Milton Sperling

Producer, Screenwriter

About

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

July 06, 1912

Died

August 26, 1988

Filmography

Captain Apache (1971)

Screenwriter

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

Screenwriter

Merrill's Marauders (1962)

Screenwriter

The Bramble Bush (1960)

Screenwriter

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Story and Screenplay

Retreat, Hell! (1952)

Screenwriter

Photos & Videos

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Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chattanooga Choo Choo

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) That Must Be Her Chest Measurement

Family & Companions

Marget Sperling

Wife

Notes

He served in Marine Corps during WWII as captain.

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

1936

Screenwriting debut with "Sing Baby Sing"

Videos

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chattanooga Choo Choo After the vocal and instrumental from Glenn Miller's band, the last bit of the number, Dorothy Dandridge the girl singer, with her future husband, the taller Nicholas brother Harold, and his brother Fayard, the famous tune by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, in Sun Valley Serenade, 1941.

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) That Must Be Her Chest Measurement At Ellis Island on a publicity stunt, big band pianist Ted (John Payne), manager Nifty (Milton Berle) and bandleader Phil (Glenn Miller, the bandleader), arrive to pick up their kid war orphan, who turns out to be Sonja Henie, in Twentieth Century-Fox's It Happened In Sun Valley, 1941.

Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Charge It To A-R Now in 1920's Miami with some cash, Jack (Ray Danton), not yet nick-named, figures out how to get an introduction to racketeer Arnold Rothstein (Robert Lowery), in The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1961, directed by Budd Boetticher.

Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) He Didn't Use His Head Pacey and crisp opening from director Budd Boetticher, introducing Ray Danton in his signature performance in the title role, Warren Oates his tagalong brother, Karen Steele a fascinated dance instructor, in the loose bio-pic The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1960.

Merrill's Marauders (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Take The Point Kolowicz (Claude Akins) reminds Stock (Ty Hardin) he's the platoon leader, causing him to order Bullseye (Peter Brown) to the point, Merrill (Jeff Chandler) in command, re-enacting an actual battle in 1944 Burma, in Samuel Fuller's Merrill's Marauders, 1962.

Merrill's Marauders (1962) -- (Movie Clip) My Big Nightmare Merrill (Jeff Chandler), expecting relief after having completed his mission in 1944 Burma, gets bad news from Stilwell (John Hoyt), his troops (Ty Hardin, Peter Brown, Will Hutchins, Claud Akins, Charles Briggs et al) already celebrating, in Samuel Fuller's Merrill's Marauders, 1962.

Merrill's Marauders (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Seasoned Jungle Fighters Former newsman and combat veteran Samuel Fuller directing and co-writing, the real General Joseph Stilwell briefly featured, shot on location in the Philippines, the opening of Merrill's Marauders, 1962, starring Jeff Chandler and Ty Hardin.

Battle Of The Bulge (1965) -- (Movie Clip) December, 1944 William Conrad (TV's "Cannon") narrates as Kiley (Henry Fonda) and pilot Joe (Robert Woods) buzz Nazi Hessler (Robert Shaw) and driver (Hans Christian Blech), opening director Ken Annakin's Battle Of the Bulge, 1965.

Battle Of The Bulge (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Trying To Shorten The War? Introduction of more important but fictional characters, Robert Ryan as General Grey, Dana Andrews as Col. Pritchard, disagreeing over the intelligence report from Henry Fonda as Lt. Colonel Kiley, early in the Warner Bros./Cinerama productuion Battle Of The Bulge. 1965.

Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Actually Have A Sick Brother? Leaving a movie, Alice (Karen Steele) has no idea Jack (Ray Danton) is using her as an alibi for a robbery, and to absolve himself, he introduces brother Eddie (Warren Oates), in The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1960, directed by Budd Boetticher.

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) -- (Movie Clip) It Happened In Sun Valley Promo here for the Idaho resort, Glenn Miller's band with an original by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, Milton Berle and Joan Davis schtick and Sonja Henie, in her first skating scene, tries to impress pianist Ted (John Payne), who is her legal adoptive guardian, in Sun Valley Serenade, 1941.

Story Of Alexander Graham Bell, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) You Are No Longer A Child! En route to dine with Boston investor Hubbard (Charles Coburn), inventor Don Ameche (title character) meets Loretta Young as his lip-reading daughter Mabel, then Loretta’s own dazzling sisters (Sally Blane, Georgiana Young, Polly Ann Young), as her siblings, in The Story Of Alexander Graham Bell, 1939.

I Wake Up Screaming (1941) -- Rough Cut Trailer A not-completed trailer from 20th Century-Fox, with no graphics or voice-over but a handful of slick edit effects and tasty bits of Betty Grable, Carole Landis and Victor Mature in the lead roles, in the early-Noir based on a Steve Fisher novel, I Wake Up Screaming, 1941.

Family

Cass Sperling

Daughter

Author. Married to actor Wings Hauser from 1974 to 1977; had one son together.

Karen Sperling

Daughter

Desiree Sperling

Daughter

Mathews Sperling

Son

Cole Hauser

Grandson

Actor. Mother Cass Sperling.

Companions

Marget Sperling

Wife

Bibliography

Notes

He served in Marine Corps during WWII as captain.

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Filmography

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Life Events

1936

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Family

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