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Richard Sale

Richard Sale

Known For Writing
Birthday Dec 17, 1911
Died Mar 04, 1993 (81)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Richard Sale, (17 December 1911, New York – 4 March 1993, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter and film director. He started his career writing for the pulps in the Thirties, appearing regularly in Detective Fiction Weekly (with the Daffy Dill series), ... Argosy, Double Detective, and a number of other magazines. In the Forties, he graduated to slick publications like The Country Gentleman and The Saturday Evening Post. In the mid-Forties, he made a career change from writing magazine fiction to screenplays. A big boost to Sale's success was his novel Not Too Narrow...Not Too Deep, filmed as Strange Cargo (1940) starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. He directed several films, including A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), Meet Me After the Show (1951) with Betty Grable, Let's Make It Legal (1951) with one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest film appearances, Suddenly (1954), Malaga (1954), and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) with Jane Russell. He also authored many screenplays, The French Line (1954) and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, both with Mary Loos, The Oscar (1966) and Assassination (1987) Together with his wife, they created the TV series Yancy Derringer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Sale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Driftwood

Driftwood

1947

as Mailman

Rendezvous with Annie

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

as Flight Clerk

Assassination

Assassination

1987

Writer

The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977

Novel, Screenplay

The Oscar

The Oscar

1966

Novel

Torpedo Run

Torpedo Run

1958

Screenplay, Story

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship

1957

Screenplay

Over-Exposed

Over-Exposed

1956

Story

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

1955

Screenplay

The French Line

The French Line

1954

Screenplay

Woman's World

Woman's World

1954

Writer

Suddenly

Suddenly

1954

Screenplay

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again

1953

Screenplay

Meet Me After the Show

Meet Me After the Show

1951

Screenplay

I'll Get By

I'll Get By

1950

Screenplay

A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

Screenplay

Mother Is a Freshman

Mother Is a Freshman

1949

Writer

Father Was a Fullback

Father Was a Fullback

1949

Screenplay

Campus Honeymoon

Campus Honeymoon

1948

Writer

The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West

1948

Screenplay

Lady at Midnight

Lady at Midnight

1948

Writer

The Inside Story

The Inside Story

1948

Screenplay

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl

1947

Screenplay

Northwest Outpost

Northwest Outpost

1947

Screenplay

Driftwood

Driftwood

1947

Screenplay

Rendezvous with Annie

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

Screenplay, Story

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940

Novel

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship

1957

Director

Malaga

Malaga

1954

Director

The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1953

Director

My Wife's Best Friend

My Wife's Best Friend

1952

Director

Half Angel

Half Angel

1951

Director

Meet Me After the Show

Meet Me After the Show

1951

Director

Let's Make It Legal

Let's Make It Legal

1951

Director

I'll Get By

I'll Get By

1950

Director

A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

Director

Campus Honeymoon

Campus Honeymoon

1948

Director

Spoilers of the North

Spoilers of the North

1947

Director

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