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Through his amazing knack for storytelling, screenwriter Edwin Blum brought to life many memorable worlds and characters for the big screen. Blum began his writing career for film with such titles as the adventure "The New Adventures of Tarzan" (1935) with Bruce Bennett, the adventure "Kidnapped" (1938) with Warner Baxter and the mystery adaptation "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" ...

Filmography

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One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Beyond All Limits (1961)

The Midnight Story (1957)

The Midnight Story (1957)

The Bamboo Prison (1955)

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Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) There Should Be A Ham Hock

Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) When I See Those War Pictures

Biography

Through his amazing knack for storytelling, screenwriter Edwin Blum brought to life many memorable worlds and characters for the big screen. Blum began his writing career for film with such titles as the adventure "The New Adventures of Tarzan" (1935) with Bruce Bennett, the adventure "Kidnapped" (1938) with Warner Baxter and the mystery adaptation "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939) with Basil Rathbone. He also appeared in "Young People" (1940). Toward the end of his career, Blum wrote "South Sea Woman" (1953), the dramatic adaptation "Stalag 17" (1953) with Don Taylor and the Robert Francis drama "The Bamboo Prison" (1955). He also wrote for television, including "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (NBC, 1964-68). Blum last wrote the Michael Keaton dramedy "Gung Ho" (1986). Blum passed away in May 1995 at the age of 89.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Beyond All Limits (1961)

The Midnight Story (1957)

The Midnight Story (1957)

The Bamboo Prison (1955)

South Sea Woman (1953)

Stalag 17 (1953)

Written for Screen by

Down to Earth (1947)

Original Screenplay

Man Alive (1945)

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

The Great American Broadcast (1941)

Original Screenplay

Young People (1940)

Young People (1940)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Kidnapped (1938)

The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)

Life Events

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Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) There Should Be A Ham Hock Sefton (Academy Award-winner William Holden), beaten up by fellow POW’s who think he’s the informer, tries to bribe guard Schultz (Sig Rumann), before the others get back to the barracks, Hoffy (Richard Erdman) making an offer before “The Geneva Man” (Erwin Kalser) appears, in Billy Wilder’s Stalag 17, 1953.

Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) When I See Those War Pictures Cookie (Gil Stratton Jr.) narrates for writer/director Billy Wilder, leading man William Holden not involved, as Hoffy, Duke and Price (Richard Erdman, Neville Brand, Peter Graves) brief Manfredi and Johnson (Michael Moore, Peter Baldwin) for their escape, opening Stalag 17, 1953.

Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Illegitimate Son Of Hitler After a failed escape, German guard Schultz (Sig Ruman) joshes with Shapiro and "Animal" (Harvey Lembeck, Neville Brand), gets challenged by Duke (Neville Brand), and teased by suspected informer Sefton (William Holden), then writer/director Billy Wilder twists the plot, in Stalag 17, 1953.

Stalag 17 (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Betty Grable The morning after two buddies died trying to escape, Duke (Neville Brand) in particular thinks Sefton (William Holden) informed the Germans, as Shapiro (Harvey Lembeck) and "Animal" (Robert Strauss) find solace in the new Russian lady prisoners next door, in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17, 1953.

Down To Earth (1947) -- (Movie Clip) He Just Doesn't Like Me Rita Hayworth is posing as actress "Kitty," really the goddess Terpsichore, persuading director Danny (Larry Parks) to make their show fancier, over the objections of his pal Eddie (Marc Platt) in the much-later musical sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941, Down To Earth, 1947.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) I'm Nijinsky! Korean War P-O-W's rush to get a look at Tanya (Dianne Foster), wife of the turncoat head interrogator, in her first appearance, and Brady (Brian Keith) reveals he knows the informer Rand (Robert Francis) is a double agent, in The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) Welcome, Comrades! Following the credits, Brady (Brian Keith), Doc (Earle Hyman) and other new prisoners meet inmates Pike (Leo Gordon), Pop (King Donovan) et al at their Korean prison camp, in director Lewis Seiler's The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) Carraway Seeds Dining at the Korean prison camp, scenes featuring Brady (Brian Keith), Pop (King Donovan), Father Dolan (E.G. Marshall), the turncoat Rand (Robert Francis), and Arkansas (Jerome Courtland) early in The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

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