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Dore Schary

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Dore Schary

Birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
7 Jul 1980 (aged 74)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Motion Picture Producer, Executive, Screenwriter. Wrote the Academy Award-winning script for "Boys Town" (1938) and other screenplays. He produced or supervised over 250 films, including "Crossfire" (1947), "An American In Paris" (1951), and "Lust For Life" (1956). For Broadway stage he wrote Tony Award-winning play "Sunrise At Campobello" (1958) and produced "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1960). He was a vocal opponent of McCarthy era Hollywood blacklist, and served as national chairman of B'Nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League from 1963 to 1969.
Motion Picture Producer, Executive, Screenwriter. Wrote the Academy Award-winning script for "Boys Town" (1938) and other screenplays. He produced or supervised over 250 films, including "Crossfire" (1947), "An American In Paris" (1951), and "Lust For Life" (1956). For Broadway stage he wrote Tony Award-winning play "Sunrise At Campobello" (1958) and produced "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1960). He was a vocal opponent of McCarthy era Hollywood blacklist, and served as national chairman of B'Nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League from 1963 to 1969.

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  • Added: Sep 5, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6754549/dore-schary: accessed ), memorial page for Dore Schary (31 Aug 1905–7 Jul 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6754549, citing Monmouth Fields Cemetery, West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.