Biography
Charles Gordon Booth (February 12, 1896 β May 22, 1949) was a British-born writer who settled in America and wrote several classic Hollywood stories, including The General Died at Dawn (1936) and Sundown (1941). He won an Academy Award for Best Story for The House on 92nd Street in 1945, a thinly disguised version of the FBI "Duquesne Spy Ring saga", which led to the largest espionage conviction in the history of the United States. He also penned the short story "Caviar for His Excellency" which was the basis for the play "The Magnificent Fraud" and was the basis for Paul Mazursky's 1988 film Moon Over Parador.
Filmography
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Moon Over Parador (1988)
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6
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Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
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Strange Triangle (1946)
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Behind Green Lights (1946)
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6
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Johnny Angel (1945)
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6
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The House on 92nd Street (1945)
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The Traitor Within (1942)
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Sundown (1941)
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Hurricane Smith (1941)
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The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
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The General Died at Dawn (1936)
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The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1896-02-12
Deathday1949-05-22 (53 years old)
Birth PlacePrestwich, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
AwardsEdgar Awards, Academy Award for Best Story
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