Melville Shavelson
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 1, 1917, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- August 8, 2007
- Movies
- 38
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Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. He came to Hollywood in 1938 as one of comedian Bob Hope's joke writers, a job he held for the next five years. He is responsible for the screenplays of such Hope films as The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Where There's Life (1947), The Great Lover (1949), and Sorrowful Jones (1949), which also starred Lucille Ball.
Shavelson was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay -- first for 1955's The Seven Little Foys, starring Hope in a rare dramatic role, and then for 1958's Houseboat. He shared both nominations with Jack Rose. He also directed both films.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2009 | Tales from the Script | Self |
| 2003 | Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter | Himself |
| 1996 | Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1985 | Deceptions | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | The Other Woman | Director |
| 1979 | Ike | Writer, Director |
| 1978 | Rainbow | Director |
| 1976 | The Great Houdinis | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | The Legend of Valentino | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Mixed Company | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Here Comes the Judge | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and Ours | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1961 | On the Double | Director, Writer |
| 1960 | It Started in Naples | Screenplay, Director |
| 1959 | The Five Pennies | Director, Screenplay |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Director, Writer |
| 1957 | Beau James | Director, Writer |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | Director, Writer |
| 1954 | Living It Up | Screenplay |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Screenplay, Producer |
| 1952 | April in Paris | Writer |
| 1952 | Room for One More | Screenplay |
| 1951 | Double Dynamite | Screenplay |
| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Writer |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | Screenplay |
| 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Screenplay |
| 1949 | Always Leave Them Laughing | Screenplay |
| 1949 | The Great Lover | Writer |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Writer |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Screenplay |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Screenplay |
| 1945 | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Writer |
| 1945 | Wonder Man | Screenplay |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | Screenplay |
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