
Writing
Donald Ogden Stewart
Born 1894-11-30 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Donald Ogden Stewart was born on November 30, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), Holiday (1938) and Life with Father (1947). He was married to Ella Winter and Beatrice Ames. He died on August 2, 1980 in London, England.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.5When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
The Philadelphia Story
1940
6.8A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
A Woman's Face
1941
6.6The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Marie Antoinette
1938
7.2A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
The Women
1939
7.3Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Holiday
1938
5.5Sylvia is a French teacher at an all-girls school who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lie ahead when Lili gets in the way.
Going Hollywood
1933
7.0A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
Love Affair
1939
6.0Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
Cass Timberlane
1947
7.5In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Forever and a Day
1943
6.2Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
7.0The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
6.7A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Life with Father
1947
6.4Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Tales of Manhattan
1942
6.6A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
6.6Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Keeper of the Flame
1943
A speaker on a stage presents a report on the traffic conditions in the theater district of New York City, which he says have improved considerably. After giving some examples of how bad the traffic in the area has been in the past, he displays a large map of the district. He then uses the map to point out landmarks and recommended routes.
Traffic Regulations
1929
6.5Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.
Edward, My Son
1949
6.3John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5-year-old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt.
Smilin' Through
1941
10.0Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye to getting even.
Moment of Danger
1960
7.0In World War II Washington DC, scientist Pat Jamieson's assistant, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless marriage with him. Struggles bring them closer together.
Without Love
1945
5.6An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
Escapade
1955
5.0A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
No More Ladies
1935
4.9Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity ever since her father's death. Although she loves writer DeWitt Taylor, who is indifferent to amassing a fortune, her mother urges her to marry stockbroker Norman Cravath instead. Nancy acquiesces to her mother's wishes but, despite the fact her new husband does everything he can to please her, she is miserable in her marriage.
Tarnished Lady
1931
5.4An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.
The White Sister
1933

