Tess Slesinger

Tess Slesinger

История

American writer and screenwriter.

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Tess Slesinger

Фильмы

Дерево растет в Бруклине
Screenplay
Фильм повествует о взрослении девочки, которая старается сохранить идеализм, несмотря на окружающие ее жестокие реалии, в том числе нищету и алкоголизм отца.
Are Husbands Necessary?
Screenplay
George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of having a child. Although they live comfortably on George's earnings as a bank official, Liz's scatterbrained handling of their finances constantly puts them in jeopardy. Liz becomes jealous when George's former girl friend, Myra Ponsonby, comes for a visit with his party-loving friends Bill Stone, Cory Cartwright and Chuck, an artist, after which George spends the entire evening dancing at a nightclub with Myra.
Remember the Day
Screenplay
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Dance, Girl, Dance
Screenplay
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Girls' School
Story
Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fleet, that it was because she's planning to elope. Linda gets in trouble when the faculty finds out from a monitor's report submitted by reluctant Natalie Freeman, a poor girl attending on scholarship.
Girls' School
Screenplay
Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fleet, that it was because she's planning to elope. Linda gets in trouble when the faculty finds out from a monitor's report submitted by reluctant Natalie Freeman, a poor girl attending on scholarship.
The Bride Wore Red
Screenplay
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
Благословенная земля
Screenplay
Этот фильм рассказывает историю фермера в Китае, историю смирения и храбрости. Отец женит своего сына Вонга на освобожденной рабыне. Усердием и бережливостью им удается скопить немного денег и прикупить в собственность еще земли. Но когда наступают голодные годы, они вынуждены оставить землю и перебраться в город. По счастливой случайности, его жена, чуть не погибнув, достает для семьи целое состояние в виде драгоценных камней, что дает им возможность вернуться на свою землю уже богатыми. Много чего еще семья переживет, и в конце своей жизни Вонг поймет, что та земля, которая покрыта кровью, потом и слезами его и его семьи - благословенна.