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Howard Lindsay worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Lindsay worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "A Slight Case of Murder" with Edward G Robinson (1938), "Anything Goes" with Bing Crosby (1936) and "She Loves Me Not" (1934) starring Bing Crosby. He also contributed to "Swing Time" (1936), "The Big Broadcast of 1938"...

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Woman's World (1954)

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Artists and Models Abroad (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Artists and Models Abroad (1938)

Artists and Models (1937)

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Double or Nothing (1937)

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State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You've Cut Some Corners

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Twelve Commandments

Biography

Howard Lindsay worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Lindsay worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "A Slight Case of Murder" with Edward G Robinson (1938), "Anything Goes" with Bing Crosby (1936) and "She Loves Me Not" (1934) starring Bing Crosby. He also contributed to "Swing Time" (1936), "The Big Broadcast of 1938" (1938) starring W C Fields and "Your Uncle Dudley" (1935). In the thirties and the fifties, Lindsay devoted his time to various credits, such as "Too Busy to Work" (1939), "True to the Army" (1942) and "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Cary Grant (1944). He also worked on "Life With Father" (1947) starring William Powell, "State of the Union" (1948) starring Spencer Tracy and "Call Me Madam" (1953). Lindsay was most recently credited in "The Sound of Music Live!" (NBC, 2013-14). In the fifties through the sixties, Lindsay lent his talents to projects like "Remains to Be Seen" with June Allyson (1953), "Woman's World" with Clifton Webb (1954) and "How to Be Very, Very Popular" with Betty Grable (1955). His credits also expanded to "Cinderella" (CBS, 1956-57), "Tall Story" (1960) and "The Sound of Music" (1965) starring Julie Andrews. Lindsay passed away in February 1968 at the age of 79.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Woman's World (1954)

Additional Dialogue

Artists and Models Abroad (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Artists and Models Abroad (1938)

Artists and Models (1937)

Contr to Screenplay const and dial

Double or Nothing (1937)

Contr to Screenplay const

Swing Time (1936)

Stepping Sisters (1932)

Contract Writer

Good Sport (1931)

Contract Writer

Cast (Special)

Cinderella (1957)

Life Events

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State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You've Cut Some Corners Industrialist Matthews (Spencer Tracy) visiting with political boss Conover (Adolphe Menjou), doesn't realize his estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) has arrived, then discussing a run for the White House, in Frank Capra's State Of The Union, 1948.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Twelve Commandments Continuing their first scene together, maid Norah (Margaret Hamilton) in the middle as estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) discovers how close her potential-candidate husband Grant (Spencer Tracy) has become with his powerful mistress, in State Of The Union, 1948.

Slight Case Of Murder, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom Ex-bootlegger turned legit-but-broke brewer Marko (Edward G. Robinson) visiting his "alma-mater" orphanage, Margaret Hamilton in charge, collecting his annual summer adopt-ee, (Bobby Jordan), in A Slight Case Of Murder, 1938, from the Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay play.

Slight Case Of Murder, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Wash Your Neck Speaking from the original Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay play, bootlegger Remy Marko (Edward G. Robinson) informs his troops (Edward Brophy, Allen Jenkins, Harold Huber et al) of the new plan, early in Warner Bros.' A Slight Case Of Murder, 1938.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) A Fine Romance Dance partners Penny (Ginger Rogers) and Lucky (Fred Astaire) are constrained from confessing their love for each other, Pop (Victor Moore) enlisted as his backstop, lyrics by Dorothy Fields written to Jerome Kern's tune to support the plot point, Ginger's vocal first, George Stevens directing, in Swing Time, 1936.

Tall Story (1960) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Buttering Him Up Co-ed June Ryder (Jane Fonda) surprises Professors Sullivan and Osman (Ray Walston and Marc Connelly), early in Joshua Logan's Tall Story, 1960, location shooting at Occidental College in LA.

Tall Story (1960) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Men's Locker Room College hoop star Ray (Anthony Perkins) wraps up his campus cab-driving shift and encounters June (Jane Fonda), who's more interested in romance, during her try-out for pom-pom girl, in Tall Story, 1960, Joshua Logan's film from the Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse play.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Pick Yourself Up After the Dorothy Fields lyric, the first Astaire and Rogers dance, to a Jerome Kern tune, Fred as Lucky, who has been sandbagging his dance skills, shows her boss (Eric Blore) that Ginger (as Penny) is a great teacher, sidekicks (Victor Moore, Helen Broderick) also inspired, in Swing Time, 1936.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Waltz In Swing Time Fred Astaire (as Lucky) has won the contract of bandleader Ricky (Georges Metaxa) in a card game so, despite being rivals over Penny (Ginger Rogers), he is obligated to play Jerome Kern’s pacey Waltz In Swing Time for their audition, a landmark number from Swing Time, 1936.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) The Way You Look Tonight Often cited as the most sublime of all Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance performances, following Fred’s vocal in which the end of their romance and dance partnership is confirmed, choreographed by Hermes Pan to the Jerome Kern tune, Robert Russell Bennett orchestration, in Swing Time, 1936.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Change For A Quarter? A case could be made for this as the best meet-cute in any Astaire/Rogers picture, Fred (as “Lucky”) and Pop (Victor Moore) are down to their last lucky quarter, when they encounter Penny (Ginger) and a policeman (Edgar Dearing), in Swing Time, 1936, script by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) There's No Halo First scene for Spencer Tracy as industrialist Matthews, explaining to reporter Spike (Van Johnson), fixer Conover (Adolphe Menjou) and newspaper heiress Kay (Angela Lansbury) how he doesn't want to be president, in Frank Capra's State Of The Union, 1948.

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