Gregory La Cava (1936, 94 Min.)
February 12, 2019 (XXXVIII:3) Gregory La Cava (1936, 94 min.) DIRECTED BY Gregory La Cava WRITING Morrie Ryskind & Eric Hatch (screen play), Eric Hatch (novel), Zoe Akins, Gregory La Cava, Robert Presnell Sr. (contributing writers, uncredited) PRODUCER Charles R. Rogers (executive producer) MUSIC Charles Previn, Rudy Schrager (uncredited) CINEMATOGRAPHY Ted Tetzlaff (photographer) FILM EDITING Ted J. Kent, Russell F. Schoengarth ART DIRECTION Charles D. Hall Academy Awards, USA 1937 The film was nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (William Powell), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Carole Lombard), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mischa Auer), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Alice Brady), Best Director (Gregory La Cava), and Best Writing, Screenplay (Eric Hatch, Morrie Ryskind). ventured to Hollywood where, in 1922, he would begin directing two-reel comedies, a production genre that was a direct National Film Preservation Board, USA 1999 competitor to animation. During this phase of his career, he The film was selected for preservation in the National Film worked with such comedy luminaries as Bebe Daniels (Feel My Registry. Pulse, 1928), Richard Dix, and W. C. Fields (So's Your Old Man, 1926 and Running Wild, 1927) He and Fields were also drinking CAST buddies. La Cava worked his way up to feature films in the silent William Powell...Godfrey era, but it is for his work in sound films of the 1930s—especially Carole Lombard...Irene Bullock comedies—that he is best known today. And though he did not Alice Brady...Angelica Bullock always get credit, he also often had a hand in creating the Gail Patrick...Cornelia Bullock screenplays for his films.
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