- Alfred Hayes (writer)
Alfred Hayes (18 April 1911 – 14 August 1985) was an English
screenwriter ,television writer,novel ist, and poet, who worked inItaly and theUnited States . He is perhaps best known for his poem "Joe Hill " ("I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night…"), later set to music byEarl Robinson .Born in London, Hayes graduated from New York's City College (now part of
City University of New York ), worked briefly as a newspaper reporter, and began writing fiction and poetry in the 1930s. DuringWorld War II he served in Europe in theU.S. Army Special Services (the "morale division"). Afterwards, he stayed inRome and became a screenwriter of Italian neorealist films. As a co-writer onRoberto Rossellini 's "Paisan" (1946), he was nominated for an Academy Award; he received another Academy Award nomination for "Teresa" (1951). He adapted his own novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia" into a play; in 1953 it was adapted into a French-language film "Un acte d'amour ".He was an uncredited co-writer of
Vittorio De Sica 's neorealist film "Bicycle Thieves " (1948) for which he also wrote the English language subtitles.Among his U.S. filmwriting credits are "
The Lusty Men " (1952, directed byNicholas Ray ) and the film adaptation of theMaxwell Anderson /Kurt Weill musical "Lost in the Stars " (1974). His credits as a television scriptwriter included scripts for American series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents ", "The Twilight Zone", and "Mannix ".Bibliography
Poetry
*"The Big Time" (1944)
*"Welcome to the Castle " (1950)
*"Just Before the Divorce " (1968)Novels
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All Thy Conquests " (1946)
*"The Girl on the Via Flaminia " (1949)
*"Shadow of Heaven " (1947)
*"In Love " (1953)
*"My Face for the World to See " (1958)
*"The End of Me " (1968)
*"The Stockbroker, the Bitter Young Man, and the Beautiful Girl " (1973)hort Stories
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The Temptations of Don Volpi " (1960)References
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*Sandra Brennan, [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=93798&mod=bio Alfred Hayes] on "The New York Times "' All Movie Guide site. Accessed on January 25, 2006.
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