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Benjamin Glazer

1887 - 1956

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Benjamin F. Glazer (May 7, 1887 – March 18, 1956) was a screenwriter, producer, Foley artist, and director of American films from the 1920s through the 1950s. He made the first translation of author / playwright Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom (1909) into English from its original Hungarian (Magyar) in 1921. His translation was used in the first American live stage play performance that year and later in the subsequent 1930 film version, and in every production in English of the play for the 115 years since its 1909 writing until recently. It also served as the basis for the libretto for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, as well as for Phoebe and Henry Ephron's screenplay for the 1956 film version. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Glazer is the 1,153rd most popular film director (down from 934th in 2019), the 4,190th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,185th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Benjamin Glazer ranks 1,153 out of 2,041. Before him are Cristina Comencini, Richard Williams, Vladimir Naumov, Konstantin Lopushansky, David Ayer, and Pete Docter. After him are Lorenza Mazzetti, Bill Condon, Tomas Alfredson, Rupert Julian, Armand Gatti, and Sergei Solovyov.

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Among people born in 1887, Benjamin Glazer ranks 237. Before him are Edith Sitwell, Olga Oelkers, Walter Johnson, Friedrich Gogarten, Sid Kimpton, and Carl Blegen. After him are Ivan Kavaleridze, Kate Gillou, Arvo Ylppö, Arne Halse, Karl Johan Svensson, and William Henry Dean. Among people deceased in 1956, Benjamin Glazer ranks 177. Before him are Marie Juchacz, Nikolai Panin, Fernand Jourdant, Georg Brustad, Pyotr Konchalovsky, and Khadr El-Touni. After him are Leonard Peterson, Otto Scheff, Christian Gitsham, Artur Văitoianu, Billy Bishop, and Frank Brangwyn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Glazer ranks 4,191 out of 8,785. Before him are Bruno Heller (1960), Mary Beard (1955), Bob Houghton (1947), Alan Bennett (1934), Christopher Cradock (1862), and Bill Moggridge (1943). After him are Norman Hunter (1943), John Hoppner (1758), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Joseph Noel Paton (1821), and Charles Robert Cockerell (1788).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Benjamin Glazer ranks 85. Before him are Gareth Evans (1980), Charles Jarrott (1927), Mike Figgis (1948), Michael Winner (1935), Duncan Jones (1971), and Jon Amiel (1948). After him are Edgar Wright (1974), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mark Herman (1954), Gerry Anderson (1929), Nick Park (1958), and Basil Dearden (1911).

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