Writer
Irving Brecher
Born 1914-01-17Died 2008-11-17aged 94
Irving Brecher (1914–2008) is best known for Bye Bye Birdie, Yolanda and the Thief and Meet Me in St. Louis.
Irving S. Brecher (January 17, 1914 – November 17, 2008) was a screenwriter who wrote for the Marx Brothers among many others; he was the only writer to get sole credit on a Marx Brothers film, penning the screenplays for At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940). He was also one of the numerous uncredited writers on the screenplay of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Some of his other screenplays were Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Ziegfeld Follies (1945) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963).