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Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author (1917–2007)
April 1, 1917 (August 8, 2007)

Prête-moi ta vie

V.O.: Deceptions
U.S. 1985. Drama by Robert Chenault, Melville Shavelson with Stefanie Powers, Barry Bostwick, Gina Lollobrigida. Two twin sisters, one a mother, the other one a jet-setter, trade places for a few days.
Runtime: 180 min.
U.S. 1983. Mores comedy by Melville Shavelson with Hal Linden, Ann Meara, Madolyn Smith. A middle-aged widower marries a young woman and then falls in love with a kindly grandmother.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1976. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Paul Michael Glaser, Sally Struthers, Ruth Gordon. The career and marriage of a famous illusionist and his fight against charlatans.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1975. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Franco Nero, Suzanne Pleshette, Yvette Mimieux. The career and loves of silent movie star Rudolph Valentino.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1974. Mores comedy by Melville Shavelson with Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Haywood Nelson. A couple who already has three children adopts three more of different races.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1972. Sentimental comedy by Melville Shavelson with Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards. A comedian who professes misogyny falls in love with a charming divorcee.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1968. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson. A widower with ten children marries a widow with eight children of her own.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1966. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner. In 1947, an American officer of Jewish origin, David Marcus, joins the Israeli movement in Palestine.
Runtime: 144 min.
U.S. 1963. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter. A fashion designer with boyish looks wins over a journalist.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1962. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino. American soldiers stationed in Italian homes send information by carrier pigeon.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1961. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White. Because of his resemblance to a British general, an American soldier is involved in an espionage operation.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 1960. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica. A man disputes the custody of his nephew with a relative who is a cabaret dancer.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1959. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong. During the twenties, Red Nichols tried to spread his jazz music.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1958. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. The daughter of an Italian musician is hired as a maid by a rich widower living on a barge with his children.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1957. Biography by Melville Shavelson with Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas. The political career and romantic problems of James J. Walker, mayor of New York in the 1920s.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1955. Comedy by Melville Shavelson with Bob Hope, Milly Vitale, George Tobias. A widowed actor brings his children on stage with him.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1951. Comedy by Irving Cummings with Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx. A bank employee, afraid of being suspected of a theft, does not dare to spend the money he has won at the racetrack.
Runtime: 80 min.

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