David Boehm (1 February 1893 in

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– 31 July 1962 in

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) was an American

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. He is best known for the 1944

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heavenly

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'' (remade by

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in 1989 as ''

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''), for which he received an

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nomination. He also contributed scripts to ''

Gold Diggers of 1933 ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is an American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starr ...

'', ''

Ex-Lady ''Ex-Lady'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy/drama film directed by Robert Florey. The screenplay by David Boehm is a remake of the Barbara Stanwyck film '' Illicit (1931),'' both crediting a story (actually a play) by Edith Fitzgerald and ...

'' (1933), and ''

Knickerbocker Holiday ''Knickerbocker Holiday'' is a 1938 musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Maxwell Anderson (book and lyrics); based loosely on Washington Irving's '' Knickerbocker's History of New York'' about life in 17th-century New Netherland (old New ...

'' (1944).

Selected filmography

* '' Grand Slam'' (1933)

References

External links

* American male screenwriters 1893 births 1962 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1890s-stub