Buddy Adler(1909-1960)
- Writer
- Producer
While known mostly for his activities as a film producer, Maurice Buddy
Adler attended both Columbia and Pennsylvania universities and wrote
fiction short stories for magazines prior to becoming involved in the
film industry. In 1936 he joined MGM Pictures as a writer for the
regular series of short subjects that were popular at the time. He
married actress Anita Louise in 1940 and
served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War II, attaining the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After the war he returned to MGM as a
producer for a year and then moved to Columbia Pictures as a producer
from 1949 to 1953. There he earned an Academy Award as producer of the
Best Picture of the Year for 1953,
From Here to Eternity (1953).
He left Columbia Pictures shortly thereafter and joined 20th Century-Fox, where in 1956 he succeeded Darryl F. Zanuck as Head of Production. He remained there until his death in 1960. He was the producer at Fox on a number of very successful films, many of which still enjoy a following today. Among those are Bus Stop (1956), A Hatful of Rain (1957), South Pacific (1958), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), The Left Hand of God (1955) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958).
Sadly both he and his wife died young, he at 51 from lung cancer and Miss Louise at 55 as the result of a stroke.
He left Columbia Pictures shortly thereafter and joined 20th Century-Fox, where in 1956 he succeeded Darryl F. Zanuck as Head of Production. He remained there until his death in 1960. He was the producer at Fox on a number of very successful films, many of which still enjoy a following today. Among those are Bus Stop (1956), A Hatful of Rain (1957), South Pacific (1958), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), The Left Hand of God (1955) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958).
Sadly both he and his wife died young, he at 51 from lung cancer and Miss Louise at 55 as the result of a stroke.
