Screenplay: Irving Elinson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Irving Elinson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Belle of New York

1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Charles Walters

Cast Fred Astaire · Vera-Ellen · Keenan Wynn · Marjorie Main

Plot In turn of the century New York, pretty temperance worker Angela Collins, who is a member of the Daughters of Right, is hailed as the "Belle of New York" by...

6.2

30 votes

6.2

30 votes

Mister Ed (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sonia Chernus · Walter Brooks · Arthur Lubin · Ira Stewart

Cast Alan Young · Connie Hines · Edna Skinner · Allan Lane

Plot Mister Ed is a horse who is owned by Wilbur Post. Mister Ed is not just any horse, he talks to Wilbur! But this gets Wilbur in all kinds of...

5.4

202 votes

5.4

202 votes

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · Leon Ames · Rosemary DeCamp

Plot The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after W.W.I. Bill & Marjorie's on-again, off-again provide...

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Sally (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction William Asher

Cast Joan Caulfield · Marion Lorne · Johnny Desmond · Gale Gordon

Plot TV Series (1957-1958). 1 season. 26 episodes. Salesgirl, Sally Truesdale becomes traveling companion to a wealthy matron.

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Show Business

1944 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Eddie Cantor · George Murphy · Joan Davis · Nancy Kelly

Plot A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.

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Mona McCluskey (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Richard Whorf · Stanley Z. Cherry · Don McGuire

Cast Juliet Prowse · Denny Miller · Bartlett Robinson · Herbert Rudley

Plot A beautiful Hollywood actress who is the star of the show, marries an Air Force sergeant, who insists that they live on the little amount of money he makes, and...

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The Real McCoys (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pincus · Hy Averback · Sheldon Leonard · David Alexander

Cast Richard Crenna · Walter Brennan · Kathleen Nolan · Michael Winkelman

Plot TV Series (1957-1963). 6 seasons. 224 episodes. The McCoy family moves from the mountains of West Virginia to California's San Fernando Valley. The leader of the clan is Grampa--a cranky...

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Make Room for Daddy (TV Series)

1953 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Melville Shavelson · Sheldon Leonard · William Asher · Danny Thomas

Cast Danny Thomas · Jean Hagen · Marjorie Lord · Sherry Jackson

Plot TV Series (1953-1965). 11 Seasons. 344 Episodes. Danny Williams, a successful nightclub singer, encounters a variety of difficult or amusing situations in trying to balance his career with his family;...

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The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield · Frank Tashlin

Cast Bob Hope · Marilyn Maxwell · Lloyd Nolan · Jane Darwell

Plot When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally steers Moose Moran's girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Fortunately it's...

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Lucky Me

1954 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Jack Donohue

Cast Doris Day · Robert Cummings · Phil Silvers · Eddie Foy Jr.

Plot Candy Williams is a struggling performer in a musical troupe, headed by Hap Schneider. Unfortunately, the troupe has fallen on hard times, forcing the members to get jobs cleaning hotel...

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