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Lesser Samuels (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year.
Lesser Samuels was born on 26 July 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), No Way Out (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1954). He died on 22 December 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Writer, Producer
- July 26, 1894
- Lesser Samuels
- December 22, 1980
Lesser Samuels (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder 's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year.
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Lesser Samuels was born on 26 July 1894 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Ace in the Hole (1951), No Way Out (1950) and The Silver Chalice (1954). He died on 22 December 1980 in Winchester, Massachusetts, USA.
Lesser Samuels (1894-1980) graduated with a degree in metallurgy from Carnegie Tech and worked in the steel industry prior to entering the motion picture business. His first scripts were written in London for British films; he was signed under contract by MGM in 1939.
Lesser Samuels's films include Ace in the Hole, Great Day in the Morning, No Way Out, Strange Cargo
