Directors Classic Screenwriters: Another Literate New Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Lew Crippen]

William Faulkner—strange as I don’t normally think of Faulkner as a screenwriter. For me Bolt has written some pretty overblown films, that balance out the very fine Lawrence of Arabia.

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger—this may be one of the easiest choices of the tournament.

 

[Brook K]

Robert Bolt
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

 

[Bill J]

Robert Bolt
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

 

[Agee Bassett]

Back after a day's hiatus...

My votes:

Robert Bolt, chosen to avoid a tie.
Michael Wilson

Robert Bolt wins bracket 11, 5-3.
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger takes bracket 12, 6-2.


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ROUND 1; Bracket 13:

Ben Hecht (Scarface, Design for Living, Twentieth Century, Crime Without Passion, Nothing Sacred, Gunga Din, Wuthering Heights, Spellbound, Notorious)

vs.

Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby (Animal Crackers, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup)



ROUND 1; Bracket 14:

Donald Ogden Stewart (Laughter, Dinner at Eight, Holiday, Love Affair, The Philadelphia Story)

vs.

Robert Rossen (They Won’t Forget, The Roaring Twenties, The Sea Wolf, All the King’s Men, The Hustler)


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[george kaplan]

Ben Hecht

Donald Ogden Stewart

 

[Arman]

Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

 

[SteveGon]

Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

 

[John C. Wilson]

Ben Hecht
Donald Ogden Stewart

 

[Bill McA]

Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

 

[Brook K]

Ben Hecht

Donald Ogden Stewart

 

[Jim_K]

Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

 

[Lew Crippen]

Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

 

[Agee Bassett]

My votes:
Ben Hecht
Robert Rossen

Ben Hecht shuts out the Marx Brothers' favorite pair of writers.
Robert Rossen triumphs over DOS, 6-3.



FINAL BRACKETS OF ROUND 1
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ROUND 1; Bracket 15:

Budd Schulberg (Nothing Sacred, On the Waterfront, A Face in the Crowd)

vs.

Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett (The Thin Man, After the Thin Man, It’s a Wonderful Life, Father of the Bride, The Diary of Anne Frank)



ROUND 1; Bracket 16:

Ernest Lehman (Sabrina, Sweet Smell of Success, North by Northwest, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

vs.

Herman Mankiewicz (Laughter, Dinner at Eight, Citizen Kane, The Pride of the Yankees)


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[george kaplan]

Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

Ernest Lehman

 

[SteveGon]

Budd Schulberg
Herman Mankiewicz

 

[Bill J]

Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
Ernest Lehman

 

[John C. Wilson]

Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
Ernest Lehman

 

[Bill McA]

Budd Schulberg
Ernest Lehman

 

[Jim_K]

Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

Ernest Lehman

 

[Lew Crippen]

Budd Schulberg

Ernest Lehman