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Elliott Nugent

Elliott Nugent

Highest Rated: 80% Up in Arms (1944)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Great Gatsby (1949)

Birthday: Sep 20, 1896

Birthplace: Dover, Ohio, USA

Playwright and stage performer who entered film with the coming of sound, first turning his hand to directing in 1932. Nugent proved a nimble orchestrator of breezy romances and comedies and enjoyed productive collaborations with such leading comic players as Danny Kaye, Harold Lloyd and Bob Hope. His parallel caareer as a playwright crested with the 1940 production of "The Male Animal," which he co-wrote with college friend James Thurber. Alcohol and mental problems conspired to end his career in the 1950s. Husband of actress Norma Lee and son of playwright John Charles Nugent.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 50% She's Working Her Way Through College Writer - 1952
No Score Yet 67% Just for You Director - 1952
No Score Yet 22% My Outlaw Brother Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Brother Director - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Skipper Surprised His Wife Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Director - 1949
33% 41% The Great Gatsby Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Girl Tisa Director - 1948
78% 69% My Favorite Brunette Director - 1947
No Score Yet 67% Welcome Stranger Director - 1947
80% 73% Up in Arms Director - 1944
No Score Yet 45% The Crystal Ball Director - 1943
No Score Yet 56% The Male Animal Director,
Writer
- 1942
No Score Yet 50% Nothing but the Truth Director - 1941
No Score Yet 91% Never Say Die Director - 1939
No Score Yet 72% The Cat and the Canary Director - 1939
No Score Yet 60% Give Me a Sailor Director - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Professor Beware Director - 1938
No Score Yet 20% Thunder in the City Casey (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's All Yours Director - 1937
No Score Yet 29% And So They Were Married Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wives Never Know Director - 1936
No Score Yet 33% Splendor Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet College Scandal Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love in Bloom Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enter Madame Director - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strictly Dynamite Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Alone Director - 1934
No Score Yet 50% She Loves Me Not Director - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet If I Were Free Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scared Director - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whistling in the Dark Director - 1933
No Score Yet 30% Three Cornered Moon Director - 1933
No Score Yet 67% The Mouthpiece Director - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Begins Director - 1932
No Score Yet 60% The Last Flight Francis (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 22% Romance Harry (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 59% The Unholy Three Hector McDonald (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins of the Children Johnnie (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 40% Not So Dumb Gordon `'Gordy'` Smith (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 33% Wise Girls Kempy (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet So This Is College Eddie (Character) - 1929