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Oscar Saul

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Oscar Saul (December 26, 1912, New York City – May 23, 1994, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter. Saul wrote or collaborated on the screenplays for numerous movies from the 1940s through to the early 1980s. His best-known work was on the screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.[1]'

Career

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Saul co-wrote plays, including The Revolt of the Beavers, first produced at the Federal Theatre Project in 1937, and Medicine Show, which appeared on Broadway in 1940. He wrote one novel The Dark Side of Love, in 1974.[2] He began screenwriting in 1944 with co-writing the screenplay for Strange Affair from his own short story Stalk the Hunter and Cary Grant's Once Upon a Time.

Selected filmography

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As writer, unless otherwise specified.

References

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  1. ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions".
  2. ^ "Oscar Saul, 81; Screenwriter". 23 May 1994.
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