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William Rose
Born:
1914-12-12
From:
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
William Rose was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, and travelled to Canada at the outbreak of World War II, while the US was still neutral, in order to join up and fight the Nazis. This took him to Britain, where he decided to stay after the war. He spent his demobilisation money on a course in screenwriting, and then became a writer of British and American comedies such as Ladykillers, Genevieve, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, and The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!, as well as more serious films such as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. He retired to Jersey, where he died in 1987 at the age of 72.
Writing
Dhamaal
The Ladykillers
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Flim-Flam Man
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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Island Splendor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Davy
The Smallest Show on Earth
The Man in the Sky
The Ladykillers
Touch and Go
The 'Maggie'
Genevieve
Gift Horse
Bachelor in Paris
I'll Get You for This
My Daughter Joy
Once a Jolly Swagman
Esther Waters
