Oscar Saul

Oscar Saul (December 26, 1912, New York City โ€“ 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.'

Career

Saul co-wrote plays, including The Revolt of the Beavers, first produced at the Federal Theatre Project in 1937, and Medicine Show (co-written with H. R. Hays), which appeared on Broadway in 1940. He wrote one novel The Dark Side of Love, in 1974. 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

As writer, unless otherwise specified.

References

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