Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen

Jay Presson Allen was among other things a screenwriter, television producer and novelist. She was one of few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. She was born as Jacqueline Presson, the only child of Willie Mae, a buyer, and Albert Jack Presson, a department store merchant. She wrote the screenplay for Lord of the Flies (1990) under the pseudonym Sara Schiff.

  • Title: Jay Presson Allen
  • Popularity: 2.927
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1922-03-03
  • Place of Birth: San Angelo, Texas, USA
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Jay Presson Allen Movies

  • 2008
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    Screenwriters on Screenwriting

    Screenwriters on Screenwriting

    1 2008 HD

    This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Explore the challenging world of the screenwriter with renowned industry writers.

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  • 1996
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    The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

    7.129 1996 HD

    What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

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  • 2000
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    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    The Trouble with 'Marnie'

    7.4 2000 HD

    This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving...

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  • 2001
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    Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

    6 2001 HD

    A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film...

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  • 2007
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    Prince of the City: The Real Story

    Prince of the City: The Real Story

    1 2007 HD

    The true story behind the Prince of the City.

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  • 1964
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    Marnie

    Marnie

    7.1 1964 HD

    Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

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  • 1972
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    Cabaret

    Cabaret

    7.4 1972 HD

    Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a...

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  • 1973
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    40 Carats

    40 Carats

    6 1973 HD

    After an overnight fling with a man nearly 20 years her junior while vacationing in Greece, Ann Stanley returns to New York assuming she'll never see...

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  • 1969
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    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    6.845 1969 HD

    A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with...

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  • 1969
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    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    6.845 1969 HD

    A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with...

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  • 1972
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    Travels with My Aunt

    Travels with My Aunt

    5.75 1972 HD

    At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him...

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  • 1981
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    Prince of the City

    Prince of the City

    6.967 1981 HD

    New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as...

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  • 1982
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    Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

    6.634 1982 HD

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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  • 1973
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    The Borrowers

    The Borrowers

    6 1973 HD

    An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.

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  • 1980
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    Just Tell Me What You Want

    Just Tell Me What You Want

    4.4 1980 HD

    A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

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  • 1980
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    Just Tell Me What You Want

    Just Tell Me What You Want

    4.4 1980 HD

    A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

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  • 1980
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    Just Tell Me What You Want

    Just Tell Me What You Want

    4.4 1980 HD

    A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

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  • 1975
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    Funny Lady

    Funny Lady

    5.2 1975 HD

    Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but...

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  • 1982
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    Deathtrap

    Deathtrap

    6.634 1982 HD

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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  • 1980
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    It's My Turn

    It's My Turn

    5.808 1980 HD

    A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired...

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  • 1990
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    Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    6.346 1990 HD

    When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

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  • 1981
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    Prince of the City

    Prince of the City

    6.967 1981 HD

    New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as...

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  • 1982
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    The Verdict

    The Verdict

    7.446 1982 HD

    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a...

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  • 1963
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    Wives and Lovers

    Wives and Lovers

    4.6 1963 HD

    Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1970
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7 1970 HD

    The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

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  • 1970
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    5 1970 HD

    A medical drama set in a New England psychiatric clinic includes father-and-son discord between the head of the facility and its business manager.

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  • 1970
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1 1970 HD

    Muriel Spark's classic novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was adapted by Scottish Television into a seven episode television serial for ITV in 1978...

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  • 1970
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7 1970 HD

    The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

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  • 1970
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    5 1970 HD

    A medical drama set in a New England psychiatric clinic includes father-and-son discord between the head of the facility and its business manager.

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