Higher and Higher was a 1943 film. Like the 1940 Broadway musical, it was based on a book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan; however, the film is a different work: the screenplay was written by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence with additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, and Frank Sinatra. The year 1943 in film involved some significant events. ... Joshua Logan (1908-1988), a director and writer, was best known for Broadway and Hollywood shows such as Mister Roberts, Picnic, and South Pacific. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... Jay Dratler was a successful screenwriter and novelist who was considered very influential during the classic era of film noir in the 1940s. ... William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers. ... Howard Harris was a comedy writer whose credits included Copacabana (1947) starring Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda[1], The Jackie Gleason Show, You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Gilligans Island, Petticoat Junction, and other popular television shows. ... Michèle Morgan (née Simone Renée Roussel on 29 February 1920 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actress. ... Jack Haley August 10, 1898-June 6, 1979, was an American film actor best known for his portrayal of The Tin Man (and farmworker Hickory) in The Wizard of Oz, which role he got only because actor Buddy Ebsen had a near-fatal reaction from ingesting the aluminum dust makeup... “Sinatra” redirects here. ...