Writing

Robert Hartung

Born March 6, 1917 · Mount Vernon, Iowa, USA

Died March 9, 1999 · aged 82

Charles Robert Hartung (1917-1999) was an American film and television writer and producer, as well as a theatre director and actor. He headed the University of New Mexico's theater arts department from its inception in 1972 until his retirement in 1991. Hartung remained involved in stage productions until his death at age 81.

Known For

Elizabeth the QueenElizabeth the Queen · 1968
Elizabeth the Queen
★ 10.01968
MovieTV Movie
In the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Judith Anderson) is the ruler of England. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (Charlton Heston) is her lover, best friend, and worst enemy.
Victoria ReginaVictoria Regina · 1961
Victoria Regina
★ 8.01961
MovieDramaHistory
Julie Harris portrays the famed Queen Victoria over a 60 year span, from the age of 18 through her romance with Prince Albert through her diamond jubilee in 1897.
Abe Lincoln in IllinoisAbe Lincoln in Illinois · 1964
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
★ 8.71964
MovieDramaTV Movie
The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.
Inherit the WindInherit the Wind · 1965
Inherit the Wind
★ 8.01965
MovieTV MovieDrama
A young man, Bert Cates, is arrested in a small Bible Belt town for teaching the theory of Evolution in the public school. Two of the finest legal minds in the U.S. are called to the trial: Henry Drummond for the defense, and Matthew Harrison Brady for the prosecution. The trial proceeds on three levels, the guilt or innocence of Cates, the issue of the Bible vs. Darwin, and finally, the personal confrontation between Drummond and Brady.
The File on DevlinThe File on Devlin · 1969
The File on Devlin
★ 8.01969
MovieDramaThriller
A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning author, vanishes while travelling near the Russian border. Entrusted by her father with an unfinished book he was working on before his trip, the young woman becomes engaged in a power struggle over the material with her estranged stepmother. Suspiciously befriended by a journalist in the midst of the crisis, the young woman ultimately learns that no one is to be trusted - as her father's work is of interest to the intelligence departments of several countries.
A Doll's HouseA Doll's House · 1959
A Doll's House
★ 10.01959
MovieDramaTV Movie
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
Arsenic & Old LaceArsenic & Old Lace · 1962
Arsenic & Old Lace
★ 6.51962
MovieDramaThriller
1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
PygmalionPygmalion · 1963
Pygmalion
★ 8.01963
MovieComedy
Can Professor Higgins transform cockney flower girl Eliza Dolittle into a lady by teaching her to speak properly?

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