Edwin Justus Mayer

Personal Info

Known ForWriting
Born1896-11-08
BirthplaceNew York, New York

Edwin Justus Mayer

Writing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Justus Mayer (8 November 1896 – 11 September 1960) was an American screenwriter. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for 47 films between 1927 and 1958.

He was born and died in New York, New York. He is the grandfather of film director Daisy von Scherler Mayer.

Edwin Justus Mayer worked on many screenplays. But he is famous today for working with Ernst Lubitsch. He worked with Lubitsch in To Be or Not to Be (1942) and A Royal Scandal (1945). A Royal Scandal (1945) was a box office failure, but today, is considered by many as one of Lubitsch's finest films.

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Filmography

Production & Directing (35)

1958
6.5
1945
A Royal ScandalScreenplay
6.9
1942
7.8
1941
6.6
1941
7.2
1939
RioScreenplay
5.4
1939
7.0
1939
MidnightOriginal Story
7.4
1938
The BuccaneerScreenplay
6.4
1936
DesireScreenplay
7.0
1936
5.2
1935
7.8
1935
Peter IbbetsonAdditional Writing
7.0
1934
7.3
1934
5.2
1934
6.8
1933
6.6
6.0
1933
10.0
1932
Wild GirlScreenplay
6.2
1932
6.4
1931
Cheri-BibiScreenplay
10.0
6.0
1930
RomanceScreenplay
6.5
1930
5.5
5.5
1930
5.7
1930
RedemptionDialogue
5.7
1930
Not So DumbDialogue
5.3
1929
5.7
1928
9.0
1928
10.0
10.0
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