Joseph Fields

Playwright

About

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Also Known As

Joseph A. Fields

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

February 21, 1895

Died

March 03, 1966

Filmography

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Smart Woman (1948)

Paula's assistant

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Happy Anniversary (1959)

The Tunnel of Love (1958)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Bride for Sale (1949)

Photos & Videos

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Flower Drum Song (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chop Suey

Tunnel Of Love, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Class of '79

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Smart Woman (1948)

Paula's assistant

Writer (Feature Film)

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Happy Anniversary (1959)

The Tunnel of Love (1958)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Bride for Sale (1949)

Man from Texas (1948)

Lost Honeymoon (1947)

Original Screenplay

A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Original Screenplay

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Louisiana Purchase (1941)

Phantom Raiders (1940)

Contr to Screenplay const

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Fools for Scandal (1938)

Reported Missing (1937)

When Love Is Young (1937)

Love in a Bungalow (1937)

Contr to Screenplay const

Palm Springs (1936)

The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)

The Walking Dead (1936)

$1,000 a Minute (1935)

Waterfront Lady (1935)

Additional Dialogue

The Big Shot (1931)

Screenplay and dial

Producer (Feature Film)

Happy Anniversary (1959)

Executive Producer

The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Man from Texas (1948)

Music (Feature Film)

Man from Texas (1948)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Flower Drum Song (1961)

Writer (Special)

Wonderful Town (1958)

Producer (Special)

Wonderful Town (1958)

Executive Producer

Special Thanks (Special)

Wonderful Town (1958)

Life Events

Videos

Flower Drum Song (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chop Suey Another Rodgers & Hammerstein original which has long split opinion (Is it cultural stereotyping or knowing commentary?), Juanita Hall reprising her stage role as Madame Liang of San Francisco, receiving a citizenship award then supported by Jim Shigeta (who, it is sometimes forgotten, started out as a singer), Jack Soo, Benson Fong et al, in Flower Drum Song, 1961.

Tunnel Of Love, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Class of '79 From credits establishing Westport, Connecticut and title song by the leading lady, Doris Day and Richard Widmark arrive home, greeted by neighbors Gig Young and Elisabeth Fraser, opening The Tunnel Of Love, 1958.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) Bustin' With Talent Dueling beaus Chic (Allyn Joslyn) and Lippincott (Richard Quine) joust over Eileen (Janet Blair), Ruth (Rosalind Russell) officiating until subway construction and various intruders (last Brian Aherne) overwhelm, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) He's Not The Drug Store? Random gent (Chick Chandler) arrives looking for the previous tenant, confusing Eileen (Janet Blair) then Ruth (Rosalind Russell), "Wreck" (Gordon Jones) and wife (Jeff Donnell) then summoned, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

Tunnel Of Love, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Get Hold Of Your Husband Still trying to conceive even as their adoption application is being processed, Isolde (Doris Day) exhorts exhausted spouse Augie (Richard Widmark) to immediate action, in The Tunnel Of Love, 1958.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Anyone Here For Love Arguably more provocative than any of co-star Marilyn Monroe's numbers, Jane Russell as Dorothy at the ship's pool with the "Olympic Team," tune by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson, dance direction by Jack Cole, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Tunnel Of Love, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Cocktail Hour Aspiring Connecticut adoptive father Augie (Richard Widmark) is relaxing at home, no idea that his unexpected visitor Miss Novick (Gia Scala) represents the adoption agency, in The Tunnel Of Love, 1958, directed by Gene Kelly.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) Cold Hard Facts Aspriring writer Ruth (Rosalind Russell) gets recruited by editor Baker (Brian Aherne) to make a point to stodgy publisher Craven (Clyde Fillmore) in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

My Sister Eileen (1942) -- (Movie Cilp) Portugese Merchant Marine Sailors of the Portugese Merchant Marine have followed Ruth (Rosalind Russell) home to Greenwich Village where she and Eileen (Janet Blair) attempt to get them out of the apartment, in My Sister Eileen, 1942.

Family

Herbert Fields

Brother

Writer.

Dorothy Fields

Sister

Songwriter.

Lew Fields

Father

Bibliography

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