Sonya Levien

American screenwriter (1888-1960)

Sonya Levien was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film stars transition from silent films to talkies. In 1955 she received an Academy Award for her screenplay Interrupted Melody.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 33 films (1922–1956) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 22 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1956	Bhowani Junction	George Cukor	110 min		Color
1951	The Great Caruso	Richard Thorpe	109 min		Color
1951	The Great Caruso.	Loew's Inc.	109 min	35mm	Color	sound
1946	The Green years	Victor Saville	127 min		B&W
1945	STATE FAIR	Films, Inc	105min	16mm	Color	Sound
1945	State fair.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.	104 min	16mm	Color	sound
1945	State Fair.	Walter Lang	8 975 ft.		Color
1945	The Valley Of Decision.	Tay Garnett	12 reels		B&W	sound
1941	Ziegfeld Girl.	Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley	14 reels		B&W
1939	Drums Along the Mohawk	Teaching Film Custodians	1200 ft.		Color & B&W
1939	Drums Along The Mohawk.	John Ford	9 303 ft.		Color & B&W
1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Films inc.	114 mi	16mm	B&W	sound
1939	The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.	William Dieterle	117 min		B&W
1938	FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER.	Fox Film Corp	85 min		B&W
1936	PADDY O'DAY.	Fox Film Corp	8 reels		B&W
1936	The Country doctor	Henry King	95 min		B&W
1935	HERE'S TO ROMANCE.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1934	THE WHITE PARADE.	Fox Film Corp	80 min		B&W
1933	MR. SKITCH.	Fox Film Corp	70 min		B&W
1931	Delicious	Fox Film Corporation	106 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1931	DELICIOUS.	Fox Film Corp	106 min		B&W
1930	SONG O' MY HEART.	Fox Film Corp	85 min		B&W
1929	FROZEN JUSTICE.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1929	SOUTH SEA ROSE.	Fox Film Corp	69 min		B&W
1929	THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS.	Fox Film Corp	95 min		B&W
1928	A ship comes in.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	7 reels	16mm	B&W
1927	A HARP IN HOCK.	Pathe Exchange Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1927	THE HEART THIEF.	Metropolitan Pictures Corp. of Calif.	6 reels		B&W
1927	THE PRINCESS FROM HOBOKEN.	Tiffany Productions Inc.	6 reels		B&W
1926	CHRISTINE OF THE BIG TOPS.	Banner Productions Inc.			B&W
1925	SALOME OF THE TENEMENTS.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	70 min		B&W
1923	THE EXCITERS.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1922	PINK GODS.	Famous Players-Lasky Corp.	7 reels		B&W