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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the 1939 short story of the same name by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proofreader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter. A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Norman Z. McLeod
- 1947-09-01
1947 film. The story was made into a 1947 film starring Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming editor of pulp magazines. The film was adapted for the screen by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It was filmed in Technicolor.
- James Thurber
- 1939
Jan 4, 2014 · Norman Z. McLeod directs Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in the 1947 version, while Ben Stiller directs himself and Kristen Wiig as Mitty and the lady of his affection in the remake. (Image via impawards.com) The Walter Mitty of 1947 works at a publisher of pulpy fiction and magazines, as an editor.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is directed by Norman Z. McLeod and adapted loosely to screenplay by Ken Englund and Everett Freeman from the short story of the same name written by James Thurber. It stars Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Thurston Hall, Ann Rutherford, Konstantin Shayne and Gordon Jones.
In Norman Z. McLeod: Danny Kaye and Bob Hope. …becomes a professional boxer, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), an adaptation of James Thurber’s short story about a daydreaming wallflower. Both films were box-office hits. Read More.
Sep 10, 2012 · Screenwriter: Everett Freeman, Ken Englund. Cast: Danny Kaye. Fay Bainter. Virginia Mayo. Ann Rutherford. Robert Altman. Thurston Hall. Boris Karloff.
