Elwood Ullman
Elwood Ullman ( born May 27, 1903 in Memphis, Tennessee; † 11 October 1985 in Hollywood, California ) was an American screenwriter who once - accidentally - for the Oscar for best original story as well - now regularly - the price the Writers Guild of America ( WGA Award) was nominated for best Musical.
Life
Ullman, whose family was the owner of a whiskey distillery, waived an occurrence as a manager in the company and moved instead that work as a writer. First, he wrote a humorous story for magazines such as Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Life, as well as daily newspapers in New York City and St. Louis.
Through the mediation of the scriptwriter Jack Natteford Ullman began in 1932 his work as a screenwriter and made his debut with the presentation of the short film Foiled Again by Charles Lamont. In the following years he wrote the scripts and templates for many so-called "two reeler ", ie short films, which consisted of two rolls of film. In 1936, he joined the author in the short film department of Columbia Pictures Columbia and wrote there for stars like The Three Stooges, Andy Clyde, Charley Chase.
After 15 years of activity in the short film department and around 100 written short film screenplays Ullman began in 1951 as a writer of screenplays for feature-length films. He wrote until his retirement in 1966, the originals of nearly 50 films and television series.
At the Academy Awards in 1957, he was together with Edward Bernds - accidentally - nominated for the Oscar for best original story, and indeed for the comedy film High Society (1955 ) by William Beaudine with Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bernard Gorcey from the so-called The Bowery Boys film series. This was, however, an oversight: Actually, John Patrick would have the upper ten thousand of Charles Walters with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra to be nominated for only 1956 released movie, but there was a mix-up with a film of the same, to the Ullman and Bob's were involved. The nomination was subsequently withdrawn. Bernds and Ullman waived then on the official nomination and the nomination of Patrick was withdrawn.
In 1961, Ullman with Noel Langley for Snow White & The Three Stooges (Snow White and the Three Stooges, 1961) by Walter Lang with the Three Stooges ( Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Joe DeRita ) and Carol Heiss, Edson Stroll and Patricia Medina for awarded by the Writers Guild of America WGA Award nominations for Best American Musical.