Aeneas MacKenzie
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Aeneas MacKenzie, or Æneas MacKenzie (August 15, 1889 in Stornoway, Scotland – June 2, 1962 in Los Angeles), was a Scottish-American screenwriter. MacKenzie wrote many notable Hollywood films, including: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Ivanhoe (1952), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Career
MacKenzie came from England to work on a film of East Lynne.[1]
In January 1938, he was under contract to Warner Bros. to write what would become Juarez.[2] In February 1939, he was working on a biopic of John Paul Jones for James Cagney.[3] He also wrote a biopic of Disraeli for Claude Rains.[4] Neither were made, but by July 1940, he was working on a biopic of George Custer which became They Died with Their Boots On.[5] MacKenzie wrote The Widow of Devil's Island for Bette Davis.[6] In March 1942, he was working on a movie about "Sing Sing" prison.[7]
In October 1943, RKO announced they would make a film from his original story, The Spanish Main.[8]
In July 1946, he wrote a script of Ivanhoe for Paramount.[9] The project was postponed due to the Palestine CrisScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and instead MacKenzie was assigned to do a biopic on Ludwig II for producer Robert Fellows.[10] A year later, his Ivanhoe script was sold to RKO.[11] They sold it to MGM who filmed it several years later.
He worked on the script for The Black Book (1949).
In January 1950, he sold a script to Douglas Fairbanks Jr which became Against All Flags.[12] Several months later, MacKenzie sold this story to Universal, who hired him to write the script.[13] Also at Universal, he did The Prince Who Was a Thief.[14]
MacKenzie later headed the script team on The Ten Commandments.[15]
In July 1957, he was writing Peter and Catherine about Russia in the 18th century for Ross Hunter at Universal.[16]
In late 1958, MacKenzie was reported to be working on a biopic of William the Conqueror for Evyan Perfumes.[17][18]
Filmography
- Juarez (1939)
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- The Navy Comes Through (1942)
- The Woman of the Town (1943)
- The Fighting Seabees (1944)
- Buffalo Bill (1944)
- Back to Bataan (1945)
- The Spanish Main (1945)
- Reign of Terror (1949)
- The Avengers (1950)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
- The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- Face to Face (1952)
- Against All Flags (1952)
- L'amante di Paride (Loves of Three Queens) (1954)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The King's Pirate (1967)
References
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External links
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