
Person
Edwin Justus Mayer
Writing · 1896–1960 · New York, New York
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edwin Justus Mayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Peter Ibbetson
Additional Writing

To Be or Not to Be
Screenplay

Desire
Screenplay

Wild Girl
Screenplay

Merrily We Go to Hell
Screenplay

Rio
Screenplay

The Buccaneer
Script

Romance
Screenplay

The Song of Songs
Writer

The Buccaneer
Screenplay
Filmography
- 1958The BuccaneerScript
- 1945Masquerade in MexicoStory
- 1945A Royal ScandalScreenplay
- 1942To Be or Not to BeScreenplay
- 1941UndergroundStory
- 1941They Met in BombayScreenplay
- 1939RioScreenplay
- 1939Exile ExpressWriter
- 1939MidnightOriginal Story
- 1938The BuccaneerScreenplay
- 1936DesireScreenplay
- 1936Till We Meet AgainScreenplay
- 1935So Red the RoseWriter
- 1935Peter IbbetsonAdditional Writing
- 1934Here Is My HeartScreenplay
- 1934The Affairs of CelliniTheatre Play
- 1934Thirty Day PrincessAdaptation
- 1933I Am Suzanne!Writer
- 1933The Song of SongsWriter
- 1933Tonight Is OursWriter
- 1932Wild GirlScreenplay
- 1932Merrily We Go to HellScreenplay
- 1931Cheri-BibiScreenplay
- 1931The Phantom of ParisDialogue
- 1931Never the Twain Shall MeetScreenplay
- 1930RomanceScreenplay
- 1930The Lady of ScandalAdaptation
- 1930In Gay MadridDialogue
- 1930RedemptionDialogue
- 1930Not So DumbDialogue
- 1929The Unholy NightScreenplay
- 1928Man-Made WomenWriter
- 1928The Whip WomanWriter
- 1927Husbands for RentStory
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