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Calder Baynard Willingham Jr. (December 23, 1922 – February 19, 1995) [1] was an American novelist and screenwriter. Before the age of 30, after three novels and a collection of short stories, The New Yorker was describing Willingham as having “fathered modern black comedy,” [2] his signature a dry, straight-faced humor, made funnier by its concealed comic intent.
The Strange One is a 1957 American film noir about students faced with an ethical dilemma in a military college in the Southern United States.It was directed by Jack Garfein, produced by Sam Spiegel, and was adapted from a novel and stage play by Calder Willingham called End as a Man.
The 1947 novel End as a Man by Calder Willingham; The 1957 film End as a Man based on that novel and better known as The Strange One This page was last edited on 30 ...
The Graduate is a 1967 American independent [6] romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols [7] and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, [8] based on the 1963 novella by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate ...
Rambling Rose was directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Calder Willingham (adapted from his own 1972 novel of the same name). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Laura Dern and Diane Ladd , daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress , respectively, making them the first mother-daughter duo ...
Kubrick was enthusiastic about the novel and hired novelist Calder Willingham to write a screenplay; however, Hays Code restrictions hindered the realization of the project. [1] The script, once thought to be lost, was found in 2018 and is nearly complete, enough that it could be developed by filmmakers. [2]
The play by Robert Anderson: Airport: George Seaton: The novel by Arthur Hailey: Catch-22: Buck Henry: The novel by Joseph Heller: The Great White Hope: Howard Sackler: The play by Howard Sackler: Little Big Man: Calder Willingham: The novel by Thomas Berger: Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium M*A*S*H: Ring Lardner Jr.
Peckinpah handed in a revised screenplay on 6 May 1959. Brando later fired Peckinpah and hired Calder Willingham to further revise the film's script, but he too was eventually fired. Guy Trosper was brought on as a final replacement. [6] The movie ultimately bore little resemblance to the Neider novel.