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Dudley Nichols

(1895–1960) Screenwriter United States

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Dudley Nichols was a screenwriter from the United States, best known for Stagecoach.

Quick Facts About Dudley Nichols

Born: April 6, 1895
Died: January 4, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: Stagecoach

About Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Quotes by Dudley Nichols

Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.

Break

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You can make children believe whatever you want, and the children of today are the soldiers and mothers of tomorrow.

Believe

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Pilot to crew. Take a good look at Pearl Harbor. Maybe it's something you'll want to remember.

Great saying by great authors

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Crew member [offscreen]: That's an awful big town San Francisco. Weinberg: Strictly a one-whistle stop. There's only one city in the USA…

Brooklyn bridge

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Fear is the highest fence.

Fear

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My religion is no garment to be put on and off with the weather. You had better know that, all of you.…

And off

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We're the victims of a disease called social prejudice, my child. These dear ladies of the law and order league are scouring…

Children

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Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form…

Chosen

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Sure is big country. The only thing bigger is the sky. Looks like God made it and forgot to put people in…

Things happen for a reason

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