Robert Alan Aurthur

Screenwriter

About

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

June 10, 1922

Died

November 20, 1978

Filmography

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The Lost Man (1969)

All That Jazz (1979)

The Lost Man (1969)

For Love of Ivy (1968)

Grand Prix (1966)

Screen story & Screenplay

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All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Without The Benefit Of Dying Herself

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Lost Man (1969)

Writer (Feature Film)

All That Jazz (1979)

The Lost Man (1969)

For Love of Ivy (1968)

Grand Prix (1966)

Screen story & Screenplay

Edge of the City (1957)

Story and Screenplay

Spring Reunion (1957)

Producer (Feature Film)

All That Jazz (1979)

Producer (Special)

Three in One (1960)

Executive Producer

Call Me Back (1960)

Executive Producer

Life Events

1969

Film directing debut

Videos

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Take Off With Us Sandahl Bergman, already a Broadway regular for director Bob Fosse, is a principal along with Eileen Casey, Bruce Davis, Gary Flannery, many others, with Fosse's own staging, and Roy Scheider the Fosse-based character Joe Gideon, in the tame opening section of the number, the original tune by Stanley Lebowsky and Fred Tobias, leading into the sensational

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Without The Benefit Of Dying Herself Director Bob Fosse gives us Roy Scheider as Fosse-based director Joe Gideon, after a grueling dance rehearsal, editing his film about a dead comic, with Cliff Gorman as Davis Newman, based on Dustin Hoffman, who played the real Lenny Bruce, in Fosse's film Lenny, focused on the famous Bruce routine about death, with Sue Paul and his actual editor, Alan Heim, in the cutting room, in All That Jazz, 1979.

All That Jazz (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, On Broadway Joe Gideon is a hedonistic workaholic who knocks back a daily dose of amphetamines to juggle a new Broadway production while editing his new movie, not to mention ex-wife Audrey, steady girlfriend Kate, a young daughter, and various conquests. Joe cannot, however, avoid intimations of mortality from white-clad vision Angelique that lead him to look back at his life as he heads for a near-inevitable coronary.

All That Jazz (1979) — (Movie Clip) A Better Dancer Another pass at director Bob Fosse’s “It’s Showtime” montage with dexedrine leads to a rehearsal where the Fosse figure Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) shreds dancer Victoria (Deborah Geffner), whom he hired in exchange for sex, who then earns some redemption, in All That Jazz, 1979.

Warlock (1959) -- (Movie Ciip) A Little Complaint Johnny (Richard Widmark) and Morgan (Anthony Quinn) are supporting spectators as Blaisdell (Henry Fonda), the new private marshal, faces down witty gunman Curley (DeForest Kelley), in Edward Dmytryk's Warlock, 1959.

Warlock (1959) -- (Movie Ciip) You've Got Decency Mixed Up The opening chat between Morgan (Anthony Quinn) and ex-showgirl Lily (Dorothy Malone), just arrived in town, discussing mostly his partner "Blaisdell," whom she hates, in Edward Dmytryk's complex Western Warlock, 1959.

Warlock (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Silk Sheets From China Righteous bit by Hugh Sanders as the territorial sheriff, come to collect prisoners from the title town, arrested by Henry Fonda as highly-paid private lawman Blaisdell, because no locals will take the job, Bartlett Robinson leading the griping, until Richard Widmark as semi-derelict Johnny steps up, in Edward Dmytryk’s byzantine Western Warlock, 1959.

Warlock (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Looks Like A Fair Enough Town First appearance for Henry Fonda as expensive hired lawman Blaisdell and Anthony Quinn his associate Morgan, Whit Bissell, Dolores Michaels, Vaughn Taylor among those receiving when Wallace Ford, as the intimidated Judge Holloway, has his moment, in Warlock, 1959, from the novel by Oakley Hall.

Grand Prix (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Belgian Grand Prix Straight racing with car-mounted cameras, on location at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium as James Garner, Yves Montand, Antonio Sabato and others roar through the Belgian Grand Prix in John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix, 1966.

Grand Prix (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Care To Come Watch My Debut? Director John Frankenheimer on location at Clermont-Ferrand, France, capturing complex tensions, as James Garner is driver Pete Aron, working for TV after getting fired for a wreck that injured Britisher Stoddard (Brian Bedford), whose actress wife (Jessica Walter) is still seeking publicity, Yves Montand his French driver pal, meeting Japanese mogul Toshiro Mifune, Eva Marie Saint a journalist, in Grand Prix, 1966.

Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) The Lower Forms Axel (John Cassavetes), himself of iffy background, still on his first day working the New York docks, joins Tyler (Sidney Poitier), whom he finds much more welcoming than crooked Charlie (not seen), who got him the job, early in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.

Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) With Nine College Degrees First scene for Ruby Dee as Lucy, wife of Tommie (Sidney Poitier), hosting his increasingly close new friend and colleague Axel (John Cassavetes), who is surprised to learn schoolteacher Ellen (Kathleen Maguire) is also invited, in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.

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