Editing Allen Adler

{{Short description|American writer (1916–1964)}}
{{for|the American businessman and physicist|Allen Adler (executive)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name = Allen Adler
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|12|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|1|30|1916|12|25|mf=y}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Writer
| language = English
| genre = [[Science fiction]]
| relatives = {{plain list|
* [[Jacob Pavlovich Adler]] (grandfather)
* [[Sonya Adler]] (grandmother)
* [[Celia Adler]] (aunt)
* [[Jay Adler]] (uncle)
* [[Julia Adler]] (aunt)
* [[Stella Adler]] (aunt)
* [[Luther Adler]] (uncle)
}}
}}

'''Allen Adler''' (December 25, 1916 – January 30, 1964) was an American author who was also involved with theater. With [[Irving Block]] he wrote the story for the screenplay for the movie ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]'',{{sfn|Vaughan|Vaughan|1999|pp=111–12}} but during the [[McCarthyism|Second Red Scare]] of the 1950s he was [[blacklist]]ed from the movie industry.

==Biography==
Adler was the son of Abe Adler (a stage manager) who was the son of [[Yiddish theater]] actor [[Jacob Pavlovich Adler|Jacob Adler]] by his first wife [[Sonya Adler|Sonya ("Sophia") Adler]]. Per the biography on the back jacket of Adler's novel ''Mach 1'', "He majored in English at New York University, wrote publicity for Robert Ripley of 'Believe It Or Not,', owned a New York theatre at twenty-one, presented touring opera companies, served in the air force in World War II in the Fifth Air Force, Far Eastern Air Force and Thirteenth Bomber Command. He produced a revival of ''Front Page'', has written both original stories and screenplays for the motion pictures."

In addition to ''Forbidden Planet'', Adler has a story credit for the movie ''[[The Giant Behemoth]]'' (1959).<ref>Nixon, Rob. [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26959/the-giant-behemoth#articles-reviews "The Giant Behemoth (1959)" (article)] [[TCM.com]].</ref>

''[[The New York Times]]'' of February 1, 1964, includes Adler's obituary, giving the date of his death as January 30, 1964. It says he was born in New York, the son of Adolf Adler, Yiddish theater manager and owner. He was survived by his widow, the former Mary MacNamara, and two daughters, Pamela and Allison Jo.

==Works==
*''[[Mach 1: A Story of Planet Ionus]]'' (1957)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Notes==
*— [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102205318/http://www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1958 Writers Guild Announces 21 Credit Corrections For Films Written by Blacklisted Writers]
* Adler, Jacob, ''A Life on the Stage: A Memoir'', translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, {{ISBN|0-679-41351-0}}, 386 (commentary).
*{{cite book| last=Tuck| first=Donald H.| authorlink=Donald H. Tuck| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy| location=Chicago| publisher=Advent| year=1974| page=240}}
* {{cite book | title = The Tempest
| series    = The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series
| last1     = Vaughan
| first1    = Virginia Mason
| last2     = Vaughan
| first2    = Alden T.
| publisher = The Arden Shakespeare
| year      = 1999
| isbn      = 978-1-903436-08-0
}}

==External links==
* {{isfdb name|109135|name=Allen Adler}}
*{{IMDb name|1051864}}
* {{LCAuth|no2009006974|Allen A. Adler|1|}}

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