Harry Kurnitz

Harry Kurnitz

出生 : 1908-01-05, New York City, New York, USA

死亡 : 1968-03-18

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry Kurnitz (January 5, 1908 – March 18, 1968) was an American playwright, novelist, and prolific screenwriter who wrote swashbucklers for Errol Flynn and comedies for Danny Kaye. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Kurnitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Harry Kurnitz

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Witness for the Prosecution
Screenplay
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the practise of his lawyer skills, he takes the case of Leonard Vole, an unemployed man who is accused of murdering an elderly lady friend of his, Mrs. Emily French. While Leonard Vole claims he's innocent, although all evidence points to him as the killer, his alibi witness, his cold German wife Christine, instead of entering the court as a witness for the defense, she becomes the witness for the prosecution and strongly claims her husband is guilty of the murder.
おしゃれ泥棒
Screenplay
贋作画家シャルル・ボネの家に、内偵中の私立探偵シモンが忍び込んだ。ところがたちまち、画家の娘ニコルに発見されてしまう。シモンを泥棒と信じたニコルは、美術館からビーナス像を盗み出すことを依頼する。警戒厳重な美術館に、二人は潜入することに成功するが……。オードリーのロマンティック・コメディ。
Goodbye Charlie
Screenplay
When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a beautiful woman and moves in with his/her best friend as a base operation for enacting sweet revenge.
暗闇でドッキリ
Theatre Play
パリ警視庁のクルーゾー警部はカンは鋭いが、いつもトンチンカンな騒動ばかり起こしている。ある大富豪の邸宅で殺人事件が起きた。容疑者として逮捕されたのは、美しい女中のマリアだった。ところがクルーゾー警部は、「殺人犯にしては美しすぎる。真犯人をかばっているに違いない。」と言って釈放してしまう。真犯人を突き止めようと、マリアの尾行を開始するが、彼女の行く先々で次々に殺人事件が起きる。再びマリアは監獄へ送られるが、クルーゾー警部はあくまで無実を主張し、またしても釈放してしまう。果たして、今回もクルーゾー警部の第六感で事件を解決へ導けるのか!?
ハタリ!
Story
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?
Surprise Package
Screenplay
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
Once More, with Feeling!
Screenplay
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn when he begins an affair with a young pianist.
Once More, with Feeling!
Theatre Play
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn when he begins an affair with a young pianist.
情婦
Screenplay
1952年のイギリス、ロンドン。法曹界の重鎮としてその名を知られる老弁護士ウィルフリッド卿は、生死を彷徨う重病の床から、口うるさい付き添い看護婦ミス・プリムソル随行で退院を果たした。ウィルフリッドは事務所に落ち着く間もなく、事務弁護士メイヒューに連れられた未亡人殺しの容疑者レナード・ヴォールの弁護依頼を受ける。アリバイの証明者は夫人しかおらず、状況は極めて不利。まもなく彼らの元を警察が訪れ、レナードは殺人容疑で逮捕されてしまう。
The Happy Road
Writer
Two children run away from a Swiss boarding school and set out for Paris, with their frantic parents in hot pursuit.
Land of the Pharaohs
Writer
In ancient Egypt the Pharaoh Khufu is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the "second life." To this end he enlists the aid of Vashtar, an architect whose people are enslaved in Egypt. The deal: build a robbery-proof tomb and the enslaved people will be freed. During the years that the pyramid is being built a Cyprian princess becomes the pharaoh's second wife, and she plots to prevent Khufu from taking his treasure with him when he dies .. as well as helping him make the journey early.
The Love Lottery
Screenplay
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.
The Man Between
Screenplay
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
Melba
Story
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
Melba
Screenplay
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
Tonight We Sing
Writer
Tonight We Sing is a 1953 musical biopic film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the life and career of the celebrated impresario Sol Hurok. It stars David Wayne and Ezio Pinza.
Of Men and Music
Writer
A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.
Pretty Baby
Producer
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Pretty Baby
Screenplay
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
The Inspector General
Screenplay
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
My Dream Is Yours
Screenplay
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further is when Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.
A Kiss in the Dark
Producer
Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.
A Kiss in the Dark
Writer
Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.
Adventures of Don Juan
Screenplay
The adventures of the notorious Spanish Lothario Don Juan highlights Errol Flynn's swashbuckling and romantic antics.
One Touch of Venus
Screenplay
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
Something in the Wind
Screenplay
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
The Web
Story
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term but high-paid job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Writer
An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.
The Thin Man Goes Home
Story
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
The Heavenly Body
Adaptation
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
See Here, Private Hargrove
Screenplay
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
They Got Me Covered
Screenplay
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Pacific Rendezvous
Costume Design
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
Pacific Rendezvous
Editor
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
Pacific Rendezvous
Associate Producer
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
Pacific Rendezvous
Screenplay
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
Shadow of the Thin Man
Screenplay
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Shadow of the Thin Man
Story
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
I Love You Again
Screenplay
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Fast and Furious
Screenplay
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
Fast and Loose
Screenplay
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
Fast Company
Screenplay
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Fast Company
Novel
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.