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Leonard Praskins was born on 7 August 1896 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Charlatan (1929), It's a Great Life (1929) and Gorilla at Large (1954). He died on 2 October 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- August 7, 1896
- Leonard Praskins
- October 2, 1968
Leonard Praskins is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Story, Adaptation, Original Story, Additional Dialogue, and Dialogue. Some of their work includes Call of the Wild, Three Violent People, The Brasher Doubloon, Bird of Paradise, Flesh, Molly and Me, Gorilla at Large, and The Ice Follies of 1939.
American playwright Leonard Praskins came to films in 1929 when his play The Charlatan, written in collaboration with Ernest Pascal, was adapted for the screen. Staying on in Hollywood, Praskins worked for a number of studios, including MGM (Emma, 1932), RKO (Bird of Paradise, 1932), and 20th Century (Call of the Wild, 1935).
The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the sake of his young son (Cooper).
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Other news items noted that writer Leonard Praskins was having a dispute with M-G-M, thus delaying the start of the picture for several months. A July 29, 1932 news item mentioned Milton Raison as co-adaptor with Praskins, however, the extent of his participation in the completed film has not been determined.
Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure western film an adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. The film is directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Jack Oakie. The screenplay is by Gene Fowler and Leonard Praskins.
