Charles Lederer

American film director and screenwriter (1906–1976)

Charles Davies Lederer was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 22 films (1930–1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1930	The Front Page	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	101 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Mountain Music	Robert Florey			B&W
1937	Mountain music	Robert Florey			B&W
1937	MOUNTAIN MUSIC.	Paramount Pictures Inc.	8 reels		B&W
1939	BROADWAY SERENADE.	Loew's Inc.	12 reels		B&W
1939	WITHIN THE LAW.	Loew's Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1940	His Girl Friday	Howard Hawks	90 min	16mm	B&W
1942	Fingers At The Window.	Charles Lederer	8 reels		B&W	sound
1943	Slightly Dangerous.	Wesley Ruggles	10 reels		B&W	sound
1947	Kiss of Death	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; Henry Hathaway	1:41:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	The Lady From Shanghai.	Orson Welles	87 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	I Was A Male War Bride	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.	1:05	16mm	B&W	sound
1949	I Was A Male War Bride.	Howard Hawks	105 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1950	Wabash Avenue.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	92 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1952	Monkey Business	Howard Hawks	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1952	O. Henry's full house.	Henry King, Jean Negulesco, Howard Hawks, Henry Koster, Henry Hathaway	3900	16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1953	GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	10 reels	35mm	Color	sound
1958	Never steal anything small.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	94 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1958	The Fiend Who Walked The West.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	102 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1959	It Started With A Kiss.	Loew’s Inc. & Arcola Pictures Corp.	104 min	35mm	Color	sound
1960	Can-Can.	Suffolk-Cummings Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	131 min		Color	sound
1963	A Global Affair.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.	84 min	35mm	B&W	sound