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Benjamin Glazer

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Benjamin Glazer · Arts & Literature

What

Winner of the first screenwriting Academy Award for Seventh Heaven (1927)

When

1887, Belfast, Ireland — 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA

Where

Ireland · United States

Biography

Benjamin Glazer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Winner of the first screenwriting Academy Award for Seventh Heaven (1927)

How & why

Glazer was a screenwriter and producer who won the first Academy Award for Writing (Adaptation) for '7th Heaven' (1927/28) and later shared the Oscar for the story of 'Arise, My Love' (1940). He adapted major stage works for early Hollywood. He was Jewish, born in Belfast and raised in the United States.

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Winner of the first screenwriting Academy Award for Seventh Heaven (1927)

1927

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters