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Mel Shavelson

Director/Screenwriter
1 April 1917 to 7 August 2007

A former gag writer for Bob Hope, Shavelson graduated to screenwriting and then directing the comic in the films (1955) and (1957). His other directorial credits include (1959), (1959), (1966) and (1968).

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