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Sanford Barnett

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Sanford Barnett · Arts & Literature

What

Screenwriter of Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

When

1908, USA — 1988, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Sanford Barnett is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Screenwriter of Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

How & why

Barnett was a Jewish American screenwriter whose story provided the basis for the comedy 'Father Goose' (1964), starring Cary Grant, for which he shared the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff. He also wrote fiction, publishing the source story 'A Place of Dragons'. He is listed among Jewish screenwriters by the Jewish biographical resource JInfo.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters

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Screenwriter of Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

1964

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters