David Swift

David Swift

Birthday: 1919-07-27

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of Pollyanna for the screen and wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1961).

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of ...

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Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

Interviews with cast and crew members detail the making of the Disney classic....

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Recreating Pollyanna's America
Recreating Pollyanna's America

Members of the cast and crew of Disney's Pollyanna, look back on location shooting in Santa Rosa....

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Gossip from the Forest
Gossip from the Forest

The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War....

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Pollyanna
Pollyanna

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see th...

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Good Neighbor Sam
Good Neighbor Sam

To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. Th...

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Hamlet at Elsinore
Hamlet at Elsinore

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, ...

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