Sam Spewack

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Sam Spewack

Writing September 16, 1899

Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire

Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Ou…

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Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. He and his wife, Bella, were awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, England. In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with his wife-collaborator Bella Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award. Date of Death: October 14, 1971 (age 72) in New York City, New York, USA

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  1. 2024
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Musical

  2. 2011
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Book

  3. 2003
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Writer

  4. 1989
    We're No Angels

    Movie Theatre Play

  5. 1964
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Writer

  6. 1963
    Move Over, Darling

    Movie Story

  7. 1959
    Startime

    TV show Theatre Play

  8. 1958
    Kiss Me, Kate

    Movie Book

  9. 1957
    Mr. Broadway

    Movie Writer

  10. 1953
    Kiss Me Kate

    Movie Theatre Play

  11. 1945
    Week-End at the Waldorf

    Movie Screenplay

  12. 1943
    A Welcome to Britain

    Movie Writer

  13. 1942
    The World at War

    Movie Writer

  14. 1940
    My Favorite Wife

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1938
    Three Loves Has Nancy

    Movie Writer

  16. 1938
    Boy Meets Girl

    Movie Screenplay

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  1. 1938
    The Chaser

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1937
  3. 1935
    Rendezvous

    Movie Adaptation

  4. 1934
    The Gay Bride

    Movie Screenplay

  5. 1934
    The Cat and the Fiddle

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1933
    Should Ladies Behave

    Movie Writer

  7. 1933
    The Solitaire Man

    Movie Theatre Play

  8. 1933
    The Nuisance

    Movie Adaptation

  9. 1933
    Private Jones

    Movie Adaptation

  10. 1933
    Clear All Wires!

    Movie Adaptation

  11. 1931
    The Secret Witness

    Movie Novel

  12. 1931
    Caught

    Movie Additional Dialogue