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George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. ==Life and career== Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish descent, baptized as Roman Catholic, and grew up in a Detroit Jewish neighborhood and described himself as a "Shabas goy". So he went on to learn Hebrew in an Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva and was even bar mitzvahed. Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as an actor on radio station WXYZ. John L. Barrett played The Lone Ranger on test broadcasts of the series in early January 1933, but when the program became part of the regular schedule Seaton was cast in the title role. In later years he claimed to have devised the cry "Hi-yo, Silver" because he couldn't whistle for his horse as the script required.〔(Moviefone.com biography )〕 Seaton joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a contract writer in 1933.〔 His first major screen credit was the Marx Brothers comedy ''A Day at the Races'' in 1937. In the early 1940s he joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for the rest of the decade, writing scripts for ''Moon Over Miami'', ''Coney Island'', ''Charley's Aunt'', ''The Song of Bernadette'', and others before making his directorial debut with ''Diamond Horseshoe'' in 1945. From this point on he was credited as both screenwriter and director for most of his films, including ''The Shocking Miss Pilgrim'', ''Miracle on 34th Street'', ''Apartment for Peggy'', ''Chicken Every Sunday'', ''The Big Lift'', ''For Heaven's Sake'', ''Little Boy Lost'', ''The Country Girl'', and ''The Proud and Profane''. ''But Not Goodbye'', Seaton's 1944 Broadway debut as a playwright, closed after only 23 performances,〔(''But Not Goodbye'' at the Internet Broadway Database )〕 although it later was adapted for the 1946 film ''The Cockeyed Miracle'' by Karen DeWolf. In 1967 he returned to Broadway to direct the Norman Krasna play ''Love in E Flat'', which was a critical and commercial flop.〔(''Love in E Flat'' at the Internet Broadway Database )〕 The musical ''Here's Love'', adapted from his screenplay for ''Miracle on 34th Street'' by Meredith Willson, proved to be more successful. Seaton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay twice, for ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (which also earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay) and ''The Country Girl'', and was nominated for Oscars three additional times. He received The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961. He directed 1970's blockbuster hit ''Airport'', which earned 10 Oscar nominations, including one for Seaton's screenplay. Seaton died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Seaton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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