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3 unusual facts about Dudley Nichols


Dudley Nichols

Nichols' may be best known for his collaboration with Hagar Wilde on the screenplay for Bringing Up Baby (1938), often considered one of the funniest of the 1930s screwball comedies.

Nichols wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 72 movies, including such classics as Stagecoach (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Scarlet Street (1945), And Then There Were None (1945) (a mystery film), Pinky (1949) and The Tin Star (1957).

The movie, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, was under-appreciated on first release but was later recognized as one of the fast-talking classics.


Government Girl

Government Girl is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Dudley Nichols and starring Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts.


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