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Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Apr 1 (died age 90) New York City, New York, USA 1944–2009 (65 year career)
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. He came to Hollywood in 1938 as one of comedian Bob Hope's joke writers, a job he held for the next five years. He is responsible for the screenplays of such Hope films as The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Where There's Life (1…

Known For

Yours, Mine and Ours
Film

Yours, Mine and Ours

Director
Houseboat
Film

Houseboat

Director
It Started in Naples
Film

It Started in Naples

Director
Cast a Giant Shadow
Film

Cast a Giant Shadow

Director
Room for One More
Film

Room for One More

Screenplay
Wonder Man
Film

Wonder Man

Screenplay
Tales from the Script
Film

Tales from the Script

Self
The Five Pennies
Film

The Five Pennies

Director

Filmography

Crew (50)

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Movies (45)

Deceptions

Deceptions

1985

Director

6.3
Deceptions

Deceptions

1985

Writer

6.3
The Other Woman

The Other Woman

1983

Director

3.3
Ike

Ike

1979

Director

6.2
Ike

Ike

1979

Executive Producer

6.2
Ike

Ike

1979

Writer

6.2
Rainbow

Rainbow

1978

Director

The Great Houdinis

The Great Houdinis

1976

Director

5.9
The Legend of Valentino

The Legend of Valentino

1975

Director

5.5
Mixed Company

Mixed Company

1974

Director

6.0
Here Comes the Judge

Here Comes the Judge

1972

Director

The War Between Men and Women

The War Between Men and Women

1972

Director

6.3
Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours

1968

Director

6.9
Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

Director

6.3
A New Kind of Love

A New Kind of Love

1963

Writer

6.2
The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962

Writer

5.3
On the Double

On the Double

1961

Director

6.8
It Started in Naples

It Started in Naples

1960

Director

6.3
It Started in Naples

It Started in Naples

1960

Screenplay

6.3
The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

1959

Director

6.8
The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

1959

Screenplay

6.8
Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

Director

6.4
Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

Writer

6.4
Beau James

Beau James

1957

Director

4.5
Beau James

Beau James

1957

Writer

4.5
The Seven Little Foys

The Seven Little Foys

1955

Director

6.0
Living It Up

Living It Up

1954

Screenplay

6.4
Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

1953

Producer

6.0
Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

1953

Screenplay

6.0
Room for One More

Room for One More

1952

Screenplay

6.5
April in Paris

April in Paris

1952

Writer

4.4
On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

1951

Screenplay

6.3
Double Dynamite

Double Dynamite

1951

Screenplay

6.5
I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

1951

Writer

4.7
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950

Screenplay

5.0
Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones

1949

Screenplay

6.2
The Great Lover

The Great Lover

1949

Writer

6.8
It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949

Writer

5.8
Always Leave Them Laughing

Always Leave Them Laughing

1949

Screenplay

3.5
Where There's Life

Where There's Life

1947

Screenplay

5.8
Where There's Life

Where There's Life

1947

Story

5.8
The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

Adaptation

6.2
Hollywood Victory Caravan

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

Writer

5.2
Wonder Man

Wonder Man

1945

Screenplay

6.6
The Princess and the Pirate

The Princess and the Pirate

1944

Screenplay

6.9