Edmund Beloin

Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place

Bristol, Connecticut, USA

Born

April 01, 1910

Died

May 26, 1992

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Biography

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Hollywood screenwriter of the 1940s, 50s and 60s who started writing short stories and book reviews while a medical student. After writing jokes for Jack Benny's highly popular radio series, Beloin got his start in Hollywood crafting the screenplays for two Benny vehicles, "Buck Benny Rides Again" (1940) and "Love Thy Neighbor" (1941). He would specialize in comedy throughout his career,...

Filmography

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Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)

G.I. Blues (1960)

Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)

Photos & Videos

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Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Lady Singing

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Family & Companions

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Lynn Beloin

Wife

Survived him.

Notes

In addition to his screenplays, Beloin also wrote a play produced on Broadway, "In Any Language".

Biography

Hollywood screenwriter of the 1940s, 50s and 60s who started writing short stories and book reviews while a medical student. After writing jokes for Jack Benny's highly popular radio series, Beloin got his start in Hollywood crafting the screenplays for two Benny vehicles, "Buck Benny Rides Again" (1940) and "Love Thy Neighbor" (1941). He would specialize in comedy throughout his career, penning such enjoyable films as "Lady on a Train" (1945) and "All in a Night's Work" (1961).

Beloin collaborated on a number of films with Bob Hope ("My Favorite Brunette" 1947, "Road to Rio" 1947, "The Great Lover" 1949) and Jerry Lewis ("The Sad Sack" 1957, "Don't Give Up the Ship" 1959, "Visit to a Small Planet" 1960). In the 60s he also wrote for the TV comedies "Family Affair," "The Lucy Show" and "My Three Sons."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Writer (Feature Film)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)

G.I. Blues (1960)

Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)

Paris Holiday (1958)

The Sad Sack (1957)

My Favorite Spy (1951)

Story and Adapted

The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Top O' the Morning (1949)

The Great Lover (1949)

My Favorite Brunette (1947)

Original Screenplay

Ladies' Man (1947)

Road to Rio (1947)

Original story and Screenplay

Because of Him (1946)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

Because of Him (1946)

Lady on a Train (1945)

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Original Screenplay

Artists and Models (1937)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Great Lover (1949)

Writer (Special)

The Dean Jones Show (1965)

Special Thanks (Special)

The Dean Jones Show (1965)

Life Events

1936

Wrote comic material for Jack Benny's popular radio show

1940

First film as screenwriter (with William Morrow), "Buck Benny Rides Again", starring Jack Benny

Videos

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Lady Singing Proof there are good scenes not featuring Judy Garland, the judge (Preston Foster) enters the Alhambra where Em (Angela Lansbury) offers a Harry Warren-Johnny Mercer tune, and his partner Trent (John Hodiak) opines that the reputable new restaurant is no threat, in The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Stick 'Em Up An eternal favorite non-musical scene for Judy Garland enthusiasts, as virtuous Harvey waitress Susan, packing heat as she attacks the decadent Alhambra club to retrieve stolen beef, Angela Lansbury, Chill Wills and others standing back, George Sidney directing, in The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Friends At The Ritz Still dressed for Florida and the racetrack, Bob Hope (title character) back in New York scrambling to pay back a gangster by Christmas, runs into old pal Nellie (Jane Darwell) with her landlord, early in the 1951 version of the Damon Runyon story, The Lemon Drop Kid.

G.I. Blues - (Original Trailer) Elvis returned from his Army stint with a case of the G.I. Blues (1960). Featuring the hits "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Wooden Heart".

Sad Sack, The - (Original Trailer) A hopelessly innocent private (Jerry Lewis) gets himself kidnapped in Morocco in The Sad Sack (1957).

Don't Give Up The Ship - (Original Trailer) Jerry Lewis cannot remember what happened to the WWII battleship he commanded in Don't Give Up The Ship (1959).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1949) - (Original Trailer) Bing Crosby brings 19th-Century know-how to Camelot in a musical version of Mark Twain's classic tale.

Donovan's Reef - (Original Trailer) A war veteran in the South Seas tries to salvage a buddy's reputation when the man's daughter comes calling. Director John Ford's last movie starring John Wayne.

My Favorite Spy (1951) - (Original Trailer) A comedian poses as an international spy to recover mysterious microfilm in My Favorite Spy (1951) starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr.

Harvey Girls, The - (Original Trailer) Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity in The Harvey Girls (1946), a musical romance starring Judy Garland and featuring the hit song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe."

Family

John Beloin

Son

Survived him.

Companions

Lynn Beloin

Wife

Survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

In addition to his screenplays, Beloin also wrote a play produced on Broadway, "In Any Language".

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