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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(1908-1988) 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. One of Bodeen's plays, "Embers at Haworth" (about the Bronte sisters), came to the attention of Val Lewton, who ...
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- July 25, 1908
- DeWitt Bodeen
- March 12, 1988
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The Enchanted Cottage is a 1945 American supernatural romance film starring Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, and Herbert Marshall, with Mildred Natwick . It was based on the 1923 play by Arthur Wing Pinero. The Enchanted Cottage was first adapted for the silent screen in 1924, with Richard Barthelmess and May McAvoy as the newlyweds.
Oct 28, 2020 · At the time, RKO was headed by Charles Koerner, and, according to Cat People screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen, the executive believed “that vampires, were-wolves, and man-made monsters had been over ...
Young loved this picture so much that years later he named the home he built in California "The Enchanted Cottage." Producer: Jack J. Gross, Harriet Parsons Director: John Cromwell Screenplay: DeWitt Bodeen, Herman J. Mankiewicz (based on the play by Arthur Wing Pinero) Cinematography: Ted Tetzlaff Film Editing: Joseph Noriega
- John Cromwell, Fred Fleck
- Dorothy Mcguire
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. Bodeen frequently wrote on...
Mar 18, 1988 · March 18, 1988 12 AM PT. DeWitt Bodeen, who was a principal screenwriter in the film versions of “Cat People” and “Billy Budd” and later wrote movie-related books, died Saturday of ...
