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'''Lesser Samuels''' (26 July 1894 – 22 December 1980) enjoyed a 20-year career as a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[screenwriter]].<br />
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He is best known for back-to-back [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominations for the racial drama ''[[No Way Out (1950 film)|No Way Out]]'' in 1950<ref name="Oscars1951">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951 |title=The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=May 29, 2019|work=oscars.org}}</ref> and [[Billy Wilder]]'s lacerating [[critique]] of tabloid journalism ''[[Ace in the Hole (1951 film)|Ace in the Hole]]'' the following year.<ref name="Oscars1952">{{Cite web| url= http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952| title= The 24th Academy Awards (1952) Nominees and Winners| accessdate= May 29, 2019| work= oscars.org}}</ref><br />
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Samuels also wrote and served as [[associate producer]] on the notorious Biblical flop ''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' - a film which its star [[Paul Newman]] deemed one of the low points of his career - in 1954.<br />
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Samuels co-authored the book for the 1960 [[Frank Loesser]] musical ''[[Greenwillow]]''.<br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
* ''[[It's Love Again]]'' (1936)<br />
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==External links==<br />
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