George Froeschel

출생 : 1891-03-09,

사망 : 1979-11-22

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Georg "George" Froeschel (March 9, 1891 – November 22, 1979) was an Austrian screenwriter best known for Mrs. Miniver, Quentin Durward, and The Story of Three Loves, while working for MGM in the 1940s and 1950s. Before working in film he was a lawyer and journalist. Georg Froeschel was born in 1891, the son of a Jewish banker in Vienna. He wrote his first novel during his time at grammar school, Ein Protest (A Protest). After his postgraduate studies he was Doctor of Laws. In World War I he wrote reports for the k.u.k. army. Following he wrote several novels, of which some were adapted for films in the 1920s. In the 1920s he worked for the Ullstein-Verlag in Berlin. In 1936 he emigrated to the United States, where he first worked in the editorial office of Chicago's Coronet magazine. His efforts to find a job in Hollywood's film industry were not successful until April 1939, when Sidney Franklin of MGM engaged him as screenwriter. Froeschel won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver (along with co-writers James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis).

참여 작품

I Aim at the Stars
Story
The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun literally pioneered man's adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the brain behind the V-2 rockets which blasted London in World War II; his was also the brain which led America into the development and the launching of space satellites.
Mrs. Miniver
Original Film Writer
A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.
Me and the Colonel
Screenplay
Jacobowsky, a Jewish refugee, flees from the Nazis with an aristocratic, anti-semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. Jurgens learns to appreciate Jacobowsky, despite their competition for the same woman, and together they outwit their pursuers
Gaby
Screenplay
A ballerina resorts to prostitution when her fiance is reported killed in World War II.
Quentin Durward
Screenplay
During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan goes awry when the young man falls in love with her. Based on the classic novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Betrayed
Writer
Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") team-up in this intriguing WWII drama. Suspected of being a Nazi spy, Dutch-resistance member Turner is given a last chance mission to redeem herself. Gable is an American colonel who falls in love with her. Co-starring Victor Mature ("My Darling Clementine") and Oscar-nominee Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle").
Rose Marie
Screenplay
Rose Marie Lemaitre (Ann Blyth), an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone (Howard Keel), an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval (Fernando Lamas), who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
The Story of Three Loves
Writer
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
The Story of Three Loves
Adaptation
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
네버 렛 미 고
Screenplay
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
Scaramouche
Screenplay
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
The Unknown Man
Screenplay
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
The Miniver Story
Writer
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
Command Decision
Screenplay
High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
The White Cliffs of Dover
Screenplay
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
마음의 행로
Screenplay
전투 도중 부상을 입고 기억 상실증에 언어장애까지 겹친 찰스(Charles Rainer/John 'Smithy' Smith: 로날드 콜맨 분)는 종전 되던 날 안개를 틈타 수용소를 몰래 빠져 나온다. 그 뒤 챨스는 아름다운 여인 폴라(Paula: 그리어 가슨 분)를 만나 건강도 되찾고 결혼해 아들도 낳는 한편 작가로 입문하는데 리버풀에 연재기사를 계약하러 혼자 갔다 교통사고를 당해 폴라와 같이 산 세월만 기억을 못하게 된다. 명문의 아들인 챨스는 그 뒤 고향으로 돌아가 사업가로 대성하나 기억하지 못하는 세월 때문에 뭔가 늘 허전해 하며 열쇠를 만지작 거리며 산다. 한편 폴라는 잡지에 난 챨스의 사진을 보고 챨스의 개인 비서로 일하게 되고 사실은 밝히지 않고 챨스를 훌륭히 보필하면서 기억이 되살아 나기만 기다리며 안타까와 한다. 챨스가 국회의원이 되자 둘은 결혼해 형식적인 부부가 되어 폴라는 챨스의 의정활동을 돕다가 끝내는 기억이 되살아나 재회하게 된다.
미니버 부인
Screenplay
미니버 씨 부부(Kay Miniver: 그리어 가슨 분 / Clem Miniver: 월터 피전 분)와 그들의 3자녀 한가족은 영국의 평범한 중류 가정이다. 대학을 졸업한 큰 아들 네이는 갓 결혼한 신혼의 아내 라이트를 두고 공군 조종사로 출전한다. 미니버씨는 던커크 철수 작전에도 참가한다. 부인은 추락한 독일군 조종사와 맞부딪히기도 한다. 본격적인 독일의 공습이 시작되고, 방공호가 거의 일상적인 생활공간이 되다시피 하지만 가족은 굳건히 견디어 나간다. 그러나 어느날 공습에서 임신 중이던 며느리를 잃고 만다. 라스트에서 폐허가 된 교회에서 올려지는 예배.
We Were Dancing
Screenplay
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
모탈 스톰
Screenplay
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Brietner, a family friend is caught up in the turmoil.
애수
Screenplay
제2차 세계대전 중 휴가를 나온 로이 대위는 복귀를 앞두고 워털루 다리를 산책한다. 공습 경보가 울려 대피소로 향하던 로이는 마이라라는 아름다운 여성과 만난다. 발레리나인 마이라는 로이 대위와 사랑에 빠지지만 로이는 곧 전쟁터로 호출되는데... 비비안 리의 청순한 모습을 만날 수 있는 마빈 르로이 감독의 작품으로, 국내에서 할리우드 멜로 드라마의 고전으로 알려졌다.
Skandal in Baden-Baden
Novel
Der Anwalt des Herzens
Novel
Nora
Writer