Writing

Lenore J. Coffee

Born July 13, 1896 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died July 2, 1984 · aged 87

From Wikipedia Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Coffee began her career when she answered an ad requesting a screen story for the actress Clara Kimball Young and was awarded a one-year contract at $50 a week. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award for best Adapted Screenplay…

Known For

Till We Meet AgainTill We Meet Again · 1944
Till We Meet Again
★ 5.81944
MovieWarDrama
An American pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France and is taken to a convent by the Resistance. The young novice nun Clothilde is interested in him and is willing to help him escape to England, but the pilot must continue his mission undercover by posing as the husband of a different woman.
The Volga BoatmanThe Volga Boatman · 1926
The Volga Boatman
★ 6.51926
MovieDrama
During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
The Dangerous AgeThe Dangerous Age · 1923
The Dangerous Age
★ 8.01923
MovieDrama
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip. But just after he mails a letter to Mary telling her that he will not return, John finds Gloria in the arms of her fiancé.
The SwanThe Swan · 1925
The Swan
★ 8.01925
MovieRomanceComedy
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
The Great LieThe Great Lie · 1941
The Great Lie
★ 7.01941
MovieDrama
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Wandering DaughtersWandering Daughters · 1923
Wandering Daughters
★ 9.01923
MovieDramaComedy
The daughter of straitlaced parents, Bessie Bowden is attracted to the social life of the fast set and finds Austin Trull, lounge lizard and sometime artist, more interesting than hard-working John Hargraves. Mr. Bowden and John try to compete with Bessie's new friends and spend all the family savings on making the Bowden home appear wealthy and a part of the social whirl. Bessie and Geraldine Horton finally catch Trull at his double-dealing, and Bessie wisely returns to home and Hargraves.
The End of the AffairThe End of the Affair · 1955
The End of the Affair
★ 5.81955
MovieDramaRomance
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Footsteps in the FogFootsteps in the Fog · 1955
Footsteps in the Fog
★ 7.01955
MovieThrillerDrama
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

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