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Charles Lederer

Highest Rated: 100% Love Crazy (1941)

Lowest Rated: 45% Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Birthday: Dec 31, 1906

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Former journalist who turned to screenwriting in the early 1930s and often worked in collaboration with Ben Hecht (e.g., "His Girl Friday" 1940, "Kiss of Death" 1947). Lederer's scripts were noted for their sharp wit. The son of theatre producer George W. Lederer and nephew of actress Marion Davies, Lederer married Orson Welles' former wife Virginia Nicholson in 1940, and actress Anne Shirley in 1949.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% Love Crazy
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100% 86% Ride the Pink Horse
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100% 83% I Love You Again
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99% 90% His Girl Friday Watchlist
89% 77% Kiss of Death
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88% 83% Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Watchlist
87% 73% The Thing
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83% 75% The Spirit of St. Louis
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78% 68% Monkey Business
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76% 72% I Was a Male War Bride
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
69% 38% Kiss of Death Writer $14.7M 1995
No Score Yet 33% A Global Affair Screenwriter - 1964
70% 73% Mutiny on the Bounty Writer - 1962
No Score Yet 65% Follow That Dream Screenwriter - 1962
45% 81% Ocean's Eleven Screenwriter - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Steal Anything Small Director,
Screenwriter
- 1959
83% 75% The Spirit of St. Louis Writer - 1957
57% 50% Kismet Screenwriter - 1955
88% 83% Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Writer - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fearless Fagan Screenwriter - 1952
78% 68% Monkey Business Screenwriter - 1952
87% 73% The Thing Screenwriter - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Loose Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wabash Avenue Screenwriter - 1950
76% 72% I Was a Male War Bride Writer - 1949
100% 86% Ride the Pink Horse Screenwriter - 1947
No Score Yet 33% Her Husband's Affairs Screenwriter - 1947
89% 77% Kiss of Death Writer - 1947
No Score Yet 75% Slightly Dangerous Screenwriter - 1943
No Score Yet 17% Fingers at the Window Director - 1942
100% 83% Love Crazy Screenwriter - 1941
No Score Yet 54% Comrade X Screenwriter - 1940
99% 90% His Girl Friday Writer - 1940
100% 83% I Love You Again Screenwriter - 1940
No Score Yet 17% Broadway Serenade Screenwriter - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Within the Law Screenwriter - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mountain Music Screenwriter - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cock of the Air Screenwriter - 1932