# 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)

## Filmography
### 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 [it], 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 [de], 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)
* Modern Cinderella [fr], 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)