Edwin Justus Mayer

출생 : 1896-11-08, New York, New York

사망 : 1960-09-11

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Justus Mayer (8 November 1896 – 11 September 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958. He was born and died in New York, New York. He is the grandfather of film director Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays. But he is famous today for working with Ernst Lubitsch. He worked with Lubitsch in To Be or Not to Be (1942) and A Royal Scandal (1945). A Royal Scandal (1945) was a box office failure, but today, is considered by many as one of Lubitsch's finest films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edwin Justus Mayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

참여 작품

대해적
Script
1812년 영국 대전 때 미국 본토 뉴올리언즈를 지키기 위해 앤드류 잭슨 장군에게는 병사 1,200명이 고작이다. 반면에 영국군은 군함 60척 과 16,000 명이 넘는 병사들이 공격해 온다. 양쪽 군의 전략적 요충지에 자리 잡은 섬에는 해적단 장 라피트가 버티고 있는 상황이다. 해적단은 본토의 시민들과 우호적인 관계를 유지하고는 있지만 참모진들의 의견은 정치적 상황을 고려할 때 이번 전쟁은 영국군에 붙어야 유리하다는 판단을 내리는데...
Masquerade in Mexico
Story
An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a scheme whereby she pretends to be a Spanish countess.
A Royal Scandal
Screenplay
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
사느냐 죽느냐
Screenplay
1939년 바르샤바. 그다지 유명하지 않은 배우인 조셉 투라와 폴란드에서 전국적으로 유명한 그의 아내 마리아는 반나치적인 연극을 공연하기로 하지만, 검열 때문에 뜻을 이루지 못하고 햄릿으로 대체하게 된다. 한편 젊은 파일럿인 스타니슬라프 소빈스키 중위는 마리아를 사랑하게 돼 밤마다 꽃을 보낸다. 마리아는 그에 대한 보답으로 분장실로 그를 초대해 조셉 모르게 둘만의 시간을 갖는다. 그러던 중 독일군이 폴란드를 침입하게 되고, 소빈스키 중위는 영국 공군 내의 폴란드 기병대로 근무하게 된다. 그곳에서 소빈스키 중위는 알렉산더 실레트스키 교수란 사람을 알게 되는데...
Underground
Story
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
They Met in Bombay
Screenplay
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
Rio
Screenplay
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
Exile Express
Writer
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.
미드나이트
Original Story
미국에서 온 쇼걸 이브는 빈털터리인 채로 파리를 헤맨다. 이브는 마음씨 좋은 택시 기사 티보르를 만나 도움을 청하지만, 일은 여의치 않다. 티보르와 헤어진 후 어느 파티에 숨어든 이브는 부유해 보이는 엘렌과 젊은 남자 피코를 만나게 된다. 얼마 후, 엘렌의 남편 조르주까지 합류하는데, 불청객인 이브를 알아본 조르주는 다음 날 이브에게 은밀한 제안을 한다. 아내와 피코의 사이를 눈치채고 있던 조르주는 이브에게 엘렌이 피코와 헤어질 수 있도록 자신을 도와 달라고 한다. 오랫동안 함께 작업했던 빌리 와일더와 찰스 브래킷이 쓴 시나리오를 바탕으로 한 스크루볼 코미디. ((재)영화의전당/필름제공: Library of Congress(USA))
The Buccaneer
Screenplay
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
욕망
Screenplay
보석 전문 사기꾼인 미모의 매들린은 보석상 듀발과 의사 포케의 부인을 사칭하여 두 사람을 감쪽같이 속이고는 220만 프랑에 달하는 진주 목걸이를 훔쳐 달아난다. 한편, 미국인 정비사 톰은 스페인으로 휴가를 가는 길이다. 그런데 차를 세우고 사진을 찍던 톰을 매들린의 차가 거의 덮칠 뻔한 뒤 쏜살같이 사라진다. 고약하게 시작된 톰과 매들린의 인연은 진주 목걸이 때문에 계속 이어진다. 무성영화의 걸작 (1927)을 만든 프랭크 보제지의 유성영화로, 마를렌 디트리히와 게리 쿠퍼가 주연한 범죄 코미디. 프랭크 보제지와 에른스트 루비치가 함께 제작하였다. (2017년 영화의 전당)
Till We Meet Again
Screenplay
In London, August 1914, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan an immediate marriage. But the War comes and Elsa mysteriously disappears. Alan's ease in speaking German results in his appointment to the British Intelligence and, to aid his use as a spy, they announce he was killed in action. He takes the name and personality of "shell-shocked" Hans Teller, a German prisoner, and is sent into Germany on an exchange of prisoners.
So Red the Rose
Writer
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
피터 이벳슨
Additional Writing
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
Here Is My Heart
Screenplay
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
The Affairs of Cellini
Theatre Play
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Thirty Day Princess
Adaptation
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
I Am Suzanne!
Writer
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his puppets than in romance with her. Can she find true love?
The Song of Songs
Writer
After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculptor with whom she falls in love. A patron of Richard's, Baron von Merzbach, develops an interest in Lily that may not be with the best of intentions.
Tonight Is Ours
Writer
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Wild Girl
Writer
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
우리는 즐겁게 지옥에 간다
Screenplay
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
The Phantom of Paris
Dialogue
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Screenplay
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted Leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different than Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.
Romance
Screenplay
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
The Lady of Scandal
Writer
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
The Lady of Scandal
Adaptation
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
In Gay Madrid
Dialogue
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Redemption
Dialogue
Feyda is a man of wealth and has many fine qualities, but he is powerless to resist gambling and beautiful women. Feyda falls instantly in love with Lisa, who is engaged to his dear friend Victor.
멍청이
Dialogue
악의는 없지만 다소 괴짜스러운 면이 있는 덜시는 전도유망한 사업가인 약혼자 고든이 사업상 파트너들을 만날 수 있도록 큰 파티를 연다. 둘은 신경질적인 포브스나 호들갑스러운 자본가 반 다이크에게 접근하지만, 별다른 소득을 얻지 못한다. 조지 S. 카우프먼과 마크 코넬리가 쓴 「덜시」라는 연극 대본을 바탕으로 한 작품으로, 1923년과 1940년에도 영화화되었다. 1930년대 이후 유행하는 스크루볼 코미디의 선구자격이라 할 수 있을 만큼 인물들이 주고 받는 대사가 빠르고 능란하며 재치가 넘친다.
The Unholy Night
Screenplay
One dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When Scotland Yard gets Monty to gather the other nine surviving officers at his home, one of them is murdered, and no one else has entered the house. Now, they must determine who the murderer is.
Man-Made Women
Writer
The man who loved her showed her how to hold the man she loved. A novel picture story packed with drama, thrills and laughs.
The Whip Woman
Writer
A different kind of a story about a different kind of a girl---a modern, young cavewoman who whipped her way into the heart of a man who wanted to forget about love!