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Bio

(1914-2008) Writer, screenwriter. Irving Brecher was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Full Name

Irving Brecher

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Brecher grew up in Yonkers, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Brecher worked for awhile in a Manhattan, New York, movie theater.

1914

BIRTH

Irving Brecher was born in the Bronx, New York, on January 17, 1914.

1939

LITWORK

At The Circus


Screenplay.

1940

LITWORK

Go West


Screenplay.

1941

LITWORK

Shadow Of The Thin Man


Screenplay.

1942

LITWORK

Du Barry Was A Lady


Screenplay.

1944

LITWORK

Meet Me In St. Louis


Screenplay written with Fred F. Finklehoffe.

1945

LITWORK

Yolanda And the Thief


Screenplay.

1946

LITWORK

Ziegfeld Follies


Screenplay.

1961

LITWORK

Sail A Crooked Ship


Screenplay based on the novel by Nathaniel Benchley.

1963

LITWORK

Bye Bye Birdie


Screenplay.

2008

DEATH

Irving Brecher died in Los Angeles, California, on November 17, 2008.

2008

INTERMENT

Irving Brecher was interred at Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California.

2009

LITWORK

The Wicked Wit of the West: Golden Age Screenwriter Irving Brecher Gets the Last Word
Ben Yehuda Press
9781934730232
Memoir.

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