Schertzinger Directed Uptown New York (1932)- Daniel Mann Directed About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
H. Bruce Humberstone Directed Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
Lona Andre Viña wrote Pick-Up (1933)
Minna Gombell Also in Bad Girl and Make Way for Tomorrow- Lawrence Weingarten Produced Sadie McKee (1934)
David Burton Directed Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)
Frank Darien Also in Bad Girl and Hello, Frisco, Hello
Marion Gering Directed Pick-up (1933)
Melville W. Brown Directed Dance Hall (1929)
Paul Sloane Directed The Woman Accused (1933)- E. Lloyd Sheldon Produced Hands Across the Table (1935)
Frank M. Thomas Also in The Great Man's Lady (1941)
Media & music
![Delmar during "Bad Girl" in 1928[AI upscaled image]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vina_Delmar_-_Bad_Girl_1928.jpg/500px-Vina_Delmar_-_Bad_Girl_1928.jpg)
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Delmar also wrote the screenplay to the screwball comedy The Awful Truth, for which she received an Academy Award nomination in 1937.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1990 · aged 86
