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Donald McGill Marshman Jr. (December 21, 1922 – September 17, 2015) credited as D. M. Marshman, was an American screenwriter known mainly for his contribution to the film script for Sunset Boulevard.
D.M. Marshman Jr. was born on 21 December 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Sunset Boulevard (1950), Taxi (1953) and Second Chance (1953). He was married to Ann Chase Lane. He died on 17 September 2015 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
- Writer
- December 21, 1922
- D.M. Marshman Jr.
- September 17, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 · D.M. Marshman Jr., the forgotten third man behind the Oscar-winning screenplay for Billy Wilder’s classic Hollywood-set drama Sunset Blvd., has died. He was 92.
D.M. Marshman Jr. was born on December 21, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Sunset Boulevard (1950), Taxi (1953) and Second Chance (1953). He was married to Ann Chase Lane. He died on September 17, 2015 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
- December 21, 1922
- September 17, 2015
Jan 22, 2017 · Donald McGill Marshman, Jr., or “Mac” as he was called by Wilder and Brackett, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 21, 1922, the son of a trial lawyer, and graduated from Yale, where he received his B.A. in the Class of 1945.
D.M. Marshman Jr. was a Time-Life reporter who played bridge with Brackett and Wilder. His credits include only one other film and some television work. multiple sources ; Sunset Blvd. was the last collaboration for Wilder and Brackett, after 14 years of working together.
When Brackett and Wilder finally reached a block in their creative process, they decided to turn to reporter D. M. Marshman Jr., their frequent bridge partner and former reporter for Life, whom they brought onto the project to assist with the screenplay.
