MacKinlay Kantor(1904-1977)

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Actor

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MacKinlay Kantor was born on 4 February 1904 in Webster City, Iowa, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946), Gun Crazy: Le démon des armes (1950) and Happy Land (1943). He was married to Florence Irene Layne. He died on 11 October 1977 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

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Known for

Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, and Teresa Wright in Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)

Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie

8.1

Writer(as Mackinlay Kantor)

1946

Peggy Cummins and John Dall in Gun Crazy: Le démon des armes (1950)

Gun Crazy: Le démon des armes

7.6

Writer

1950

Don Ameche, Harry Carey, Frances Dee, Ann Rutherford, and Cara Williams in Happy Land (1943)

6.7

Writer

1943

Bob Burns and Martha Raye in Mountain Music (1937)

7.5

Writer

1937

Credits

Writer

Le monde merveilleux de Disney
8.3
TV Series
- book "God and My Country"
- 1981
Demain... des hommes
7.1
- book "God and My Country"
- 1966
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
7.0
TV Series
- novel "The Happy Land"
- 1956
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
6.1
- screenplay
- 1953
Studio One
7.5
TV Series
- story
- 1953
Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- story
- 1951
Danger
7.4
TV Series
- story
- 1951
Gun Crazy: Le démon des armes
7.6
- screenplay by
- story "Gun Crazy"
- 1950
L'Heure du Pardon
7.0
- story
- 1947
Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie
8.1
- from a novel by (as Mackinlay Kantor)
- 1946
Gentle Annie
6.3
- novel
- 1944
Happy Land
6.7
- from the novel by
- 1943
L'homme du Dakota
5.6
- novel "Arouse and Beware"
- 1940
Mountain Music
7.5
- story
- 1937
The Voice of Bugle Ann
6.7
- from the book by
- 1936

Actor

Personal details

Alternative name
- Mackinlay Kantor
Born
- February 4, 1904
- Webster City, Iowa, USA
Died
- October 11, 1977
- Sarasota, Florida, USA(heart condition)
Spouse
- Florence Irene LayneJuly 2, 1926 - October 11, 1977 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Novel: "Wicked Water". NOTE: Filmed as Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953).

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Trivia
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, a former journalist and writer of pulp fiction for magazines. His works range from the sentimental "Glory for Me" (popularly filmed as Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946)) to tough crime stories like "Gun Crazy" (1950) (filmed as Gun Crazy: Le démon des armes (1950)) and "Diversey" (1928). Some of his novels deal with historical subjects, such as the American Civil War.

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