Ladislas Fodor

Ladislas Fodor (1898–1978) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

Plays

 * A Church Mouse (A templom egére); a comedy in three acts, adapted by James L. A. Burrell (1928)
 * Jewel Robbery (Ékszerrablás a Váci utcában); a comedy in three acts, adapted by Bertram Bloch (1931)
 * I Love an Actress (Szeretek egy színésznőt); a comedy in four acts, adapted by Chester Erskin (1932)
 * The Kiss Before the Mirror (Csók a tükör előtt); a drama in three acts (1932)
 * Youth at the Helm (Helyet az ifjúságnak) (1933)


 * Matura (Érettségi); a comedy in three acts (1934)
 * A Woman Lies (Egy asszony hazudik); a drama in three acts (1935)


 * The Night Before the Divorce (Die Nacht vor der Scheidung); comedy (1937)
 * Strange Case of Blondie White (Katzenzungen, 1934); a play in three acts, adapted by Bernard Merivale and Jeffrey Dell (1938)
 * Birthday Gift (Születésnapi ajándék); a play in three acts (1939)


 * The Vigil (1947)
 * Europa and the Bull (1952)

Films Based on Plays by Ladislas Fodor

 * Poor as a Church Mouse, directed by Richard Oswald (Germany, 1931, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * Beauty and the Boss, directed by Roy Del Ruth (1932, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * Jewel Robbery, directed by William Dieterle (1932, based on the play Jewel Robbery)
 * The Kiss Before the Mirror, directed by James Whale (1933, based on the play The Kiss Before the Mirror)
 * La Cinquième empreinte, directed by Karl Anton (France, 1934, based on the play Lilas blanc)
 * The Church Mouse, directed by Monty Banks (UK, 1934, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * Lärm um Weidemann, directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla (Germany, 1935, based on the play Youth at the Helm) (uncredited)
 * The White Lilac, directed by Albert Parker (UK, 1935, based on the play Lilas blanc)
 * Thunder in the Night, directed by George Archainbaud (1935, based on the play A Woman Lies)
 * The Unguarded Hour, directed by Sam Wood (1936, based on the play The Unguarded Hour)
 * Girls' Dormitory, directed by Irving Cummings (1936, based on the play Matura)
 * Jack of All Trades, directed by Robert Stevenson and Jack Hulbert (UK, 1936, based on the play Youth at the Helm)
 * Wives Under Suspicion, directed by James Whale (1938, based on the play The Kiss Before the Mirror)
 * , directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (Italy, 1940, based on the play Youth at the Helm)
 * Footsteps in the Dark, directed by Lloyd Bacon (1941, based on the play Strange Case of Blondie White)
 * , directed by Schamyl Bauman (Sweden, 1941, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * A Very Young Lady, directed by Harold D. Schuster (1941, based on the play Matura)
 * Frøken Kirkemus, directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark, 1941, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * The Night Before the Divorce, directed by Robert Siodmak (1942, based on the play The Night Before the Divorce)
 * The Peterville Diamond, directed by Walter Forde (UK, 1943, based on the play Jewel Robbery)
 * Drei, von denen man spricht, directed by Axel von Ambesser (West Germany, 1953, based on the play Youth at the Helm)
 * A House Full of Love, directed by Hans Schweikart (West Germany, 1954, based on the play Fräulein Fortuna)
 * Love Without Illusions, directed by Erich Engel (West Germany, 1955, based on the play Ärztliches Geheimnis)
 * Die Abiturientin, directed by Georg Marischka (West Germany, 1958, TV film based on the play Matura)
 * North to Alaska, directed by Henry Hathaway (1960, based on the play Birthday Gift)
 * , directed by Alekos Sakellarios (Greece, 1965, based on the play A Church Mouse)
 * Más pobre que una laucha, directed by Julio Saraceni (Argentina, 1955, based on the play A Church Mouse)

Ladislas Fodor as Screenwriter

 * Le Bal (France/Germany, 1931)
 * Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)
 * Seven Sinners (1940)
 * Tales of Manhattan (1942)
 * Cairo (1942)
 * Isle of Missing Men (1942)
 * Girl Trouble (1942)
 * Tampico (1944)
 * The Imperfect Lady (1947)
 * The Other Love (1947)
 * The Great Sinner (1949)
 * The Man from Cairo (1953)
 * Tom Thumb (1958)
 * Menschen im Hotel (West Germany, 1959)
 * Abschied von den Wolken (West Germany, 1959)
 * Grounds for Divorce (West Germany, 1960)
 * Das Riesenrad (West Germany, 1961)
 * The Return of Doctor Mabuse (West Germany, 1961)
 * Breakfast in Bed (West Germany, 1963)
 * Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse (West Germany, 1963)
 * The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (West Germany, 1963)
 * Old Shatterhand (West Germany, 1964)
 * The Secret of Dr. Mabuse (West Germany, 1964)
 * The Treasure of the Aztecs (West Germany, 1965)
 * The Pyramid of the Sun God (West Germany, 1965)
 * Die Nibelungen (West Germany, 1966)
 * The Peking Medallion (Italy/France/West Germany, 1967)
 * Im Banne des Unheimlichen (West Germany, 1968)
 * Kampf um Rom (West Germany, 1968)
 * The Man with the Glass Eye (West Germany, 1969)
 * Strogoff (Italy/France/West Germany, 1970)
 * The Devil Came from Akasava (Spain/West Germany, 1971)
 * Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein (West Germany, 1977, TV series)