Petrified Forest Script

Script by:Charles Kenyon (Screenplay), Delmer Daves (Screenplay), Robert E. Sherwood (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Archie Mayo
Year:1936

Plot:Gaby is a waitress in an isolated Arizona gas station who dreams of a bigger and better life. One day, destitute intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, Notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the gas station hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
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A Summer Place Script

Script by:Sloan Wilson (Novel), Delmer Daves (Writer)
Directed by:Delmer Daves
Year:1959

Plot:A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples.
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You Were Never Lovelier Script

Script by:Michael Fessier (Screenplay), Ernest Pagano (Screenplay), Delmer Daves (Screenplay), Carlos Olivari (Story), Sixto Pondal Ríos (Story)
Directed by:William A. Seiter
Year:1942

Plot:An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
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An Affair to Remember Script

Script by:Leo McCarey (Story), Mildred Cram (Story), Delmer Daves (Screenplay), Donald Ogden Stewart (Screenplay), Leo McCarey (Screenplay)
Directed by:Leo McCarey
Year:1957

Plot:Nickie Ferrante's return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. He meets a nightclub singer Terry McKay who is also on her way home to her longtime boyfriend. She sees him as just another playboy and he sees her as stand-offish but over several days they soon find they've fallen in love. Nickie has never really worked in his life so they agree that they will meet again in six months time atop the Empire State building. This will give them time to deal with their current relationships and for Nickie to see if he can actually earn a living. He returns to painting and is reasonably successful. On the agreed date, Nickie is waiting patiently for Terry who is racing to join him. Fate intervenes however, resulting in misunderstanding and heartbreak and only fate can save their relationship.
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