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DeWitt Bodeen (July 25, 1908 — March 12, 1988) was an American film screenwriter and television writer best known for writing Cat People (1942). Biography [ edit ] Born Homer DeWitt Bodeen on July 25, 1908, in Fresno , California , [1] he began his career as an actor and wrote more than 20 plays before entering the film business.
DeWitt Bodeen. Writer: Cat People. Bodeen started out as a stage actor and playwright. In his latter capacity, he enjoyed a moderate amount of success with "Escape to Autumn" and "Thing of Beauty", before finding work as a reader in Hollywood.
- Writer
- July 25, 1908
- DeWitt Bodeen
- March 12, 1988
DeWitt Bodeen. Writer: Cat People. Bodeen started out as a stage actor and playwright. In his latter capacity, he enjoyed a moderate amount of success with "Escape to Autumn" and "Thing of Beauty", before finding work as a reader in Hollywood.
I Remember Mama is a 1948 American drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen, whose work was adapted from John Van Druten's stage play. Druten, in turn, had based his play on Kathryn Forbes ' novel Mama's Bank Account , which was originally published by Harcourt Brace in 1943.
- Harriet Parsons, George Stevens
- Roy Webb
- March 9, 1948
- Cat People began as a title without a premise. Thanks to Citizen Kane and other expensive bombs, RKO was teetering on the brink of financial ruin in the early 1940s.
- Ironically, Val Lewton was afraid of cats. According to his wife, Ruth Lewton, “Val hated cats! Oh gosh, I remember once, I was in bed and he was writing—he used to like to write late in the night.
- Numerous set pieces in Cat People were recycled from other films. Hampered by a shoestring budget of just over $141,000, Lewton made sure to cut corners when he could.
- Cat People was one of the first horror movies to use the "jump scare." The bus sequence is easily the most iconic moment in Cat People, and for good reason.
April 11, 1957. ( 1957-04-11) Running time. 81 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. The Girl in the Kremlin is a 1957 American film noir mystery film directed by Russell Birdwell and starring Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Jeffrey Stone.
DeWitt Bodeen Biography Stage actor and playwright turned screenwriter, responsible for such fine thrillers as "Cat People" (1942) and "The Seventh Victim" (1943), Bodeen also won praise for the highly regarded drama "I Remember Mama" (1948), which he adapted from the play by John Van Druten.
