Karl Tunberg (11 March 1909-3 April 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in leap years). ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Born in Spokane, Washington, Tunberg began writing for films, usually in association with other writers, in the late 1930s. His first feature film was You Can't Have Everything (1937), after which he provided scripts for several comedies and musicals featuring such stars as Betty Grable, Sonja Henie, Deanna Durbin, Dorothy Lamour and Shirley Temple. Among his credits are My Gal Sal (1942), Standing Room Only (1944), Kitty (1945) both with Paulette Goddard, Because You're Mine (1952), Valley of the Kings (1954), Beau Brummell (1954), The Seventh Sin (1957), Count Your Blessings (1959) and Libel (1959). Nickname: The Lilac City Location of Spokane in Spokane County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County Spokane  - Mayor Dennis P. Hession Area    - City  58. ... Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ... Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 - October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. ... Deanna Durbin (born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to English immigrant parents) was a popular young singer and actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s. ... Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ... Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American diplomat, and a former child actress. ... My Gal Sal was a 1942 20th Century Fox musical starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. ... Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an Oscar-nominated American film and theatre actress. ... Because Youre Mine was Mario Lanzas fourth movie, and was criticised upon its release as being artistically a step backwards for the tenor after the success of The Great Caruso (1951) the previous year. ... French film poster for Beau Brummell Beau Brummell is a 1954 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play, Beau Brummell, by Clyde Fitch. ... The Seventh Sin is a 1957 film based on the 1925 novel The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham. ... Libel is a 1959 UK film. ...

He is best-known for Ben Hur for which he received the only screenwriting credit, despite the fact that the director William Wyler had enlisted other writers such as Maxwell Anderson, Christopher Fry and Gore Vidal for the screenplay. Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William Wyler, and is the most popular live-action version of Lew Wallaces novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... (James) Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Roger L. Stevens, John F... Christopher Fry (born December 18, 1907; died June 30, 2005) was an English playwright. ... Gore Vidal in 1948, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) (pronounced , occasionally , , etc) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays. ...

Tunberg died in London. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...