Mortimer Offner(1900-1965)

Writer
Director
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mortimer Offner was born on 3 November 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Sylvia Scarlett (1935), The Saint in New York (1938) and Radio City Revels (1938). He was married to Pauline B Wilson. He died on 15 September 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Sylvia Scarlett

6.2

Writer

1935

The Saint in New York

6.3

Writer

1938

Radio City Revels

5.9

Writer

1938

All Star Revue

8.3

TV Series

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Writer

Shades of Gray
6.3
- original screenplay
- 1948
The Family Next Door
6.0
- writer
- 1939
Little Tough Guys in Society
6.0
- story and screenplay
- 1938
The Saint in New York
6.3
- screenplay
- 1938
Radio City Revels
5.9
- screen play
- 1938
Quality Street
6.2
- screen play
- 1937
The Soldier and the Lady
6.2
- screen play
- 1937
Mary of Scotland
6.3
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1936
Sylvia Scarlett
6.2
- screen play by
- 1935
Alice Adams
6.9
- screen play
- 1935
The Little Minister
6.2
- additional scenes
- 1934

Director

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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Born
- November 3, 1900
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- September 15, 1965
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Pauline B WilsonSeptember 8, 1945 - September 14, 1959 (her death, 2 children)

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Noted Broadway portrait photographer, educated at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, and trained at the Clarence White School of Photography. Sent to Hollywood on an assignment by Vanity Fair in 1930. Settled on the west coast two years later as contract screenwriter for RKO (1934-38). As a result of his membership in the Communist Party and his well-publicised leftist views, his career suffered during the McCarthy era. He later wrote for television under an assumed name.