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Book Writer 1897–1977

Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also produced more than half of the films he wrote scripts for and directed eight of those movies. In 1940 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Grapes of Wrath and in 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Some of his other notable films include Tobacco Road (1941), The Moon Is Down (1943), Casanova Brown (1944),…

Also credited on2 works

Darling of the Day
Shoot the Works

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  • • After terrible reviews greeted Nunnally Johnson’s Broadway play The World Is Full of Girls , he reportedly sent a telegram to producer Jed Harris: “Change title immediately to Oklahoma! ” Except that “Girls” opened some nine months earlier!ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • Merrill began working on the score. He persuaded the versatile screenwriter Nunnally Johnson to do the book. Both agreed it was important not to sentimentalize the story of Holly Golightly, a woman who lives off the generosity of wealthy men.ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
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  • Max Gordon. Book by Nunnally Johnson and George S. Kaufman, based on a short story by Nunnally Johnson. Book staged by George S. Kaufman. Dances staged by Helen Tamiris, who replaced Eugene Loring during the tryout. Orchestra under the direction of Charles San-theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

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