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Herbert Clyde Lewis (15 August 1909 - 17 October 1950〔(Herbert Clyde Lewis ), at IMDB〕) was an American novelist. ==Life== Lewis was born in New York City, the son of Hyman and Clara Lewis, Yiddish-speaking Russian immigrants.〔 He lived in China, working as a reporter on the Shanghai Evening Post in 1930 and on the China Press in 1931 and 1932.〔("Herbert Clyde Lewis Publishes Novel," China monthly review, Volume 81, 1937 )〕 He returned to New York City and married Gita Jacobson in December, 1933. They had two children, Michael and Jane.〔(The Monthly supplement, Volumes 3-4, 1942 )〕 He worked as a reporter for the New York Journal, but quit to work as an independent writer.〔("H.C. LEWIS, NOVELIST, WRITER OF SCENARIOS," ''New York Times'', October 19, 1950 )〕 Although he sold several stories to Esquire (magazine), he was forced to declare bankruptcy by the time he sold his first novel, ''Gentleman Overboard'', to the Viking Press in 1937.〔"Business Records," ''New York Times'', April 15, 1937〕 He moved to Hollywood and worked as a scenario writer for MGM in 1937.〔("Theatre Gossip," ''The Evening Independent'', August 9, 1937 )〕 He contributed to the screenplay for the 1939 film, ''(Fisherman's Wharf )'' and wrote the original story for ''(Escape to Paradise )''. He returned to New York City in 1939 and worked for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency.〔 He returned to reporting, joining the news staff of the New York Herald Tribune in 1942.〔Walter Winchell, ''On Broadway'' column, June 11, 1943〕 He returned to Hollywood in 1942 after 20th Century Fox bought the film rights to his story, "Two-Faced Qulligan" for $25,000. The story was originally published in ''((magazine) )''.〔 It was filmed in 1945 as ''(''Two-Faced Quilligan'' )''. His story "D-Day in Las Vegas" was made into the movie ''(Lady Luck )'' (1946), and he contributed to the screenplay for ''(Free for All )'' (1949), which was based on his story, "Patent Applied For." His most notable accomplishment in Hollywood was his story, "The Fifth Avenue Story," which he sold to the director Frank Capra. Capra in turn sold it to Roy Del Ruth, who filmed it in 1947 as It Happened on Fifth Avenue. Lewis and his co-writer, Frederick Stephani, were nominated for the 1947 Academy Award for Best Story. They lost to Valentine Davies, who won for Miracle on 34th Street. Lewis suffered a nervous breakdown in 1948 and was unable to work for a year after. He returned to New York in 1949 and was working as a contributing editor of ''Time'' magazine when he died of a heart attack.〔 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「Herbert Clyde Lewis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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