Charles Brackett

Charles Brackett

Charles William Brackett (November 26, 1892 – March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He collaborated with Billy Wilder on sixteen films. Brackett was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, the son of Mary Emma Corliss and New York State Senator, lawyer, and banker Edgar Truman Brackett. The family's roots traced back to the arrival of Richard Brackett in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, near present-day Springfield, Massachusetts. His mother's uncle, George Henry Corliss, built the Centennial Engine that powered the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. A 1915 graduate of Williams College, he earned his law degree from Harvard University. He joined the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War I. He was awarded the French Medal of Honor. He was a frequent contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, and Vanity Fair, and a drama critic for The New Yorker. He wrote five novels: The Counsel of the Ungodly (1920), Week-End (1925), That Last Infirmity (1926), and American Colony (1929). and Entirely Surrounded (1934). Brackett was a president of the Screen Writers Guild (1938–1939) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1949–1955). He either wrote and/or produced over forty films, including To Each His Own, Ninotchka, The Major and the Minor, The Mating Season (1951), Niagara, The King and I, Ten North Frederick, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, and Blue Denim. Beginning in August 1936, Brackett worked with Billy Wilder, writing the film classics The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard, both of which won Academy Awards for their respective screenplays. Brackett described their collaboration process as follows: "The thing to do was suggest an idea, have it torn apart and despised. In a few days, it would be apt to turn up, slightly changed, as Wilder's idea. Once I got adjusted to that way of working, our lives were simpler." His partnership with Wilder ended in 1950 and Brackett went to work at 20th Century-Fox as a screenwriter and producer. His script for Titanic (1953) won him another Academy Award. He received an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1958. Charles Brackett died on March 9, 1969. His diaries covering his screenwriting and social life from 1932 to 1949 were edited by Anthony Slide into Slide's book It's the Pictures That Got Small: Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age.

  • Title: Charles Brackett
  • Popularity: 1.315
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1892-11-26
  • Place of Birth: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Charles William Brackett
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Charles Brackett Movies

  • 1950
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    The Screen Writer

    The Screen Writer

    1 1950 HD

    This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 1950
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    8.3 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    8.3 1950 HD

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  • 1939
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    Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

    7.5 1939 HD

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  • 1959
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    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    6.9 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    6.9 1959 HD

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  • 1938
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    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    7 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    7.4 1939 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Lost Weekend

    The Lost Weekend

    7.629 1945 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Lost Weekend

    The Lost Weekend

    7.629 1945 HD

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  • 1954
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    Garden of Evil

    Garden of Evil

    6 1954 HD

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  • 1950
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    Edge of Doom

    Edge of Doom

    5.9 1950 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

    7.361 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    Five Graves to Cairo

    Five Graves to Cairo

    6.9 1943 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

    6.9 1944 HD

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  • 1956
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    The King and I

    The King and I

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1953
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    Titanic

    Titanic

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    Titanic

    Titanic

    6.6 1953 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    6.2 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    6.2 1955 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

    6.6 1941 HD

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  • 1953
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    Niagara

    Niagara

    6.8 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    Niagara

    Niagara

    6.8 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    Teenage Rebel

    Teenage Rebel

    6.5 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Model and the Marriage Broker

    The Model and the Marriage Broker

    6.1 1951 HD

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  • 1936
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    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    That Certain Age

    That Certain Age

    5 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    Without Regret

    Without Regret

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Emperor Waltz

    The Emperor Waltz

    5.9 1948 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Model and the Marriage Broker

    The Model and the Marriage Broker

    6.1 1951 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Emperor Waltz

    The Emperor Waltz

    5.9 1948 HD

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  • 1944
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    Skirmish on the Home Front

    Skirmish on the Home Front

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1937
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    Live, Love and Learn

    Live, Love and Learn

    5.8 1937 HD

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  • 1946
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    To Each His Own

    To Each His Own

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1946
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    To Each His Own

    To Each His Own

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1948
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    Miss Tatlock's Millions

    Miss Tatlock's Millions

    5.8 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    Miss Tatlock's Millions

    Miss Tatlock's Millions

    5.8 1948 HD

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  • 1936
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    Rose of the Rancho

    Rose of the Rancho

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1931
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    Secrets of a Secretary

    Secrets of a Secretary

    5.5 1931 HD

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  • 1936
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    Woman Trap

    Woman Trap

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1943
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    Five Graves to Cairo

    Five Graves to Cairo

    6.9 1943 HD

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  • 1939
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    What a Life

    What a Life

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    College Scandal

    College Scandal

    5.2 1935 HD

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  • 1960
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    High Time

    High Time

    5.6 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Virgin Queen

    The Virgin Queen

    7.1 1955 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1948
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    A Foreign Affair

    A Foreign Affair

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1959
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    Blue Denim

    Blue Denim

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    D-Day the Sixth of June

    D-Day the Sixth of June

    5.3 1956 HD

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  • 1935
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    Enter Madame

    Enter Madame

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sunset Boulevard

    Sunset Boulevard

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Bishop's Wife

    The Bishop's Wife

    7.1 1947 HD

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  • 1962
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    State Fair

    State Fair

    4.9 1962 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Gift of Love

    The Gift of Love

    7.2 1958 HD

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  • 1946
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    To Each His Own

    To Each His Own

    6.8 1946 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Last Outpost

    The Last Outpost

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Wayward Bus

    The Wayward Bus

    5.8 1957 HD

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  • 1929
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    Pointed Heels

    Pointed Heels

    7.2 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    Risky Business

    Risky Business

    6 1926 HD

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  • 1954
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    Woman's World

    Woman's World

    7.1 1954 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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