Writing
Jerome Coopersmith
Born August 11, 1925
Died July 21, 2023 · aged 97
No biography available.
Known For
'Twas the Night Before Christmas · 1974'Twas the Night Before Christmas
★ 6.71974
MovieAnimationFamily
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside · 1973Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
★ 7.01973
MovieDramaCrime
Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.
An American Christmas Carol · 1979An American Christmas Carol
★ 6.21979
MovieDramaFamily
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
Have I Got a Christmas for You · 1977Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
MovieTV MovieDrama
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.
The Cradle Will Fall · 1983The Cradle Will Fall
★ 4.01983
MovieThrillerHorror
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.
The Sins of Dorian Gray · 1983The Sins of Dorian Gray
★ 6.81983
MovieHorrorDrama
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
Fall · 2001Fall
★ 5.52001
MovieAction
A professional thief turns state's evidence on his Mafia boss and enters into the witness protection program.
Betrayed by Innocence · 1986Betrayed by Innocence
★ 6.21986
MovieTV MovieDrama
A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.
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