THE BACHELOR - MARTY DIRECTOR DELBERT MANN DEAD AT 87

MARTY DIRECTOR DELBERT MANN DEAD AT 87

Director Delbert Mann, who often collaborated with producer Fred Coe on some of the most memorable dramas of television's "golden age," died Sunday in Los Angeles at age 87, his son Fred Mann told the Associated Press Monday. In 1953, the pair brought Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay Marty to the small screen, then to the big screen two years later. Mann won the Oscar for best director and the film won for best picture. His other movie credits include The Bachelor Party, Desire Under the Elms, Separate Tables, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, That Touch of Mink, and the 1971 version of Kidnapped.. He also directed numerous TV specials based on literary classics including Heidi, David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, The Man Without a Country, and All Quiet on the Western Front.

13/11/2007