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Don Hartman(1900-1958)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Director
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Producer, director, writer, author, actor and songwriter, educated in public schools. He was an actor, playwright and stage manager with the Dallas Little Theatre, and played Andy Hardy in the Broadway play "Skidding". Coming to Hollywood in 1933, he wrote screenplays and songs for several films (see credits) and eventually became an executive producer for Paramount. Joining ASCAP in 1935, his popular-song compositions include "I Found a Dream", "Love at Last", "Readin', Ritin', Rhythm", "If I Knew You Better", "Okolehao", and "Ting-a-ling-a-ling".
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedMarch 23, 1958(57)
BornNovember 18, 1900
DiedMarch 23, 1958(57)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

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Known for

Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn, and Franchot Tone in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married
6.3
  • Writer
  • 1948
Frances Dee and Francis Lederer in The Gay Deception (1935)
The Gay Deception
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1935
Lana Turner and Ezio Pinza in Mr. Imperium (1951)
Mr. Imperium
5.0
  • Writer
  • 1951
Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
It Had to Be You
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1947

Credits

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Writer



  • Hideouser and Hideouser (2019)
    Hideouser and Hideouser
    7.2
    Short
    • co-writer
    • 2019
  • Lana Turner and Ezio Pinza in Mr. Imperium (1951)
    Mr. Imperium
    5.0
    • screenplay
    • 1951
  • The Bigelow Theatre (1950)
    The Bigelow Theatre
    7.1
    TV Series
    • original story and teleplay
    • 1951
  • Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn, and Franchot Tone in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
    Every Girl Should Be Married
    6.3
    • co-written by
    • 1948
  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
    It Had to Be You
    6.5
    • story
    • 1947
  • Down to Earth (1947)
    Down to Earth
    6.1
    • original screen play
    • 1947
  • Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, and The Goldwyn Girls in The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
    The Kid from Brooklyn
    6.5
    • adapted by
    • 1946
  • Wonder Man (1945)
    Wonder Man
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1945
  • Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo in The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
    The Princess and the Pirate
    6.8
    • screen play by
    • 1944
  • Dana Andrews, Danny Kaye, Constance Dowling, Dinah Shore, and The Goldwyn Girls in Up in Arms (1944)
    Up in Arms
    6.2
    • original screen play
    • 1944
  • Mary Martin, Victor Moore, Dick Powell, and Franchot Tone in True to Life (1943)
    True to Life
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1943
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Morocco (1942)
    Road to Morocco
    7.0
    • original screenplay
    • 1942
  • Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll in My Favorite Blonde (1942)
    My Favorite Blonde
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in Nothing But the Truth (1941)
    Nothing But the Truth
    7.1
    • screen play by
    • 1941
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Zanzibar (1941)
    Road to Zanzibar
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • based on a story by
    • 1941

Producer



  • The Matchmaker (1958)
    The Matchmaker
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Desire Under the Elms (1958)
    Desire Under the Elms
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, and Gordon Gebert in Holiday Affair (1949)
    Holiday Affair
    7.2
    • producer
    • 1949
  • Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn, and Franchot Tone in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
    Every Girl Should Be Married
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1948
  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
    It Had to Be You
    6.5
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Down to Earth (1947)
    Down to Earth
    6.1
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo in The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
    The Princess and the Pirate
    6.8
    • associate producer
    • 1944
  • Dana Andrews, Danny Kaye, Constance Dowling, Dinah Shore, and The Goldwyn Girls in Up in Arms (1944)
    Up in Arms
    6.2
    • associate producer
    • 1944

Director



  • It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
    It's a Big Country: An American Anthology
    6.0
    • directed by (segment "Four Eyes")
    • 1951
  • Lana Turner and Ezio Pinza in Mr. Imperium (1951)
    Mr. Imperium
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1951
  • Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, and Gordon Gebert in Holiday Affair (1949)
    Holiday Affair
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn, and Franchot Tone in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
    Every Girl Should Be Married
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
    It Had to Be You
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1947

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 18, 1900
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 23, 1958
    • Palm Springs, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Helen Veronica WeinbergApril 6, 1928 - March 23, 1958 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Timothy Joseph Hartman
  • Parents
      Ida Strauss
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    During the Depression, before his Hollywood career, Hartman served as the social director of the legendary Grossinger's Hotel in NY's Catskill Mountains. Nearby, the entertainment at the competitive Flagler Hotel was headed up by Moss Hart, would would later achieve fame as a Broadway playwright, assisted by Dore Schary, who would go on to head MGM, a competitor of Paramount Pictures, later headed by Hartman.

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