Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star Arlene Dahl starred in the film "Ambush" in 1950, which was based on a story of the same name written by who?
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Ambush (1950 film) Ambush is a 1950 western film directed by Sam Wood and starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl. This was the last film directed by Sam Wood. The plot is based on the serial story "Ambush" by Luke Short in "The Saturday Evening Post" (25 Dec 1948–12 Feb 1949).
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Arlene Dahl Arlene Carol Dahl (born August 11, 1925) is an American actress and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She has three children, the eldest of whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas.
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Never a Dull Moment (1950 film) Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 American comedy film from RKO, starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. The film is based on the 1943 book "Who Could Ask For Anything More?" by Kay Swift. The filming took place between December 5, 1949, and February 1, 1950.
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To Hell and Back (book) To Hell and Back is Audie Murphy's 1949 World War II memoir, detailing the events that led him to receive the Medal of Honor and also to become one of the most decorated foot-soldiers of the war. Although only Murphy's name appears on the book cover, it was in fact a collaboration with writer David "Spec" McClure. After securing a publishing contract in 1947, Murphy and McClure worked on the book through 1948 in Murphy's Hollywood apartment. Murphy did write some of the prose himself, but most of it was in "as told to" style, with the writing left to McClure. They traveled to France in 1948 where Murphy was presented with the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with Palm from the French government. While in France, Murphy received permission to visit the battle sites. The two men retraced 1,500 miles of battlefield as Murphy related details of the events to McClure.
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Command Decision (film) Command Decision is a 1948 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson and Brian Donlevy and directed by Sam Wood, based on a stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William R. Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947.
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Madeleine (1950 film) Madeleine is a 1950 film directed by David Lean, based on a true story about Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier. The trial was much publicized in the newspapers of the day and labeled "the trial of the century". Lean's adaptation of the story stars his then-wife, Ann Todd, with Ivan Desny as her French lover. Norman Wooland played the respectable suitor and Leslie Banks the authoritarian father—both of whom are unaware of Madeleine's secret life.
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Destination Moon (short story) "Destination Moon" is a novella by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, first published in the September 1950 issue of "Short Stories" magazine; it is an adaptation of Heinlein's own screenplay for the 1950 feature film "Destination Moon".
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Strange Cargo (1940 film) Strange Cargo is a 1940 American romantic drama film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Frank Borzage and starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a group of fugitive prisoners from a French penal colony. The screenplay by Lawrence Hazard was based upon the 1936 novel, "Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep", by Richard Sale. The film was produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and was the eighth and last film pairing of Crawford and Gable. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre.
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Neck (short story) "Neck" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It first appeared in the 1953 collection "Someone Like You".
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Return of the Frontiersman Return of the Frontiersman is a 1950 American Western film directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Edna Anhalt. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun, Jack Holt, Fred Clark and Edwin Rand. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 24, 1950.
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The Jungle Captive The Jungle Captive is a 1945 sequel to "Jungle Woman" (1944), which had been preceded by "Captive Wild Woman" (1943). "The Jungle Captive" features Otto Kruger, Amelita Ward, and Rondo Hatton (as a character named "Moloch"). Vicky Lane plays Paula Dupree, a lead character from the two earlier films. The film was written by Dwight V. Babcock and directed by Harold Young.
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the 1959 issue of "Nugget". The story is Dahl's variation on a popular anecdote dating back at least to 1939: a married woman receives a glamorous mink coat from a man with whom she had an affair. She hopes to sneak the coat into her home without arousing her husband's suspicions, but soon discovers that her husband has plans of his own.
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Andy Hardy Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film series from 1937 to 1946, with a film released in 1958 in an unsuccessful attempt to revive the series. Hardy and others were based on characters in the play "Skidding" by Aurania Rouverol. Early films in the series focused on the entire Hardy family, but later films in the series focused on the character of Andy Hardy. All of the films were sentimental comedies celebrating ordinary American life.
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A Life of Her Own A Life of Her Own is a 1950 American melodrama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart focuses on an aspiring model who leaves her small town in the Midwest to seek fame and fortune in New York City. The film was produced by Voldemar Vetluguin and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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La Loi du Nord La Loi du nord (] , "The Law of the North"; also called La Piste du Nord, "The Northern Trail") is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer. The films stars Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm and Charles Vanel. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North. It was entered for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival.
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It Rains on Our Love It Rains on Our Love (Swedish: Det regnar på vår kärlek ) is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay was written by Herbert Grevenius and Bergman, based on the Norwegian play "Bra Mennesker" ("Good People") by Oskar Braaten. "It Rains on Our Love" is the first film directed by Bergman to include actor Gunnar Björnstrand in a credited role (he also had a credited role in Bergman's screenwriting debut "Torment" (1944)). Björnstrand would go on to act in nearly twenty of Bergman's films.
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Nedrick Young Nedrick Young (March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968), also known by the pseudonym Nathan E. Douglas, was a screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with writing the screenplay for "Jailhouse Rock" in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley.
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Seven Days to Noon Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John and Roy Boulting. Based on the book, "Un Nazi en Manhattan", written by Fernando Josseau, Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film.
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The Savage (1952 film) The Savage is a 1952 Technicolor Western film directed by George Marshall. The film stars Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, and Peter Hansen. Much of "The Savage" was shot in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The film is based on L. L. Foreman's novel, "The Renegade", first published in 1949 by Pocket Books.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (film) Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel "Night Cry" by William L. Stuart. The film stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney.
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Robbery Under Arms (radio adaptation) Robbery Under Arms is a 1950 BBC radio adaptation of the popular novel "Robbery Under Arms".
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A Day Will Come (1950 film) A Day Will Come (German: Es kommt ein Tag) is a 1950 West German historical drama film directed by  Rudolf Jugert and starring Dieter Borsche, Maria Schell and Lil Dagover. It is based on Ernst Penzoldt's novella "Korporal Mombour", set at the time of the Franco-Prussian War.