Louis Stevens (writer) explained

Louis Stevens
Birth Date:25 December 1896
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Death Place:Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation:Screenwriter
Yearsactive:1920–58

Louis Stevens (December 25, 1896 – September 29, 1963) was an American screenwriter of the silent and sound film eras. Born on Christmas Day 1896 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, Stevens entered the film industry in 1920 when he co-wrote the silent film A World of Folly, with Jane Grogan.[1] In his over 30-year career he worked on over 40 screenplays, as well as several film shorts and two television series.[2] [3] Among his more notable films were: contributing to the script of the 1931 version of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi;[4] co-writing the story for What Price Hollywood? (1932);[5] the screenplay for the 1940 western, Colorado, directed by Joseph Kane, and starring Roy Rogers;[6] the story for Streets of Laredo (1949), starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey and William Bendix;[7] 1951's The Cimarron Kid, starring Audie Murphy;[8] and Horizons West (1952), starring Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, and Rock Hudson.[9] Stevens' final screenplay was for Flaming Frontier in 1958,[10] although he did some work on additional dialogue for the 1959 film, Desert Desperadoes.[11] Stevens also wrote several television episodes, one for Cheyenne, and two for Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, all in 1957.[2]

Stevens died on September 29, 1963, at the age of 66, in Hollywood, California.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A World of Folly: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329072208/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16187 . March 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Louis Stevens . Internet Movie Database . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150113040930/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828574/ . January 13, 2015.
  3. Web site: Louis Stevens . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015.
  4. Web site: Dracula: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150417061553/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7690 . April 17, 2015.
  5. Web site: What Price Hollywood?: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140402045357/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6829 . April 2, 2014.
  6. Web site: Colorado: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329052332/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4689 . March 29, 2014.
  7. Web site: Streets of Laredo: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328174700/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26130 . March 28, 2014.
  8. Web site: The Cimarron Kid: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140403063616/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50056 . April 3, 2014.
  9. Web site: Horizons West: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140422105952/http://afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50514 . April 22, 2014.
  10. Web site: Flaming Frontier: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329102347/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=53443 . March 29, 2014.
  11. Web site: Desert Desperadoes: Detail View . American Film Institute . June 9, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140402003152/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52864 . April 2, 2014.

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