Harry Segall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harry Segall

American screenwriter

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1892

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1975

Profession: screenwriter, writer, playwright

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Harry Segall

  • Harry Segall (April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975) was an American playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Segall was born in Chicago. Harry Segall's writing career spans 1933 to 1959.
  • Segall's plays, including Lost Horizons, appeared on Broadway in the mid-1930s.
  • In 1933, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought Segall to Hollywood as a contract writer.
  • In 1936, he moved to RKO Pictures where he wrote and co-wrote screenplays for films such as The Outcasts of Poker Flat, based on a story by Bret Harte and Blind Alibi, starring Richard Dix.
  • During this time, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios also produced his screenplays.
  • In 1941, Segall won an Academy Award for best original story for the film Here Comes Mr.
  • Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery, based on Segall's play Heaven Can Wait.
  • The play was later revived under the title Wonderful Journey, but the revival lasted only nine performances.
  • A 1978 film version of Heaven Can Wait starred Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, and James Mason.
  • The play was then filmed as Down to Earth, a vehicle for Chris Rock. A Technicolor sequel to Here Comes Mr.
  • Jordan, Down to Earth (no relation to the Chris Rock film) was released in 1947.
  • It starred Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks. With the advent of television, Segall turned his writing talents to this medium, writing plots for TV series and Playhouse 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.

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