The Valentine Davies Award was established in 1962, the year following his death, by the Writers Guild of America, West, in his honor. His secretary at the time of his death, Marian Saphro, recalled many years later that her boss died in the midst of a heavy laugh. He died in 1961 at his home in Malibu, California when he was fifty-five years old. Miracle on 34th Street earned him an Academy Award for Best Story.įrom 1949-50, he served as President of the Screen Writers Guild. Davies also did a novelization of the story, which was published as a novella by Harcourt Brace & Company in conjunction with the film release. He wrote the story for the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which was given screen treatment by the director, George Seaton. He wrote a number of Broadway plays and was president of the Screen Writers Guild and general chairman of the Academy Awards program. He walked away from his family's successful real estate business in New York and moved to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. He was nominated for the 1954 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Glenn Miller Story.ĭavies was born in New York City, served in the Coast Guard, and graduated from the University of Michigan where he developed his writing skill with a column in the Michigan Daily and honed his skills further as a graduate student at Yale Drama School. His film credits included Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Chicken Every Sunday (1949), It Happens Every Spring (1949), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Benny Goodman Story (1955). Valentine Loewi Davies (Aug– July 23, 1961) was an American film and television writer, producer, and director. Now that's what I want you to tell me, Joe.ĭebbie couldn't have picked a better lad. Well, that sounds very interesting, Jack. I have no idea what they're talking about. Your sixteen-year-old sister goes dramatic Your dad rolls up his sleeves to clean the attic Your neighbor's boy became a home-run king This Kelly or Vernon is quite a character, Now this Vernon takes the ball nobody can hit You just caught me thinking about the timeĪnd then, into the sweet and wonderful romance I was the lucky stiff married to Linda Darnell in The oompapa that says, "Let's get acquainted."
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