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Karl Tunberg (March 11, 1907 − April 3, 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. His screenplays for Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Ben-Hur (1959) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively.
Writer: Ben-Hur. Karl Tunberg was born on 11 March 1909 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ben-Hur (1959), Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Up in Central Park (1948). He died on 3 April 1992 in London, England, UK.
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- Spokane, Washington, USA
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- London, England, UK
Karl Tunberg's Writing of the Screenplay for Ben Hur. The screenplay which lies at the heart of the 1959 movie Ben-Hur was the product of a complicated evolution involving years of rewrites, changes and disputes. These changes and disputes gave rise to a very public and bitter controversy over screen writing credit.
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Karl Tunberg was born on March 11, 1909 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ben-Hur (1959), Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) and Up in Central Park (1948). He died on April 3, 1992 in London, England, UK.
- March 11, 1909
- April 3, 1992
This Website is devoted to Karl Tunberg and his career as a screenwriter, and offers information about the more than forty major motion picture screenplays of which he was either co-author or sole author.
Apr 11, 1992 · Advertisement. Movies. * Karl Tunberg; Oscar Nominee for ‘Ben-Hur’. L.A. Times Archives. April 11, 1992 12 AM PT. Karl Tunberg, 83, who was nominated for an Academy Award for scripting the...
Karl Tunberg wrote or co-wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Down Argentine Way (1940), the Oscar-nominated Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941), Orchestra Wives (1942), the WGA- and Oscar-nominated Ben-Hur (1959), and episodes of the television series Bonanza, Mannix, and Cannon. He produced Kitty (1945), Up in Central Park (1948), You Gotta ...
