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Adele Comandini

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Adele Comandini (born 29 April 1898 in New York ; died 22 July 1987 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American screenwriter , who was nominated at the Academy Awards in 1937 for the Academy Award for best original story.

Biography

Adele Comandini, daughter of Italian immigrants, began her career as a screenwriter in the film industry in Hollywood in 1926 with the literary adaptation for the film Subway Sadie. Over time, she wrote to the mid- 1950s years, the screenplays for more than twenty films and TV episodes.

At the Academy Awards in 1937 she was nominated for the Academy Award for best original story specifically for Three Smart Girls (1936). Other well-known films according to their screenplays were Beyond Tomorrow (1940) and Christmas in Connecticut (1945). In 1992, again under the original title Christmas in Connecticut, a remake was directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, starring Dyan Cannon and Kris Kristofferson. It was Schwarzenegger's directorial debut.

Filmography

  • 1929: The Love Racket
  • 1931: Hell Bound
  • 1936: Three Smart Girls
  • 1940: Beyond Tomorrow
  • 1940: Her First Romance
  • 1942: Always in My Heart
  • 1945: Strange Illusion
  • 1945: Christmas in Connecticut
  • 1945: Danger Signal