Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets
Clifford Odets.

Clifford Odets (18 de julio de 1906, Filadelfia, Pensilvania - 14 de agosto de 1963, Hollywood, California) fue un dramaturgo estadounidense.

Actuó con algunas compañías de repertorios entre 1923 y 1928, uniéndose al Group Theatre en 1931. Su primera puesta en escena fue el drama de protesta social Waiting for Lefty en 1935, seguida por Awake and Sing! en 1935 y Golden Boy en 1937.

A finales de los años 1930, se trasladó a Hollywood donde escribió guiones cinematográficos y dirigió las películas None but the Lonely Heart en 1944 y The Story on Page One en 1959. Entre sus obras posteriores se encuentran The Big Knife de 1949, The Country Girl de 1950 y The Flowering Peach de 1954.

Obras escritas

  • (1935) Waiting for Lefty
  • (1935) Awake and Sing!
  • (1935) Till the Day I Die
  • (1935) Paradise Lost
  • (1936) The General Died at Dawn (guion cinematográfico)
  • (1937) Golden Boy
  • (1938) Rocket to the Moon
  • (1940) Night Music
  • (1941) Clash by Night
  • (1942) The Russian People (adaptación)
  • (1946) Humoresque (guion cinematográfico)
  • (1946) Notorious (diálogo)
  • (1946) Deadline at Dawn (guion cinematográfico)
  • (1949) The Big Knife
  • (1950) The Country Girl
  • (1954) The Flowering Peach
  • (1957) Sweet Smell of Success (guion cinematográfico)
  • (1961) Wild in the Country (guion cinematográfico)

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