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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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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
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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 ...
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'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.
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.
