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Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)

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Born
April 1, 1917
Died
August 8, 2007
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw) from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. Shavelson was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay—first for 1955's The Seven Little Foys, starring Hope in a rare dramatic role, and then for 1958's Houseboat. Shavelson created two Emmy Award-winning television series, Make Room for Daddy and My World and Welcome to It, and wrote for a dozen Academy Award shows. Shavelson was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn and graduated from Cornell University, where he was a humor columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun, in 1937.

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Melville Shavelson timeline

  1. Shavelson was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn and graduated from Cornell University, where he was a humor columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun, in 1937.
  2. Shavelson was nominated twice for Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay—first for 1955's The Seven Little Foys, starring Hope in a rare dramatic role, and then for 1958's Houseboat.

The world when Melville Shavelson was born

Melville Shavelson was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Melville Shavelson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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