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George S. Kaufman
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Director, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score), Play Author Born: November 16, 1889 in Pittsburgh, PA Death: June 2, 1961 Biography:Pulitzer prize-winning playwright "George Kaufman" has co-written many distinguished plays alone and in conjunction with such writers as "Ring Lardner", "Moss Hart", "Edna Ferber" and "Mark Connelly". Many of Kaufman's plays have been adapted into films including "Merton of the Movies"(1924, 1947), "Animal Crackers" (1930), "You Can't Take It with You" (1938), and "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1941). His popularity led to many offers to work in Hollywood, but Kaufman never concealed his disdain for Tinseltown moguls and the way they treated screenwriters. In the early '30s, he finally allowed "Sam Goldwyn" to convince him to write a comedy script for an "Eddie Cantor" film, "Roman Scandals" (1933). While writing the script with "Robert E. Sherwood", Kaufman was greatly annoyed by Cantor who kept interfering. By the time the first draft was completed, Kaufman was so fed up that he left the project. In... Full Biography
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