The Manchurian Candidate
1962
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George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe.
George Axelrod was born on 9 June 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955).
Jun 23, 2003 · George Axelrod, a writer whose sexually frank farces and feverishly witty satires of the 1950's and 60's heralded the more hedonistic and cynical pop-culture sensibility of later...
George Axelrod was born on 9 June 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Joan Axelrod and Gloria Washburn.
Jun 22, 2003 · George Axelrod, the writer perhaps best known for his witty examinations of 1950s social mores, most notably in his play “The Seven Year Itch,” died Saturday morning at his home in Los Angeles.
George Axelrod, the playwright, director and screenwriter who penned the American stage comedy, The Seven Year Itch, which popularized that term and became a film hit, died June 21 in his...
Axelrod, George (b. 9 June 1922 in New York City; d. 21 June 2003 in Los Angeles, California), playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer who satirized the conventions of sexual conduct in the 1950s and the manner in which men and women were stifled by them.
Axelrod was best known for The Seven-Year Itch, his play about sexual mores, and for adapting the novels Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Manchurian Candidate to film. A haphazard student growing up, he left high school before graduating to become an actor and stage manager for summer stock theater.
George Axelrod, the author of the stage play The Seven Year Itch and the film adaptation for Truman Capote’s novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s, died Saturday June 21, 2003 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.
Jun 23, 2003 · Playwright and screenwriter George Axelrod, who penned "The Seven Year Itch" and adapted "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "The Manchurian Candidate," has died. He was 81.
