Screenwriter Ivan Moffat Passes Away
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the UK’s Guardian Unlimited site reported, “Three films put George
Stevens into the pantheon of great American film directors, and
producer/screenwriter Ivan Moffat made a considerable contribution to them. He
was associate producer on the classic western Shane (1953) and the tragic
romance A Place In The Sun (1951), as well as sharing an Oscar nomination
for his screenplay of the Texas saga Giant (1956).”
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before his death, Moffat had contributed to the DVDs of Shane and
Giant.
In addition to his more noted credits and his largely
un-credited work as a script doctor, Moffat also wrote or co-wrote the
screenplays for D-Day The 6th Of June (1956), The Wayward Bus
(1957), Tender Is The Night (1962), and The Heroes Of Telemark
(1965), among others.
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