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Geza Herczeg(1888-1954)

  • Writer
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Hungarian-American playwright and screenwriter Geza Herczeg was also a newspaper publisher and covered the Balkan Wars and later World War I as a correspondent. In 1926 he was granted an interview with Benito Mussolini in Rome; in 1936 he was invited back, and asked to translate and produce a play Mussolini had written about the last days of Napoleon. To the surprise of many, "The Hundred Days" turned out to be a hit. Herczeg's first big success had been his 1927 musical score "Wonder Bar", later adapted to the screen, the German libretto "Kaiserin Josephine" (1936). He shared the Academy Award for Best Writing and Screenplay with Heinz Herald and and Norman Reilly Raine for the biopic La vie d'Emile Zola (1937). He also served as chief of the press department for the Hungarian Ministry of State. During World War II he served with the US Office of War Information. Though an author of many successful plays, his reputation in America was based primarily on his work in Hollywood, but he continued to work for the stage (1948's "The Vicious Circle", later filmed as The Vicious Circle (1948)) and screenplays abroad (Sangue sul sagrato (1950) and Pages galantes de Boccace (1953)). Shortly before his death he was planning to write a book and screenplay on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi.
BornMarch 1, 1888
DiedFebruary 19, 1954(65)
BornMarch 1, 1888
DiedFebruary 19, 1954(65)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Paul Muni in La vie d'Emile Zola (1937)
La vie d'Emile Zola
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1937
Kay Francis and Al Jolson in Wonder Bar (1934)
Wonder Bar
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1934
In estasi (1949)
In estasi
  • Writer
  • 1949
Gene Tierney in Shanghaï (1941)
Shanghaï
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1941

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  • Theatre 625 (1964)
    Theatre 625
    7.6
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1967
  • Der Feldherrnhügel
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1964
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • original screenplay
    • 1955
  • Wunder Bar
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1955
  • Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
    Jhansi Ki Rani
    6.6
    • screenplay (as Geza Herzeg)
    • 1953
  • Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan in Pages galantes de Boccace (1953)
    Pages galantes de Boccace
    5.3
    • treatment
    • 1953
  • Irasema Dilián, Vivi Gioi, Françoise Rosay, and Simone Simon in Femmes sans nom (1950)
    Femmes sans nom
    6.5
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • In estasi (1949)
    In estasi
    • based on the novel by Arpad Herczeg "invasion on the lake
    • screenplay
    • 1949
  • The Vicious Circle (1948)
    The Vicious Circle
    5.8
    • play "The Burning Bush"
    • 1948
  • Marsha Hunt, Gene Lockhart, and William Lundigan in The Inside Story (1948)
    The Inside Story
    6.7
    • story
    • 1948
  • Gene Tierney in Shanghaï (1941)
    Shanghaï
    6.5
    • collaborator for adaptation
    • 1941
  • Paul Muni in La vie d'Emile Zola (1937)
    La vie d'Emile Zola
    7.1
    • screen play
    • story
    • 1937
  • Kay Francis and Al Jolson in Wonder Bar (1934)
    Wonder Bar
    6.5
    • based on the play by
    • 1934
  • La Dame de l'Archiduc (1926)
    La Dame de l'Archiduc
    7.1
    • novel
    • 1926

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Geza Herzeg
  • Born
    • March 1, 1888
    • Budapest, Hungary
  • Died
    • February 19, 1954
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Leopoldine Konstantin1924 - 1938 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote source material (w/Karl Farkas) for "The Wonder Bar" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Irving Caesar and Aben Kandel. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. Music by Robert Katscher. Additional lyrics by Manuel M. Ponce. Additional music by J. Peterburski and Manuel M. Ponce. Directed by William Mollison. Nora Bayes Theatre: 17 May 1931-29 May 1931 (78 performances). Cast: Auguste Aramini, Roman Arnoldoff, Hugo Brucken, Stuart Casey, Medea Columbara, Armand Cortes (as "Pascal"), Henry Crosby, Michael Dalmatoff, Adriana Dori, Prince Nikolas Engalitcheff, Antonina Fechner, Clarence Harvey, Leo Hoyt, Marie Hunt, Mohammid Ibrahim, Al Jolson (as "Monsieur Al"), Patsy Kelly (as "Electra Pivonka"), Wanda Lyon, Jean Newcombe, Dagmar Oakland (as "Billie"), Rex O'Malley (as "Ramon Colmano"), Laura Pierpont, Gustave Rolland, Adrian Rosely, Al Siegal, Vernon Steele, Elvira Trabert, 'Arthur Treacher' (qb) (as "Lord Cauldwell"), Trini, Bertha Walden, C. Jay Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Morris Gest. NOTE: Filmed as Wonder Bar (1934).

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