Ladislas Fodor

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

• 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)
• La danza dei milioni, 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)
• Fröken Kyrkråtta (sv), 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)
• Ein Haus voll Liebe, directed by Hans Schweikart (West Germany, 1954, based on the play Fräulein Fortuna)
• Liebe ohne Illusion (de), directed by Erich Engel (West Germany, 1955, based on the play Ärztliches Geheimnis)
• North to Alaska, directed by Henry Hathaway (1960, based on the play Birthday Gift)
• Modern Cinderella (fr), directed by Alekos Sakellarios (Greece, 1965, based on the play A Church Mouse)

Ladislas Fodor as Screenwriter