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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.
Dudley Nichols was born on 6 April 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Sister Kenny (1946), The Informer (1935) and Stagecoach (1939). He was married to Esther "Esta" Varez. He died on 4 January 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
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Dudley Nichols was a writer and producer who worked on thirteen scripts for John Ford and refused the Oscar for The Informer (1935). He was born in Ohio in 1895 and died in Hollywood in 1960.
- April 6, 1895
- January 4, 1960
Dudley Nichols Is AnAmericanscreenwriter And Director. He Was Best Known For His Work In Stagecoach (1939), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Scarlet Street (1945) And The Bells Of St. Mary's (1945). He Won Academy Award, WGA Laurel Award For Screen Writing Achievement And Venice Film Festival Award.
Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and director. Dudley Nichols was born April 6, 1895, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He studied at the University of Michigan where he was active member of the Sigma Chapter of Theta Xi fraternity.
Jan 8, 2010 · – Dudley Nichols, “The Writer and the Film” Upon the release of Stagecoach early in 1939, Frank S. Nugent concluded his enthusiastic and influential New York Times review by writing, “This is one stagecoach that's powered by a Ford.”
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The Dudley Nichols papers contain correspondence, writings, and personal papers documenting the life and work of American screenwriter and director Dudley Nichols.
