Nunnally Johnson - biography

“During ‘We’re Not Married’, she came running towards me and asked breathlessly, ‘Where’s the men’s room?’ I pointed, and off she raced.  I’ve never understood that.”

“Marilyn was blowing take after take, either fluffing or forgetting a line completely.  Every man and woman on the set was loathing her.  I said, ‘Don’t worry, darling, that last one looked very good.’ She looked at me, puzzled, and said, ‘Worry about what?’ I swore then that I’d never attribute human feelings to her again.”

Nunnally Johnson contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
A Bedtime Story (1933)
Tillie and Gus (1933)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
Thanks a Million (1935)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
The Road to Glory (1936)
Jesse James (1939)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Chad Hanna (1940)
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Tobacco Road (1941)
Moontide (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
The Pied Piper (1942)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Casanova Brown (1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Southerner (1945)
Everybody Does It (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Mudlark (1950)
Three Came Home (1950)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
The Long Dark Hall (1951)
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
We’re Not Married! (1952)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Black Widow (1954)
Night People (1954)
Witness to Murder (1954)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
Flaming Star (1960)
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Something’s Got to Give (1962)
Take Her, She’s Mine (1963)
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Dear Brigitte (1965)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)


Nunnally Johnson directed the following films:
Black Widow (1954)
Night People (1954)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
The Angel Wore Red (1960)