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Amelio "Mel" Dinelli (6 October 1912, Albuquerque, New Mexico – 28 November 1991, Los Angeles, California) [1] was an American writer for theatre, radio, film and magazines, usually in the suspense genre. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and graduated from Albuquerque High School. He joined the Albuquerque Little Theatre company for its ...
Mel Dinelli. Writer: The Window. Mel Dinelli was born on 6 October 1912 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Mel was a writer and producer, known for The Window (1949), The Spiral Staircase (1946) and Beware, My Lovely (1952).
- Writer, Producer
- October 6, 1912
- Mel Dinelli
- November 28, 1991
Dec 6, 1991 · Mel Dinelli, a screenwriter and playwright who specialized in stories of suspense, died in Los Angeles on Nov. 28. He was 79 years old and lived in Los Angeles. He died of heart failure, said ...
Amelio "Mel" Dinelli was an American writer for theatre, radio, film and magazines, usually in the suspense genre. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and graduated from Albuquerque High School. He joined the Albuquerque Little Theatre company for its inaugural season in 1931, acting in two plays alongside future I Love Lucy star Vivian Vance. He later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse ...
He locks himself in the house with Helen and terrorizes her. The script was written by Mel Dinelli, adapted from his own play The Man. Dinelli was already established as a creator of intense suspense in his scripts for The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Window (1949) and The Reckless Moment (1949).
- Harry Horner, Henry D'arcy
- Ida Lupino
Mel Dinelli was born on the 6th of October, 1912. He was popular for being a Screenwriter. Screenwriter whose credits include: The Spiral Staircase (1946), The Window (1949), The Reckless Moment (1949), House by the River (1950), and Cause for Alarm! (1951). Mel Dinelli was born in New Mexico. He matriculated from the University of Washington.
It was no easy task considering the original source material was a radio play, A Question of Time by Maurice Zimm. Screenwriter Mel Dinelli had to expand the material to three times its original length to make it a feature. Jeopardy was Barbara Stanwyck's first film after taking a year off from her screen career.
