Harry Segall

Writing

Harry Segall

Born April 10, 1892

Died November 25, 1975 · aged 83

Harry Segall (April 10, 1892 – November 25, 1975) was an American playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Segall was born in Chicago. Harry Segall's writing career spans from 1933 to 1959. Segall's plays, including Lost Horizons, appeared on Broadway in the mid-1930s. In 1933, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brought Segall to Hollywood as a contract writer. In 1936, he moved to RKO Pictures, where h…

Known For

Heaven Can WaitHeaven Can Wait · 1978
Heaven Can Wait
★ 6.71978
MovieFantasyComedy
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
XanaduXanadu · 1980
Xanadu
★ 5.71980
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.
AgathaAgatha · 1979
Agatha
★ 6.11979
MovieDramaMystery
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Monkey BusinessMonkey Business · 1952
Monkey Business
★ 6.71952
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Angel on My ShoulderAngel on My Shoulder · 1946
Angel on My Shoulder
★ 6.51946
MovieFantasyComedy
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
The Bride Wore BootsThe Bride Wore Boots · 1946
The Bride Wore Boots
★ 6.11946
MovieComedyRomance
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
The Powers GirlThe Powers Girl · 1943
The Powers Girl
★ 7.01943
MovieComedyMusic
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
Here Comes Mr. JordanHere Comes Mr. Jordan · 1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
★ 7.01941
MovieComedyFantasy
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

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The Wife Takes a FlyerThe Wife Takes a Flyer · 1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer
★ 5.51942
MovieWarComedy
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.

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