Levien, Sonya 1888?-1960

Overview

Works:	110 works in 193 publications in 9 languages and 8,430 library holdings
Genres:	Motion picture plays
Roles:	Author of screenplay, Adapter, Publishing director, Scenarist
Classifications:	pn1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Sonya Levien

Publications by Sonya Levien

Publications by Sonya Levien, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Sonya Levien

A great lady : a life of the screenwriter Sonya Levien by Larry Ceplair ( Book )
Levien, Sonya: Writer by Martin Quigley ( Book )
Papers of Sonya Levien, 1908-1960 by Sonya Levien ( )

Most widely held works by Sonya Levien

Oklahoma ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in English and held by 1,556 libraries worldwide
A cowboy wins his girl despite the intervention of a sinister hired hand.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1939 and 1997 in English and held by 714 libraries worldwide
Academy award winner Charles Laughton stars as Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame and Maureen O'Hara is Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy he adores.

Quo vadis ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 661 libraries worldwide
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all other Christians. He decides to make a sport of it by throwing them to the lions.

Drums along the Mohawk ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1938 and 2007 in English and held by 611 libraries worldwide
A historical drama that tells the story of a young frontier leader, his spirited wife, and their struggles in the backwoods of New York state.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's State fair ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 528 libraries worldwide
Each member of the Frake family seeks a different prize when they attend the Iowa State Fair.

Oklahoma ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1955 and 2006 in English and Multiple languages and held by 512 libraries worldwide
MacRae portrays Curley, the handsome love-struck cowboy in love with Laura Williams (Jones). Steiger portrays the muscled hired hand who menaces them.

Cavalcade ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 407 libraries worldwide
The film traces the lives of two different families over three decades from the Boer War to the close of the 19th century through World War I and the early 1930's.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 386 libraries worldwide
Quasimodo, the hunchback bell-ringer of Notre Dame, rescues and defends the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.

The great Caruso ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1951 and 2011 in English and held by 373 libraries worldwide
Traces Caruso's career, from beginning as a young cafe singer through his 18-year triumph at the Met, centering on his happy marriage to Dorothy Benjamin and his troubles with her family.

Ziegfeld girl ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1989 and 2004 in English and held by 371 libraries worldwide
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.

In old Chicago ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and French and held by 157 libraries worldwide
The O'Leary family of old Chicago has two sons. After Jack (Don Ameche) is elected Mayor with the help of his brother Dion (Tyrone Power), the two argue over the future of Chicago's slums. Dion uses his wife, a cabaret singer (Alice Faye) as a pawn in their dispute. Then the great Chicago fire of 1871 changes the lives of the O'Leary family forever.

The valley of decision ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and held by 148 libraries worldwide
Mary Rafferty (Garson) is a maid in the home of steel magnate William Scott. When Mary & Scott's son (Peck) fall in love, Scott approves of their marriage. But Mary's father (Barrymore), bitter about an accident at the mill years earlier, curses their marriage by stirring up a violent strike, with tragic consequences.

Quo vadis ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 141 libraries worldwide
The story of a renowned and successful Roman general who falls in love with a lowly Christian woman, risking everything for her, during the corrupt and decadent reign of Nero. This release includes the original theatrical trailer.

Rhapsody in blue the story of George Gershwin ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 129 libraries worldwide
A fictionalized version of the life and career of American composer George Gershwin.

Hit the deck ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 108 libraries worldwide
Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other guys try to save his sister Susan's virtue. She wants to get a role in the show "Hit the Deck". After wrecking the producers hotel suite, they land in the brig. But Danny's father is a Rear Admiral...

Hit the deck ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 86 libraries worldwide
"Forty-eight hours shore leave isn't much time for three sailors who've gone from patrolling straits to prowling for curves in San Francisco. But it's plenty of time for great songs, exuberant dancing-- and lots of goofy trouble when a brawl with a meddling playboy sets the Shore Patrol on the swabbies' trail."--Container.

The cowboy and the lady ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 72 libraries worldwide
When bored Palm Beach rich girl Mary Smith convinces her housemaids to take her along on a triple blind date, she never expects to meet the cowpoke of her dreams. When she convinces him she's a struggling house servant, the unlikely couple fall head-over-spurs and hastily marry aboard a ship to Galveston. But rodeo life doesn't suit a lady and when Mary returns home, her new husband finds a shock waiting for him-- and a host of in-the-dark in-laws ready for a lesson in homespun love.

Song o' my heart ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1971 and 2008 in English and held by 69 libraries worldwide
A film made as a showcase for the voice of Irish tenor, John McCormack. A fictional Irish singer leaves behind success in New York to return to Ireland to care for the children of his recently deceased childhood sweetheart.

They had to see Paris ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 68 libraries worldwide
"Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife, Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get 'culture' and meet 'the right kind of people.' "--Www.imdb.com.

Four men and a prayer ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 66 libraries worldwide
In Four men and a prayer, the sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name. In The seas beneath, a U.S. "mystery ship" is sent out to destroy a German U-boat, which has been causing damage to Allied ships.