Donald Ogden Stewart

Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his sophisticated golden era comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story , Tarnished Lady , and Love Affair . Stewart worked with a number of the great directors of his time, including George Cukor, Michael Curtiz, and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. His 1922 parody on etiquette,...See more

Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his sophisticated golden era comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story , Tarnished Lady , and Love Affair . Stewart worked with a number of the great directors of his time, including George Cukor, Michael Curtiz, and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. His 1922 parody on etiquette, Perfect Behavior , was a favorite book of P. G. Wodehouse. See less