Paul Schiller (screenwriter)

Paul Schiller
Born(1903-07-11)11 July 1903
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died19 September 1977(1977-09-19) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director
Years active1929–1940

Paul Schiller (11 July 1903 – 19 September 1977) was a Czech screenwriter.

Career

Schiller was active in the German the French film industries during the 1930s.[1] He also directed two films. He worked on a single British film The Street Singer in 1937.[2] In 1940 he left German-occupied Europe and sailed on the liner Serpa Pinto from Lisbon to New York.[3] Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr bought the rights to one of his stories, but objections from the Hays Office led her to make numerous changes and the 1947 film Dishonored Lady that resulted had little resemblance to his story.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 351
  2. ^ Wright, Adrian. Cheer Up!: British Musical Films 1929–1945. The Boydell Press, 2020. p. 199
  3. ^ "Ship in uproar on Hitler's 'Death'". The New York Times. 10 January 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Times Machine.
  4. ^ Henderson, Kirk. Hollywood v. Beauty and the Synchronicity of the Six. Austin Macauley Publishers, 2020. p. ?


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