Tag: Joshua Logan

Bus Stop Script

Script by:William Inge (Theatre Play), George Axelrod (Screenplay)
Directed by:Joshua Logan
Year:1956
IMDb:tt0049038

Plot:Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
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Mister Roberts Script

Script by:Frank S. Nugent (Screenplay), Joshua Logan (Screenplay), Thomas Heggen (Theatre Play), Joshua Logan (Theatre Play), Thomas Heggen (Novel)
Directed by:John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048380

Plot:Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
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South Pacific Script

Script by:Richard Rodgers (Theatre Play), Oscar Hammerstein II (Theatre Play), James A. Michener (Novel), Paul Osborn (Screenplay)
Directed by:Joshua Logan
Year:1958
IMDb:tt0052225

Plot:Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.
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Picnic Script

Script by:Daniel Taradash (Screenplay), William Inge (Writer)
Directed by:Joshua Logan
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048491

Plot:The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.
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Paint Your Wagon Script

Script by:Alan Jay Lerner (Musical), Alan Jay Lerner (Screenplay), Paddy Chayefsky (Adaptation)
Directed by:Joshua Logan
Year:1969
IMDb:tt0064782

Plot:A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
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