Lesser Samuels

Emerging from a 1894 birth, Samuels forged a twenty-year Hollywood screenwriting career, beginning with the 1936 romance It’s Love Again. His work earned back-to-back Academy Award nominations, first for the socially charged racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and then for Billy Wilder’s sharply critical Ace in the Hole the following year, highlighting his skill with provocative subjects. In 1954 he t… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources