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Frank Partos (born Ferenc Pártos; July 2, 1901 – December 23, 1956) was a Hungarian-American screenwriter and an early executive committee member of the Screen Actors Guild, which he helped found.
Frank Partos was born on July 2, 1901 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer, known for The Snake Pit (1948), Honolulu (1939) and College Scandal (1935). He was married to Maria Mariska Partos. He died on December 23, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- July 2, 1901
- December 23, 1956
Frank Partos was born on 2 July 1901 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer, known for The Snake Pit (1948), Honolulu (1939) and College Scandal (1935). He was married to Maria Mariska Partos. He died on 23 December 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- July 2, 1901
- Frank Partos
- December 23, 1956
Frank Partos; Nathanael West; Boris Ingster. Publication date. 1940. Topics. VHS RIP, Noir, Crime, Drama, Peter Lorre, English Movies, Film. Language. English. An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself. Stars.
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Budget. $171,200 (estimated) Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir directed by Boris Ingster and starring Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, and Charles Waldron, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr. It was written by Frank Partos.
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While the groundbreaking dream sequence is the visual centerpiece, Ingster packs the film with dramatic camera angles, low-key lighting, and novel blocking, which together create one of the film’s most iconic and suspenseful scenes in which Ward confronts the stranger in his stairwell. By Michael Bayer.
