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Æneas MacKenzie(1889-1962)

  • Writer
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Æneas MacKenzie was born on 15 August 1889 in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK. Æneas was a writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Reign of Terror (1949) and Ivanhoe (1952). Æneas was married to Frances Flake. Æneas died on 2 June 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 15, 1889
DiedJune 2, 1962(72)
BornAugust 15, 1889
DiedJune 2, 1962(72)
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Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1956
Reign of Terror (1949)
Reign of Terror
6.9
  • Writer(as Aeneas MacKenzie)
  • 1949
Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
Ivanhoe
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1952
Maureen O'Hara and Errol Flynn in Against All Flags (1952)
Against All Flags
6.5
  • Writer(as Aeneas MacKenzie)
  • 1952

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Writer

  • Jill St. John and Doug McClure in The King's Pirate (1967)
    The King's Pirate
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • story (as Aeneas MacKenzie, as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1967
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    The Ten Commandments
    7.9
    • written for the screen by
    • 1956
  • Loves of Three Queens (1954)
    Loves of Three Queens
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1954
  • Maureen O'Hara and Errol Flynn in Against All Flags (1952)
    Against All Flags
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • story (as Aeneas MacKenzie, as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1952
  • James Mason and Robert Preston in Face to Face (1952)
    Face to Face
    6.1
    • adaptation (segment "The Secret Sharer")
    • 1952
  • Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, and Robert Taylor in Ivanhoe (1952)
    Ivanhoe
    6.7
    • adaptation
    • 1952
  • The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
    The Prince Who Was a Thief
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 1951
  • Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo in Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
    Captain Horatio Hornblower
    7.3
    • screenplay (as AeneAs MacKenzie)
    • 1951
  • John Carroll and Adele Mara in The Avengers (1950)
    The Avengers
    5.3
    • Writer
    • 1950
  • Reign of Terror (1949)
    Reign of Terror
    6.9
    • story by
    • screenplay by (as Aeneas MacKenzie, as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1949
  • Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid in The Spanish Main (1945)
    The Spanish Main
    6.3
    • story (as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1945
  • John Wayne in Back to Bataan (1945)
    Back to Bataan
    6.6
    • original story (as Aeneas Mac Kenzie)
    • 1945
  • Maureen O'Hara and Joel McCrea in Buffalo Bill (1944)
    Buffalo Bill
    6.4
    • screenplay (as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1944
  • Sophia Loren, John Wayne, and Susan Hayward in The Fighting Seabees (1944)
    The Fighting Seabees
    6.4
    • screenplay (as Aeneas MacKenzie)
    • 1944
  • Albert Dekker and Claire Trevor in The Woman of the Town (1943)
    The Woman of the Town
    5.9
    • Writer (as AEneas MacKenzie)
    • 1943

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Aeneas Mac Kenzie
  • Born
    • August 15, 1889
    • Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
  • Died
    • June 2, 1962
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Frances Flake1948 - 1962 (his death)

Did you know

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    He is said to have written treatments of both Melville's "Moby Dick" and Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" for John Huston at the start of the 1950s, but these were not used for the films that Huston eventually made from these subjects in later years.

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