
Birthday:
04-17-1904
Deathday:
10-09-1988 (84 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Chodorov (April 17, 1904 – October 9, 1988), was a Broadway playwright, and the writer or producer of over 50 motion pictures.
Chodorov was blacklisted in 1953 by Hollywood studios for his failure to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He was identified as a Communist Party member by Jerome Robbins.
Edward Chodorov (April 17, 1904 – October 9, 1988), was a Broadway playwright, and the writer or producer of over 50 motion pictures.
Chodorov was blacklisted in 1953 by Hollywood studios for his failure to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He was identified as a Communist Party member by Jerome Robbins.
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Road House
Producer
event1948 star_border 6.7
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A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Undercurrent
Screenplay
event1946 star_border 5.8
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After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
The Mayor of Hell
Screenplay
event1933 star_border 7.1
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Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Lady in the Dark
Writer
event1944 star_border 4.7
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A neurotic editor sees a psychoanalyst about the advertising man, movie star and other man in her life.
The Hucksters
Adaptation
event1947 star_border 6.9
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A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Devil's Playground
Associate Producer
event1937 star_border 6
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A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle on land for the affections of dance-hall girl Carmen (Dolores del Rio). She marries Dorgan but makes a play for Mason when her husband is on duty. The romantic rivalry is forgotten when Dorgan must rescue Mason and his crew from a sunken sub.
Tell No Tales
Producer
event1939 star_border 5.3
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A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Captured!
Screenplay
event1933 star_border 5.6
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While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
Living on Velvet
Producer
event1935 star_border 5.5
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A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege to one of middle-class normalcy. When an influx of money enters their life, their differences come to light.
Kind Lady
Screenplay
event1951 star_border 7
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Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life. Little does she expect that his only interest in Mary is to covet everything she has.
The World Changes
Screenplay
event1933 star_border 4.8
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Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
Kind Lady
Theatre Play
event1935 star_border 6.6
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Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.
Spring Madness
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 3.9
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Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
Those Endearing Young Charms
Screenplay
event1945
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A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.
Alibi Ike
Producer
event1935 star_border 5.8
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Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Devotion
Additional Writing
event1946 star_border 6
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In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
Woman Against Woman
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 6.5
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A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Desirable
Producer
event1934 star_border 7.3
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A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Convention City
Writer
event1933 star_border 3.5
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Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.
In Caliente
Producer
event1935 star_border 6.3
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At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
Macao
Writer
event1952 star_border 6.2
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Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Producer
event1938 star_border 5.9
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A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Yellow Jack
Screenplay
event1938 star_border 5.6
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A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Corvette K-225
Screenplay
event1943 star_border 6.2
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The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Craig's Wife
Associate Producer
event1936 star_border 6.3
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Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.
The League of Frightened Men
Screenplay
event1937 star_border 6
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Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Theatre Play
event1957 star_border 5.5
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Arthur Turner's bored housewife Mildred seeks psychiatric help from Dr. Alan Coles who also has his own emotional problems to solve.
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