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Sidney Sheldon

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Book Writer 1917–2007

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980). Sheldon's novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. He is consiste…

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Redhead

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  • FILM (Paramount 1956) : Cast: Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Phil Harris, Jeanmarie. Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon. Produced by Robert Emmett Dolan, Directed by Robert M. Lewis. Choreography by Nick Castle. Songs by Porter: “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Anything Goes,” “You’re the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” “It’s De-Lovely” (f…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • True, its bookwriter David Shaw was one of the authors of the Tony-winning Redhead, but he was the last billed of the four bookwriters. Most people assumed that the heavy lifting in Redhead was accomplished by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, who had originated the project. (And who was Redhead’ s other bookwriter? Sidney Sheldon. Yes, that Si…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Not until Gwen Verdon was consulted and her husband, Bob Fosse, invited to direct it in a package deal was the show finally set. Sidney Sheldon was to have doctored the Fieldses's book for Verdon, but Hollywood lured him away, and Irwin Shaw's brother David was brought in. Then Herbert Fields died, and the dis traught Dorothy felt unable…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/B0035RP5R8 EBOK - Ethan Mordden.txt
  • Unwilling to rewrite with this untested director, the show’s latest author, Sidney Sheldon, told Verdon that she would have to bring in another writer, a real writer, if she wanted further changes to the book. She suggested David Shaw, who had written the script for her 1954 television debut (“Native Dancer,” an episode of Goodyear Playho…ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
  • [>] Sidney Sheldon, told: Sidney Sheldon, The Other Side of Me: A Memoir (New York: Grand Central, 2005), 292–93.ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt

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