Charles Lederer

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.

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 CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
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