Dore Schary

Screenwriting

2 titles

Edison, the Man

Movie1940

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Boys Town

Movie1938

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Producing

9 titles

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie1955

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

Westward the Women

Movie1951

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

The Set-Up

Movie1949

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

They Live by Night

Movie1949

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Every Girl Should Be Married

Movie1948

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Movie1948

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Movie1947

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

The Spiral Staircase

Movie1946

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

Lassie Come Home

Movie1943

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Miscellaneous Crew

12 titles

Bad Day at Black Rock

Movie1955

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

Westward the Women

Movie1951

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

The Set-Up

Movie1949

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

They Live by Night

Movie1949

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

Every Girl Should Be Married

Movie1948

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Movie1948

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Crossfire

Movie1947

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Movie1947

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

The Spiral Staircase

Movie1946

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

Lassie Come Home

Movie1943

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Edison, the Man

Movie1940

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Boys Town

Movie1938

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Dore Schary

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

Edison, the Man

Boys Town

Producing

Bad Day at Black Rock

Westward the Women

The Set-Up

They Live by Night

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Spiral Staircase

Lassie Come Home

Miscellaneous Crew

Bad Day at Black Rock

Westward the Women

The Set-Up

They Live by Night

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Crossfire

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Spiral Staircase

Lassie Come Home

Edison, the Man

Boys Town

Dore Schary

Biography

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

Edison, the Man

Boys Town

Producing

Bad Day at Black Rock

Westward the Women

The Set-Up

They Live by Night

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Spiral Staircase

Lassie Come Home

Miscellaneous Crew

Bad Day at Black Rock

Westward the Women

The Set-Up

They Live by Night

Every Girl Should Be Married

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Crossfire

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Spiral Staircase

Lassie Come Home

Edison, the Man

Boys Town