Karl Tunberg

Screenwriter

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Birth Place

Spokane, Washington, USA

Born

March 11, 1907

Died

April 04, 1992

Biography

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Karl Tunberg wrote a variety of screenplays throughout the duration of his Hollywood career. Tunberg's career beginnings can be traced back to writing for films such as the Alice Faye musical comedy "You Can't Have Everything" (1937), the The Ritz Brothers comedy "Life Begins in College" (1937) and the Shirley Temple Black musical "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938). He also appeared ...

Filmography

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How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

The 7th Dawn (1964)

I Thank a Fool (1962)

Taras Bulba (1962)

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Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought We Were Wowing Them!

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) We Thought You Were A Turkey

Biography

Karl Tunberg wrote a variety of screenplays throughout the duration of his Hollywood career. Tunberg's career beginnings can be traced back to writing for films such as the Alice Faye musical comedy "You Can't Have Everything" (1937), the The Ritz Brothers comedy "Life Begins in College" (1937) and the Shirley Temple Black musical "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938). He also appeared in the musical comedy "My Lucky Star" (1938) with Sonja Henie, the musical comedy "Sally, Irene and Mary" (1938) with Alice Faye and the musical comedy "Hold That Co-ed" (1938) with John Barrymore. Tunberg was nominated for a Writing (Original Screenplay) Academy Award for "Tall, Dark and Handsome" in 1941 as well as for a Writing (Screenplay--Based On Material From Another Medium) Academy Award for "Ben-Hur" in 1959. Nearing the end of his career, Tunberg wrote the Greer Garson drama "Scandal at Scourie" (1953), "Valley of the Kings" (1954) and the Stewart Granger dramatic adaptation "Beau Brummell" (1954). He also appeared in "Libel" (1959) with Dirk Bogarde. Tunberg more recently wrote "Cannon" (CBS, 1971-76). Tunberg passed away in April 1992 at the age of 85.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

The 7th Dawn (1964)

I Thank a Fool (1962)

Taras Bulba (1962)

Count Your Blessings (1959)

The Seventh Sin (1957)

The Scarlet Coat (1955)

Written for Screen by

Beau Brummell (1954)

Valley of the Kings (1954)

Scandal at Scourie (1953)

Because You're Mine (1952)

The Law and the Lady (1951)

Night into Morning (1951)

Love That Brute (1950)

You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

Wrt for the Screenplay by

Up in Central Park (1948)

Wrt for the Screenplay by

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

Masquerade in Mexico (1946)

Bring on the Girls (1945)

Standing Room Only (1944)

Orchestra Wives (1942)

Lucky Jordan (1942)

My Gal Sal (1942)

Week-End in Havana (1941)

Original Screenplay

Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)

Original Screenplay

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

I Was an Adventuress (1940)

Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

Down Argentine Way (1940)

Shipyard Sally (1939)

Hold That Co-Ed (1938)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

My Lucky Star (1938)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)

Submarine Patrol (1938)

Contract Writer

Hold That Co-Ed (1938)

Life Begins in College (1937)

You Can't Have Everything (1937)

Producer (Feature Film)

The 7th Dawn (1964)

Count Your Blessings (1959)

You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

Up in Central Park (1948)

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

Associate Producer

Masquerade in Mexico (1946)

Life Events

Videos

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought We Were Wowing Them! At a radio audition, Shirley Temple as Rebecca and William Demarest as uncle Harry, looking to impress assistant Orville (Jack Haley), sponsor Bartlett (Paul Harvey) and ad-man Kent (Randolph Scott) with a tune by Harry Revel and Mack Gordon, in Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938.

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) We Thought You Were A Turkey Traveling minstrel Paul (Victor Mature) gets blamed for the scam run by a con man he just met, later rescued by Carole Landis as showgirl Mae, introduced in a manner usually reserved for leading ladies (in this instance Rita Hayworth, coming soon) early in My Gal Sal, 1942.

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) What's Your Answer? Joining the number midway, headliner Sally (Rita Hayworth) performing a song in fact written by Paul Dresser, the brother of the novelist Theodore Dreiser, played here by Victor Mature, who's come to New York seeking redress, James Gleason his agent, in My Gal Sal, 1942.

Life Begins In College (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Klassy Kampus Kleaners First scene for the stars, the Ritz Brothers, beginning here with Jimmy, Harry and Al, left to right, whom we learn are the struggling tailors in the college town, Frank Melton their first customer, and George (Nat Pendleton) the next, an oil-rich Indian freshman whose pants got mangled in a hazing by the football team, in Life Begins In College, 1937.

Life Begins In College (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Our Accents Are Cheesy There’s no defined plot premise for this, we’re at the college dance, various stories in play, when the starring Ritz Brothers (Jimmy left, Harry in drag and Al right), who run a failing laundry business, appear with a specialty song, credited to Sam Pokrass, Sid Kuller and Ray Golden, in in Life Begins In College, 1937.

Scandal At Scourie (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Best Ones Were Taken First On an Ontario stopover, traveling west with guardian nuns seeking homes for their charges after a fire, orphan Patsy (Donna Corcoran), hoping to save her goldfish from her bully friends, meets local Mrs. McChesney (Greer Garson, her first scene), in MGM's Scandal At Scourie, 1953.

Scandal At Scourie (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Dictated By Rome Mrs. McChesney (Greer Garson) has not quite convinced her prominent Ontario Protestant storekeeper and mayor husband Patrick (Walter Pidgeon) that they should adopt just-arrived Catholic Quebecois orphan Patsy (Donna Corcoran) permanently, early in MGM's Scandal At Scourie, 1953.

Law And The Lady (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Chemin de Fer On their first adventure in Monte Carlo, ex-servant Jane (Greer Garson) poses as "Lady Loverly," easily causing her newfound escort (Holmes Herbert) to lose at cards, her new partner Nigel (Michael Wilding) collecting, in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Law And The Lady, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) One Stone At A Time We know that butler “Hoskins” (Michael Wilding) is really Nigel, con-man partner of Greer Garson, who’s just arrived at his new San Francisco situation posing as “Lady Loverly,” discussing their plot, drawing the attention of neighbor Dinas (Fernando Lamas), in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Scandal At Scourie (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Because I'm A Protestant? Irish-born Ontarian Mrs. McChesney (Greer Garson) has just failed in her scheme to cause Quebec orphan Patsy (Donna Corcoran) to miss her train west with the nuns, so she makes a spontaneous offer to Sister Josephine (Agnes Moorehead), Arthur Shields the local priest, in MGM's Scandal At Scourie, 1953.

Law And The Lady, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Stop Being Witty Domestic "girl" Jane (Greer Garson) is just being accused of stealing by Lord and Lady Minden (Michael Wilding, Phyllis Stanley), when his twin Nigel (also Wilding) appears, the police inspector (Rhys Williams) baffled, early in The Law And The Lady, 1951.

Valley Of The Kings (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Not That Kind Of Lady Opening scene in which MGM gets every penny of it's on-location at the pyramids payoff, aristocratic Ann (Eleanor Parker) introduces herself to rugged archaeologist Mark (Robert Taylor), who gets to slug a guy, in Valley Of The Kings, 1954.

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