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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Little Big Man is a 1970 American revisionist Western film [2] directed by Arthur Penn, adapted by Calder Willingham from Thomas Berger's 1964 novel of the same title.It stars Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey and Richard Mulligan.
Calder Willingham (1944) novelist, playwright and Oscar nominee; screenplays included One-Eyed Jacks, The Graduate and Little Big Man William Northrop (1966) writer who was best known for his falsification of service in Vietnam and his involvement in the Brokers of Death arms case .
The Graduate, Screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham; Based on the novel by Charles Webb. Barefoot in the Park, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on his play; Divorce American Style, Screenplay by Norman Lear; Story by Robert Kaufman; The Flim-Flam Man, Screenplay by William Rose; Based on the novel by Guy Owen