Screenplay: Ogden Nash

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


The Shining Hour

1938 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Joan Crawford · Margaret Sullavan · Robert Young · Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis Olivia (Crawford), a New York nightclub dancer, tires of the fast life and marries Henry Linden (Douglas), a farmer. When Olivia moves to her new husband's farm, in Wisconsin, she encounters trouble from his domineering sister-in-law Hannah (Bainter) and his...

6.8

93 votes

6.8

93 votes

One Touch of Venus

1948 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Robert Walker · Ava Gardner · Dick Haymes · Eve Arden

Synopsis A window dresser in a department store feels a strange attraction to a mannequin in the display. One night he impulsively kisses her; she comes to life and reveals herself to be Venus, the goddess of love.

6.0

647 votes

6.0

647 votes

Direction David Silverman

Synopsis Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.

4.3

52 votes

4.3

52 votes

The Firefly

1937 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Jeanette MacDonald · Allan Jones · Warren William · Billy Gilbert

Synopsis Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers, in order for them to reveal Napolean's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to...

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The Feminine Touch

1941 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Rosalind Russell · Don Ameche · Kay Francis · Van Heflin

Synopsis John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. He leaves college to go to New York to have his manuscript on jealousy published. John and Julie go to...

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Carnival of the Animals (S)

1976 · Movie · 23 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Jones · Herbert Klynn · Gerry Woolery

Synopsis Bugs and Daffy perform and act out their own version of the classic "Carnival of the Animals."

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