- Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer (
May 7 ,1887 -March 18 ,1956 ) was an Academy Award-winningscreenwriter , producer,foley artist , and director of Americanfilm s from the 1920s through the 1950s. He made the first translation ofFerenc Molnar 's play "Liliom " into English in 1921. His translation was used in the original Broadway production, in the 1930 film version, and in every production in English of the play until recently. It also served as the basis for the libretto forRodgers and Hammerstein 's "Carousel", as well as for Phoebe andHenry Ephron 's screenplay for the 1956 film version of the classic musical.Glazer was born in
Belfast ,Ireland . After moving to the United States, he studied at theUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School and passed thebar exam to become alawyer in 1906.Glazer was one of the founding members of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . He is best known for his Oscar-winning writing for "Seventh Heaven" (1927) and "Arise, My Love " (1941). Additional screenwriting credits include "The Merry Widow", "Flesh and the Devil ", "Mata Hari", "A Farewell to Arms", "We're Not Dressing ", and "Tortilla Flat".Glazer also directed one film, the 1948 "
Song of My Heart ", a highly fictionalized biography ofTchaikovsky .Glazer was married to
actress Sharon Lynn. He died of circulatory failure in Hollywood, at the age of 68.External links
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