Lajos BÃró (IPA: [ˈlÉ'joÊ' ˈbiË roË ];[a] born Lajos Blau;[needs
IPA] 22 August 1880 â€" 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist,
playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s
through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
(now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where
he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by
Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur
Wimperis.[3] He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack.
He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north
London.In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for
Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.[4]
IPA] 22 August 1880 â€" 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist,
playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s
through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
(now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where
he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by
Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur
Wimperis.[3] He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack.
He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north
London.In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for
Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.[4]
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