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American screenwriter
William Ludwig (May 16, 1912 – February 7, 1999) was an American screenwriter.
Ludwig graduated from
Columbia University in 1932.
[1] He was a member of the
Philolexian Society at Columbia.
[1] In 1937 he joined
MGM and his first screenplay was
Love Finds Andy Hardy. He won, with
Sonya Levien, an
Oscar for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay" in 1955 for
Interrupted Melody.
[2] He remained a contract writer at MGM for 20 years, an industry record.
[3]
Other notable works include the screenplay for the 1955 production of
Oklahoma!.
He died of complications from Parkinson disease.
[4]
References
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"Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
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"The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved June 1, 2019.
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"20-Year Author Run Ends".
Variety. February 13, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved June 10, 2019 – via
Archive.org.
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Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. October 24, 2008.
ISBN
9780786452040.
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Preston Sturges (1940)
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Herman J. Mankiewicz and
Orson Welles (1941)
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Ring Lardner Jr. (1942)
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Norman Krasna (1943)
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Lamar Trotti (1944)
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Richard Schweizer (1945)
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Sidney Sheldon (1947)
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Robert Pirosh (1949)
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