Samuel G. Engel
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Samuel G. Engel was a screenwriter and film producer from the 1930s through the 1960s. He wrote and produced such films as My Darling Clementine
(1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City
(1950), and Daddy Long Legs (1955).
Born in Woodridge, New York
(then Centreville), Engel earned a degree in pharmacology at the Albany College of Pharmacy and owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930. Engel signed on as an assistant director at Warner Bros. in 1933. Three years later he was hired to be a producer at 20th Century Fox
. And, after serving with the OSS and Navy in World War II, continued as a film producer with 20th Century Fox until 1962.
Samuel G. Engel was president of the Screen Producers Guild from 1955 through 1958, and was instrumental in promoting its merger with the analogous guild of television producers to form the Producers Guild of America
.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is a 1946 western movie. It was directed by John Ford, and based on the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. It features an ensemble cast including Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, and others.The movie...
(1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City
Night and the City
Night and the City is a film noir based on the novel by Gerald Kersh, directed by Jules Dassin, and starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney. Shot on location in London, the plot evolves around an ambitious hustler whose plans keep going wrong....
(1950), and Daddy Long Legs (1955).
Born in Woodridge, New York
Woodridge, New York
Woodridge is a village in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 902 at the 2000 census.The Village of Woodridge is in the Town of Fallsburg at the junction of Routes 53, 54, 58, and 158. The postal code is 12789.- History :...
(then Centreville), Engel earned a degree in pharmacology at the Albany College of Pharmacy and owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930. Engel signed on as an assistant director at Warner Bros. in 1933. Three years later he was hired to be a producer at 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
. And, after serving with the OSS and Navy in World War II, continued as a film producer with 20th Century Fox until 1962.
Samuel G. Engel was president of the Screen Producers Guild from 1955 through 1958, and was instrumental in promoting its merger with the analogous guild of television producers to form the Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America
Producers Guild of America is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide...
.