The Ernest Lehman Chronology
Films are listed under the year in which work began on the screenplay. Listings include the name of the studio, release date, format, producer, director, cast members, Academy Award Nominations (an asterisk {*} denotes a winning category), and any other awards or nominations for screenwriting.
Unproduced films are listed as such under the year work began. The furthest stage of development present in the archive is also noted.
1939 |
"The Santa Claus Industry," American Mercury, January, article with David Brown "Hitler's Human Armor," This Week Magazine, January 22, article with David Brown and Martin Proctor "Black Money," Harper's, February, article with David Brown "Is Everybody Happy?" Collier's, May 27, article with David Brown, first published work
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1940 |
"Busiest Boy On Broadway," This Week Magazine, January 21, article with David Brown "Dr. Berg, Backstop," American Mercury, May, article with David Brown
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1941 |
"Hack Writer," American Magazine, May, article with David Brown "She Wanted Wings," Glamour, October, article with David Brown
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1942 |
"Walter Winchell on Broadway," Daily Mirror, June 26, column ghosted by Lehman
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1944 |
"Double Cross," Liberty, January 29, short story, first published work of fiction "Brass Hats Are Strange Guys," Liberty, March 11, short story "Double Sawbuck," Liberty, May 6, short story "The Devil with Harry," Collier's, May 13, short story "A Break for the Kid," Liberty, June 17, short story "A Life is a Life," Liberty, September 30, short story "You Know How Actors Are," Liberty, November 4, short story "Table for Two," Liberty, November 18, short story
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1945 |
Sells original film story: "Silver Creek, N.Y." to Republic Pictures, written with Geza Herczeg "I Can't Sleep," Liberty, February 24, short story "So Long, Baby," Collier's, February 24, short story "The Small Sound of Applause," Collier's, March 31, short story "Decline and Fall of the Roman Umpire," Liberty, April 14, short story "I Am Gazing Into My Earl Well," Saturday Review of Literature, parody column "Beginner's Luck," Collier's, July 25, short story "The Man Who Liked to Look at Women," Charm, December, short story "The Way Men Are," Collier's, December 8, short story
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1946 |
"Gossip Through the Ages," Fascination, February, satire "Puffs From the Powder Room," Fascination, March, satire "Greater Love Hath No Man," Collier's, March 9, short story "The Face on the Barroom Ceiling," Collier's, March 30, short story "Clear Connection," Charm, April, short story "Don't be a Flop - Be Flip," Fascination, April, satire "A Word on Plays," Dance, April, drama criticism "The Gay Evening," Esquire, May, short story "The High Road," Esquire, June, short story "Too Much Barter," Fascination, June, satire "You're Only Young Twice," Liberty, June 8, short story "Happy Hangover," Esquire, August, short story "Football for Feeble Fullbacks," Esquire, November, article
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1947 |
"Dejection Slips," Saturday Review of Literature, January 25, satire "No Steak," Charm, March, short story "The Conspiracy," Liberty, December, short story
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1948 |
"Athlete's Heart," Liberty, March, short story "Hunsecker Fights the World," Collier's, April 17, short story "GIN!" Fascination, May, satire "Clear Havana Filler," Collier's, May 8, short story "The Life of Sammy Hogarth," Liberty, June, short story "End of Summer," Liberty, August, short story "Silver Creek, N.Y." produced as THE INSIDE STORY, released by Republic Pictures, based on the original story by Lehman and Geza Herczeg, first screen credit as co-author of original story (screenplay by Mary Anita Loos and Richard Sale)
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1949 |
"The Nicest Thing to Do," Cosmopolitan, May, short story "The Unguarded Moment," Cosmopolitan, July, short story "Return Engagement," Esquire, September, short story "Winchell at Work," Liberty, September, article "The Kid Grows Up," Liberty, August, short story
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1950 |
"You Can't Have Everything," Redbook, January, short story "Tell Me About It Tomorrow," Cosmopolitan, April, first published novelette, originally titled "The Sweet Smell of Success" "The Fifth Avenue Bus," Cosmopolitan, June, article "24 Glittering Hours with Dorothy Kilgallen, the Voice of Broadway," Cosmopolitan, September, article "It All Depends on How You Work It," True, October, article "You Pay for What You Get," Argosy, October, short story "Midnight at the Pentagon," Cosmopolitan, October, article "Lana Turner," Cosmopolitan, November, article written under the name Geoffrey MacBain "Exit," Cosmopolitan, November, short story
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1951 |
"The Jolson Nobody Knew," Cosmopolitan, February, article "The Silver Meteor," Cosmopolitan, March, article "The Fantastic Story of Gayelord Hauser," Cosmopolitan, May, article "How to Stay Healthy This Winter," Cosmopolitan, September, article
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1952 |
"The Comedian," Cosmopolitan, January, novelette "The Detective Behind the Counter," Cosmopolitan, January, article written under the name Geoffrey MacBain "Are Wonder Drugs Losing Their Punch," Cosmopolitan, February, article "Meet Me at the Drug," Cosmopolitan, February, article written under the name Josephine Coe SOUTH SEA STORY (unproduced, 1st draft screenplay, Paramount)
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1953 |
EXECUTIVE
SUITE
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1953-54 |
SABRINA
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1954 |
THE KING
AND I "Slide, Darling, Slide," Cosmopolitan, April, short story.
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1954-55 |
LABOR STORY (unproduced, outline, notes, MGM) SOMEBODY
UP THERE LIKES ME
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1956 |
SWEET SMELL
OF SUCCESS THE COMEDIAN
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1957 |
MAN AGAINST HIMSELF (unproduced, first draft, MGM) THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE (unproduced, notes, MGM) THE COMEDIAN AND OTHER STORIES, book, published by New American Library THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS AND OTHER STORIES, book, published by New American Library
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1957-58 |
NORTH BY
NORTHWEST
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1959 |
FROM THE
TERRACE "Just for Variety," Variety, August 20, humor column
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1959-61 |
WEST SIDE
STORY
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1960 |
BLIND MAN (unproduced, notes)
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1961-62 |
THE PRIZE
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1962 |
"And Forget Again," Aware, April, short story "How to Stop Runaway Productions," Variety, October 23, humor column
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1962-64 |
THE SOUND
OF MUSIC
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1964-68 |
WHO'S AFRAID
OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (writer, producer)
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1967-69 |
HELLO, DOLLY!
(writer, producer)
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1969-72 |
PORTNOY'S
COMPLAINT (writer, producer, director)
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1972 |
NORTH BY NORTHWEST, screenplay published in hardcover and softcover, Viking Press
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1973-74 |
FAMILY PLOT
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1975-76 |
BLACK SUNDAY
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1977-78 |
THE FRENCH ATLANTIC AFFAIR, novel, Atheneum 1978-81 "Lehman at Large" monthly columns, American Film Magazine
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1978-82 |
FAREWELL PERFORMANCE, novel, McGraw-Hill
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1979 |
THE SHORT NIGHT (unproduced, revised 1st draft, Universal)
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1979-80 |
BRENDA STARR, REPORTER (unproduced, 3rd draft)
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1983 |
SCREENING SICKNESS AND OTHER TALES OF TINSEL TOWN, book of satirical non-fiction, A Perigee Book, G.P. Putnam's Sons
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1983-85 |
President, Writer's Guild of America, West
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1986 |
I AM ZORBA!, (unproduced, final screenplay, Cannon Films)
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1987 |
Academy Awards Show (creative coordinator, co-writer) ABC-TV
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1988 |
Academy Awards Show (co-writer) ABC-TV
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1990 |
Academy Awards Show (co-writer) ABC-TV "The Waxing," Los Angeles Magazine, May, satire
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1991 |
HAY FEVER (Unproduced, final screenplay, Roger Peters Productions)
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1992 |
"Names I Never Dropped Till Now," The Journal (WGAW), May, article
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1993 |
In Work: DANCING IN THE DARK (3d draft final screenplay) In Work:untitled autobiography In Work:Broadway musical stage version of novella and film, THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS |
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