Harry Segall

Harry Segall(April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975) was an Americanplaywright,screenwriterand television writer.

Segall was born inChicago.

Harry Segall's writing career spans 1933 to 1959. Segall's plays, includingLost Horizons,appeared onBroadwayin the mid-1930s. In 1933,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerbrought Segall toHollywoodas a contract writer. In 1936, he moved toRKO Pictureswhere he wrote and co-wrotescreenplaysforfilmssuch asThe Outcasts of Poker Flat,based on a story byBret HarteandBlind Alibi,starringRichard Dix.During this time,Paramount PicturesandUniversal Studiosalso produced his screenplays.

In 1941, Segall won anAcademy Awardfor best original story for the filmHere Comes Mr. Jordan,starringRobert MontgomeryandEvelyn Keyes,based on Segall's playHeaven Can Wait.The play was later revived under the titleWonderful Journey,but the revival lasted only nine performances.

A Technicolor sequel toHere Comes Mr. Jordan,Down to Earthwas released in 1947 starringRita HayworthandLarry Parks.

A 1978 film version ofHeaven Can WaitstarredWarren BeattyandJulie Christie,and the play was then filmed again asDown to Earth,a 2001 vehicle forChris Rock,with Segall credited as the writer of the original story.

With the advent of television, Segall turned his writing talents to this medium, writing plots for TV series andPlayhouse 90.He retired from screenwriting in 1959 and died November 25, 1975, in Woodland Hills, California. Segall was interred in Roosevelt Cemetery, in Gardena, California.

Selected filmography

• Two Yanks in Trinidad(1942)
• Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
• Monkey Business (1952)

External links

• Harry Segall Papersat theHarry Ransom Center
• Harry SegallatIMDb
• Harry Segallat theInternet Broadway Database