Richard Sale (director)
Richard Sale | |
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| Born | December 17, 1911 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1993(aged 81) |
| Education | Washington and Lee University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Loos(1946); Irma Foster (1971) |
| Children | 3 |
Richard Sale,(December 17, 1911 inNew York– March 4, 1993 inLos Angeles) was an Americanscreenwriter,pulp writer, and film director.
Career[edit]
Born in New York City, Sale was educated atWashington and Lee University.[1]
Sale started his career writing as a freelance writer forpulpsin the Thirties, appearing regularly inDetective Fiction Weekly(with theDaffy Dillseries[2]),Argosy,Double Detective,and a number of other magazines. In the Forties, he graduated to slick publications likeThe Country GentlemanandThe Saturday Evening Post.In the 1930s, Sale was one of the highest-paid pulp writers. In the mid-Forties to mid-Fifties, he made a career change from writing magazine fiction to screenplays. He became a writer forParamount pictures,a writer-director forRepublic Pictures,20th Century-Fox,British Lion,United Artists,andColumbia pictures.He also became a television writer, director, and producer forColumbia Broadcasting System.[3]
Sale's 1936 novelNot Too Narrow, Not Too Deepwas filmed asStrange Cargo(1940) starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.
He directed several films, includingA Ticket to Tomahawk(1950),Meet Me After the Show(1951) withBetty Grable,Let's Make It Legal(1951) featuring one ofMarilyn Monroe's earliest film appearances,Malaga(1954), andGentlemen Marry Brunettes(1955) withJane Russell.He also wrote many screenplays,Suddenly(1954),The French Line(1954) andGentlemen Marry Brunettes,both withMary Loos,his wife at the time,The Oscar(1966),The White Buffalo(1977) andAssassination(1987). Alongside his work for many production companies, Sale wrote over 400 short stories.[4]
Together with Mary Loos, he created the Western television seriesYancy Derringerwhich ran for one season in 1958–59.
Sale died in 1993 after complications from two strokes.[4]
Selected screenplay filmography[edit]
- Strange Cargo(1936) (novel)
- Find the Witness(1937)
- The Dude Goes West(1938)
- Shadows over Shanghai(1938)
- Rendezvous with Annie(1946)
- Calendar Girl(1947)
- Northwest Outpost(1947)
- Driftwood(1947)
- The Inside Story(1948)
- Campus Honeymoon(1948)
- The Tender Years(1948)
- Lady at Midnight(1948)
- Mother Is a Freshman(1949)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College(1949)
- Father Was a Fullback(1949)
- When Willies Comes Marching Home(1950)
- A Ticket to Tomahawk(1950)
- I'll Get By(1950)
- Half Angel(1951)
- Meet Me After the Show(1951)
- Let's Make It Legal(1951)
- Let's Do It Again(1953)
- Woman's World(1954)
- Fire Over Africa(1954)
- Suddenly(1954)
- Seven Waves Away(1957) (US title:Abandon Ship)
- Gentlemen Marry Brunettes(1955)
- Over-Exposed!(1956)
- Torpedo Run(1958)
- The White Buffalo(1977)
- Assassination(1987)
As director[edit]
- Spoilers of the North(1947)
- Campus Honeymoon(1948)
- A Ticket to Tomahawk(1950)
- I'll Get By(1950)
- Half Angel(1951)
- Meet Me After the Show(1951)
- Let's Make It Legal(1951)
- My Wife's Best Friend(1952)
- The Girl Next Door(1953)
- Malaga(1954)
- Gentlemen Marry Brunettes(1955)
- Seven Waves Away(1957) (US title:Abandon Ship)
Some of these additional movies were found in theLos Angeles Times.[5]
References[edit]
- ^"Richard Sale; Novelist, Screenwriter, Director".Los Angeles Times.8 March 1993.
- ^"Sorry, pal…".28 March 2021.
- ^Contemporary Authors Online (September 5, 2003)."Richard (Bernard) Sale".Gale In Context.
- ^ab"Richard Sale Is Dead; Film Director Was 80".New York Times.Associated Press.1993-03-09.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2019-09-26.
- ^Oliver, Myrna (March 8, 1993). "Richard Sale; Novelist, Screenwriter, Director".Los Angeles Times.
External links[edit]
- Richard SaleatIMDb
- Richard SaleonNew York Times
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