Hal Kanter

Screenwriter

About

Birth Place

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Born

December 18, 1918

Died

November 06, 2011

Cause of Death

Pneumonia

Filmography

For the Love of It (1980)

Director

Once Upon a Horse... (1958)

Director

I Married a Woman (1958)

Color Adjustment (1991)

Himself

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Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been There Before

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Squirming!

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

1949

Television writing debut on comedy variety program "The Ed Wynn Show"

1952

Began writing for the Academy Awards telecast; went on to write several Oscar shows for more than 30 years

1954

Created, produced and was head writer of "The George Gobel Show" (NBC, CBS)

1955

Collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the big screen adaptation of Williams' drama "The Rose Tattoo"

1957

Feature directorial debut, "Loving You" starring Elvis Presley

1961

Wrote the musical comedy feature "Blue Hawaii," starring Presley

1964

Created the comedy series "Valentine's Day" (ABC), also wrote, directed and produced

1968

Created and produced groundbreaking NBC sitcom "Julia," starring Diahann Carroll; also directed several episodes

1970

Wrote, directed and executive produced "Three Coins in the Fountain" (NBC)

1980

Helmed the ABC TV-movie "For the Love of It"

1980

Produced and wrote the NBC TV-movie "Lucy Moves to NBC"

1999

Released the memoir <i>So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business</i>

2008

Received final writing credit for the Academy Awards

Videos

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been There Before Nick (James Garner) with new wife (Polly Bergen) at the hotel where he honeymooned with presumed-dead Ellen (Doris Day), not knowing she's in the lobby, copying the elevator shot from My Favorite Wife, Fred Clark, Max Showalter and Eddie Quillan on staff, in the re-make Move Over, Darling, 1963.

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Squirming! Having installed his believed-dead wife Ellen (Doris Day) in the next suite, Nick (James Garner) has to deal with his new-wife Bianca (Polly Bergen) on their wedding night, who’s both amorous and furious at his repeated departures, intending to tell her the news, in the re-make of My Favorite Wife, Move Over, Darling 1963.

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) What About Binaca? At the hotel where they honeymooned, having seen each other in the lobby as he checked in with his new bride, Nick (James Garner) hurries to find Ellen (Doris Day), who has, on the day she was declared legally dead, returned after five years lost at sea, with no time to explain, in the remake of My Favorite Wife, Move Over, Darling 1963.

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Follow That Car! Following a contretemps at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Ellen (Doris Day) flees in a convertible as husband Nick (James Garner) grabs a cab, climaxing in Doris getting run through a car wash, in the 1963 re-make of My Favorite Wive, Move Over, Darling.

Move Over, Darling (1963) -- (Movie Clip) She's Drownded! Doris Day is Ellen, still in her Navy dungarees, returning unannounced to her Beverly Hills home, her daughters (Pami Lee, Leslie Farrell) having no idea she's been rescued after five years on a desert island, her mother-in-law (Thelma Ritter) plain shocked, in the re-make of My Favorite Wife, Move Over, Darling, 1963 co-starring James Garner.

Let's Make Love (1960) -- (Movie Clip) To See What You're Like Following a comic prologue, French playboy magnate Clement (Yves Montand) is surrounded by sycophants, soon including Wales (Wilfrid Hyde White) and Coffman (Tony Randall) from PR, early in George Cukor's Let's Make Love, 1960.

Bachelor In Paradise (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Romance Languages Dropped off by real estate lady co-star Lana Turner, Bob Hope as the under-cover playboy author of racy lifestyle books meets Linda (Paula Prentiss), neighbor in "Paradise Valley," where he's just become the only bachelor and lessee, in Bachelor In Paradise, 1961.

Bachelor In Paradise (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Really Dry Gibson Janis Paige is Dolores, estranged wife of the developer and by far the most forward of the women Niles (Bob Hope, famous playboy writer working under cover in a typical American planned community) will meet, in Bachelor In Paradise, 1961, co-starring Lana Turner.

Pocketful of Miracles (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, God Bless Everybody Complex opening sequence from Frank Capra's last feature, Pocketful of Miracles, 1961, introducing Bette Davis as "Apple Annie," now a period piece, set in 1930 New York, but also a remake of Capra's own Lady For A Day, 1933, both based on a Damon Runyon story.

Pocketful of Miracles (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Hotel Marberry Apple Annie (Bette Davis) at the Hotel Marberry where she's trying to maintain an address she's been using to reassure her daughter living abroad, in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles, 1961, Gavin Gordon the hotel manager, from a Damon Runyon story.

Dear Brigitte (1965) -- (Movie Clip) I Did Not Resign Again Jesse White is the kooky old steamboat captain in a Bay Area town, introducing leading man James Stewart as cantankerous professor Leaf, and Glynis Johns as his wife Vina, in the family novelty comedy featuring a French superstar, Dear Brigitte, 1965.

Dear Brigitte (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Ludwig Von Beethoven On A Sweatshirt? Professor Leaf (James Stewart) who lives on an old steamboat, is baffled at his daughter (Cindy Carol) and her boyfriend (Fabian), who have plans to sell sweatshirts featuring his suddenly famous math-whiz son, his wife Vina (Glynis Johns) trying to reconcile, in Dear Brigitte, 1965.

About Mrs. Leslie (1954) -- (Original Trailer) Emphasis on Academy Award-winner Shirley Booth in the original trailer for producer Hal Wallis’ About Mrs. Leslie, 1954, co-starring Robert Ryan, from the popular potboiler by Viña Del Mar.

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