Samuel G. Engel (December 29, 1904 – April 7, 1984) was a screenwriter and film producer from the 1930s through the 1960s. He wrote and produced such films as My Darling Clementine (1946), Sitting Pretty (1948), The Frogmen (1951), Night and the City (1950), and Daddy Long Legs (film) (1955). December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... My Darling Clementine is a 1946 western film which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. ... Sitting Pretty is a 1948 comedy film which tells the story of a family who hires a man with a mysterious past to babysit their children. ... The movie The Frogmen (made by Twentieth Century Fox, 1951), is based on some USA frogman operations against the Japanese in WWII. It contains obvious errors in the mens diving equipment. ... Night and the City is a 1950 film based on the novel by Gerald Kersh, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney. ... Daddy Long Legs (MGM) is a 1955 Hollywood musical comedy film set in France and stars Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Fred Clark and Thelma Ritter, with music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. ...

Born in Woodridge, New York (then Centreville), Engel earned a degree in pharmacology at the Albany College of Pharmacy and owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930. Engel signed on as an assistant director at Warner Bros. in 1933. Three years later he was hired to be a producer at 20th Century Fox. And, after serving with the OSS and Navy in World War II, continued as a film producer with 20th Century Fox until 1962. Woodridge is a village located in Sullivan County, New York. ... The Albany College of Pharmacy is a private, specialized college in Albany, New York. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ...

Samuel G. Engel was president of the Producers Guild of America from 1955 through 1958, Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a trade organization representing the television and film producers in the United States. ...

External links

• Samuel G. Engel at the Internet Movie Database