About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1916-06-07
Place of birth:
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Website:
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Andrew Solt

Overview

Among Mr. Solt's credits was "In a Lonely Place," a much-praised 1950 film noir directed by Nicholas Ray. It centered on a cynical screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) who eludes a murder charge but loses his lover (Gloria Grahame) through his violent temper.

The script was hailed as "almost as flinty as the actor himself" in The New York Times by Thomas M. Pryor, who wrote that "because Mr. Solt did not compromise to fabricate a happy ending, the climax packs both surprise and a punch."

Mr. Solt's screenplays included comedies like "Without Reservations" (1946), melodramas such as "Whirlpool" (1949) and "Thunder on the Hill" (1951), the 1949 version of "Little Women" and "For the First Time" (1959), the last film made by Mario Lanza.

Mr. Solt, a native of Budapest, also wrote many plays for television anthologies.

Known for

Writing
1959 For the First Time Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1952 The Lusty Men Writing Writer 59
Average
1951 The Family Secret Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1951 Thunder on the Hill Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 In a Lonely Place Writing Screenplay 68
Fair
1950 Whirlpool Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1949 Little Women Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1948 Joan of Arc Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1946 The Jolson Story Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1946 Without Reservations Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook Writing Story N/A
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1943 My Kingdom for a Cook Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2018 Elvis Presley: The Searcher Production Executive Producer 71
Good
1992 A Classic Christmas From The Ed Sullivan Show Production Producer N/A
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Crew
1952 Lovely to Look At Crew Additional Dialogue 58
Average