Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken; 25 December 1888 – 19 March 1960) was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female...
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officer Raph Levien, American software programmer Robert Levien (1849–1938), Australian politician Roy Levien, American inventor Sonya Levien (1888–1960)...
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The screenplay was written by Albert Mannheimer, Frederick Kohner, Sonya Levien and John Meehan. It's Tess's graduation day from Miss Drake's School...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
the largest and most extravagant sets ever constructed. Screenwriter Sonya Levien, who was entrusted to translate Hugo's novel into this film, made the...
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Quo Vadis (1951 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's...
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Interrupted Melody (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Jack Cummings. With a screenplay by Lawrence, Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig, the operatic sequences were staged by Vladimir Rosing...
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Oklahoma! (1955 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Theatrical release poster Directed by Fred Zinnemann Screenplay by Sonya Levien William Ludwig Based on Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein Green Grow...
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The White Parade (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Young and John Boles. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. Dedicated to "the memory...
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Cavalcade (1933 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward. The film...
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Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, was suggested by the biography Enrico Caruso His...
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The award, however, went to Interrupted Melody (William Ludwig and Sonya Levien). Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell (Gary Cooper) tries to prove...
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Arnold Delicious 1931 Film George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Guy Boltons, Sonya Levien Delightfully Dangerous 1945 Film Morton Gould Edward Heyman Walter DeLeon...
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The Valley of Decision (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Decision is a 1945 American drama film directed by Tay Garnett, adapted by Sonya Levien and John Meehan from Marcia Davenport's 1942 novel of the same name....
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Bhowani Junction (film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
by George Cukor and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and Ivan Moffat. The film stars Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian...
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A Ship Comes In (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
by Julien Josephson (story) (adaptation), John W. Krafft (titles) and Sonya Levien. It was directed by William K. Howard. It was nominated for the Academy...
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The Green Years (film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Beverly Tyler and Hume Cronyn. It was adapted by Robert Ardrey and Sonya Levien from A. J. Cronin's 1944 novel of the same name. It tells the story of...
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comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan...
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is a 1933 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Sonya Levien and Ralph Spence. The film stars Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson, ZaSu Pitts...
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also announced that Robert Riskin came in second and Paul Green and Sonya Levien third. The Academy also announced that Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett...
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State Fair (1945 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Screenplay by Oscar Hammerstein II Sonya Levien (adaptation) Paul Green (adaptation) Based on State Fair 1933 film by Sonya Levien Paul Green State Fair 1932...
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is a 1936 American drama film directed by Henry King and written by Sonya Levien. The film stars Jean Hersholt, June Lang, Slim Summerville, Michael Whalen...
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State Fair (1962 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Hammerstein II Sonya Levien Paul Green Based on State Fair by Oscar Hammerstein II Sonya Levien Paul Green State Fair by Sonya Levien Paul Green State...
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film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. It is based on the 1931 play As Husbands Go by Rachel Crothers. The...
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is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Sonya Levien and Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1935 novel Beauty's Daughter...
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The Student Prince (film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
with lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. The film's screenplay was written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig. Based on the stage play Old Heidelberg by Wilhelm...
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Drums Along the Mohawk (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
Along the Mohawk DVD release cover Directed by John Ford Screenplay by Sonya Levien Lamar Trotti Based on Drums Along the Mohawk 1936 novel by Walter D....
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drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner...
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The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film) (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. Written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey...
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MGM and his first screenplay was Love Finds Andy Hardy. He won, with Sonya Levien, an Oscar for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay" in 1955 for Interrupted...
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In Old Chicago (category Films with screenplays by Sonya Levien)
disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys"...
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