Ernest Lehman

Screenwriting

11 titles

Black Sunday

Movie1977

An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.

Family Plot

Movie1976

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Hello, Dolly!

Movie1969

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Movie1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

The Sound of Music

Movie1965

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

The Prize

Movie1963

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

West Side Story

Movie1961

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

North by Northwest

Movie1959

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Movie1956

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

The King and I

Movie1956

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

Sabrina

Movie1954

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Producing

2 titles

Hello, Dolly!

Movie1969

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Movie1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

Miscellaneous Crew

12 titles

Sabrina

Movie1995

An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.

Black Sunday

Movie1977

An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.

Family Plot

Movie1976

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Hello, Dolly!

Movie1969

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Movie1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

The Sound of Music

Movie1965

In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

The Prize

Movie1963

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

West Side Story

Movie1961

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.

North by Northwest

Movie1959

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Movie1956

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

The King and I

Movie1956

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

Sabrina

Movie1954

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Ernest Lehman

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

Black Sunday

Family Plot

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Sound of Music

The Prize

West Side Story

North by Northwest

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The King and I

Sabrina

Producing

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Miscellaneous Crew

Sabrina

Black Sunday

Family Plot

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Sound of Music

The Prize

West Side Story

North by Northwest

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The King and I

Sabrina

Ernest Lehman

Biography

Ratings

Filmography

Screenwriting

Black Sunday

Family Plot

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Sound of Music

The Prize

West Side Story

North by Northwest

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The King and I

Sabrina

Producing

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Miscellaneous Crew

Sabrina

Black Sunday

Family Plot

Hello, Dolly!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Sound of Music

The Prize

West Side Story

North by Northwest

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The King and I

Sabrina