Comments on: Ernest Lehman http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ernest-lehman/ thinking film Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:41:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andre Soares http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ernest-lehman/#comment-481238 Andre Soares Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:38:14 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22#comment-481238 Thanks for writing. A clarification: I never felt that Lehman demanded more credit than he deserved. And that's not what I state in the piece. And having reread the article, nowhere do I claim that it was Ernest Lehman's fault if his screenplays "failed" whereas other people should get the credit if they "succeeded." My point was simply that when adapting something for the screen, credit must be given to those who created the original characters, dialogue, and dramatic setup. Thanks for writing.

A clarification: I never felt that Lehman demanded more credit than he deserved. And that’s not what I state in the piece.

And having reread the article, nowhere do I claim that it was Ernest Lehman’s fault if his screenplays “failed” whereas other people should get the credit if they “succeeded.”

My point was simply that when adapting something for the screen, credit must be given to those who created the original characters, dialogue, and dramatic setup.

]]> By: Ron Taube http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ernest-lehman/#comment-481224 Ron Taube Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:58:25 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22#comment-481224 It is a shame that when a person dies that they would get a memorial story like this. When Mr. Lehman did something worthy the credit seems to always go elsewhere and when the work fails it is do to his efforts. Apparently enough producers and directors of merit thought he was a good screenwriter to hire him over and over again. Perhaps the author of this piece should realize that a good screenwriter often appears invisible in the work as Lehman usually did. He gave producers and directors what they wanted, sharp dialogue fast moving plots or whatever was asked for. Perhaps the author of this piece thinks that Lehman demanded more credit than he deserved but I think when he said " a film production begins and ends with a screenplay." he wasn't necessarily bragging but was stating how little credit most screen writers often get for their work. I wonder if the writer of this piece will be remembered as long as Mr. Lehman will be by writers and directors. It is a shame that when a person dies that they would get a memorial story like this. When Mr. Lehman did something worthy the credit seems to always go elsewhere and when the work fails it is do to his efforts. Apparently enough producers and directors of merit thought he was a good screenwriter to hire him over and over again. Perhaps the author of this piece should realize that a good screenwriter often appears invisible in the work as Lehman usually did. He gave producers and directors what they wanted, sharp dialogue fast moving plots or whatever was asked for. Perhaps the author of this piece thinks that Lehman demanded more credit than he deserved but I think when he said ” a film production begins and ends with a screenplay.” he wasn’t necessarily bragging but was stating how little credit most screen writers often get for their work.
I wonder if the writer of this piece will be remembered as long as Mr. Lehman will be by writers and directors.

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