(Niven) (1897-1975) US dramatist and novelist. He won Pulitzer prizes for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1927, and for the plays Our Town 1938 and The Skin of Our Teeth 1942. His farce The Matchmaker 1954 was filmed 1958. In 1964 it was adapted into the hit stage musical Hello, Dolly!, also made into a film.
His plays are innovative in that they are overtly philosophical, they generally employ no props or scenery, and the characters often directly address the audience.

(1906-) Austrian-born accomplished US screenwriter and film director. He worked in the US from 1934. He directed and coscripted the cynical Double Indemnity 1944, The Lost Weekend (Academy Award for best director) 1945, Sunset Boulevard 1950, Some Like It Hot 1959, and The Apartment (Academy Award) 1960.
He specialized in “smart” romances and worked with Charles Brackett on film scripts such as Ninotchka 1939 directed by Lubitsch and produced by Wilder. He won the Thalberg Award 1987.

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To cause to stray.