Writer

Donald Ogden Stewart

1894 – 1980

Active years (films on this site)

1938–1940

Genres

ComedyRomance

Schools and movements

Classical Hollywood

Directors worked with

George Cukor2 films

Biography

Donald Ogden Stewart was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his sophisticated golden age comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story, Tarnished Lady and Love Affair. Stewart worked with a number of the directors of his time, including George Cukor, Michael Curtiz and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was a member of the Algonquin Round Table and, with Ernest Hemingway's friend Bill Smith, the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises. His 1922 parody on etiquette, Perfect Behavior, published by George H. Doran and Co., was a favorite book of P. G. Wodehouse.‍

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Awards and honours

International

• Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 1941

2 films on this site

1. Holiday 1938 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
2. The Philadelphia Story 1940 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.8 · Writer