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Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964 . Life and career. Veiller was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to playwright and screenwriter Bayard Veiller and English-born actress Margaret Wycherly. He moved to Hollywood in 1930. [1]
- 1934–1964
- June 23, 1903, New York, New York, U.S.
Anthony Veiller was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Killers (1946), The Stranger (1946) and The List of Adrian Messenger (1963). He was married to Ethel Grace (Rowley) Mellon Rose Hornburg, Laura Kerr and Elise LaRose.
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Stage Door (1937), Directed by Gregory La Cava
- The Killers (1946), Directed by Robert Siodmak
- State of The Union (1948), Directed by Frank Capra
- Moulin Rouge (1952), Directed by John Huston
- The Night of The Iguana (1964), Directed by John Huaton
The Oscar nominated screenplay by Morrie Ryskind and Veiller was considerably altered from the play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. Katharine Hepburn’s lead role was shortened from the role played on Broadway by Margaret Sullavan. Until she protested, her role was shorter than Ginger Rogers’ role. Adolphe Menjou’s producer character was not i...
Ernest Hemingway was said to have considered the film made from his short story to be the first film from his works that he thoroughly enjoyed. Burt Lancaster was given top billing in his first film, making him an instant star. The film, in which his character dies in the first scene with the events leading up to his murder are seen in flashback, w...
The screenplay for the film version of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse was co-written by Veiller and Myles Connolly. This was Veiller’s first collaboration with Capra since their Why We Fightseries for the War Department. Spencer Tracy was the industrialist running for president, Katharine Hepburn, a last m...
Veiller and Huston collaborated on the screenplay for this fictional account of the life of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) from a novel by Pierre Lamure. Completed just hours before its Oscar qualifying run in Los Angeles beginning December 23, 1952, the film was shot on location in Paris and at Shepperton Studios in Surrey. N...
Based on Tennessee Williams’ 1962 Broadway play, which starred Patrick O’Neal, Bette Davis, and Tony winner Margaret Leighton in roles played on screen by Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr, the screenplay was another collaboration by Veiller and Huston, and another for which they would receive a WGA nomination. The film received Oscar n...
Anthony Veiller was born on June 23, 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Killers (1946), The Stranger (1946) and The List of Adrian Messenger (1963). He was married to Ethel Grace (Rowley) Mellon Rose Hornburg, Laura Kerr and Elise LaRose. He died on June 27, 1965 in Hollywood, Los Angeles ...
- June 23, 1903
- June 27, 1965
Anthony Veiller (23 June 1903 – 27 June 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. The son of the screenwriter Bayard Veiller and the English actress Margaret Wycherly, Anthony Veiller wrote for 41 films between 1934 and 1964. He was born on 23 June 1903 in New York City to Bayard Veiller and Margaret Wycherly.
Nov 9, 2020 · Siodmak and writers Anthony Veiller and uncredited collaborators Richard Brooks and John Huston work backwards using the unanswered questions in “The Killers” to fill out the backstory of the film.
May 1, 2018 · Siodmak and his team of writers—Richard Brooks, Anthony Veiller, and John Huston—saw an opportunity to not just adapt an already-absorbing story of vengeance and resignation to fate. Rather, they saw The Killers as the beginning to a larger, untold story.
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