Aben Kandel (August 15, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and boxer. He was screenwriter on such classic B movies as I Was A Teenage Werewolf , Joan Crawford 's final movie Trog , and one of Leonard Nimoy 's first starring vehicles, Kid Monk Baroni . He is the father of poet Lenore Kandel and screenwriter Stephen Kandel .
10-576: Born in Berlad , Romania , Kandel came to the United States as a child and was educated at New York University and its law school. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and later enlisted in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey . He began writing novels in 1927 and wrote two hit plays Hot Money (1931) that was filmed as High Pressure (1932) and Hot Money (1936), and translated
20-485: A German play Die Wunderbar by Geza Herczeg and Karl Farkas together with Irving Caesar where the pair added their own songs calling at The Wonder Bar that was acquired by Al Jolson and filmed in 1934 . One of Kandel's unpublished short stories So, You Won't Sing, Eh? was filmed as Sing and Like It (1934). Kandel began writing Hollywood stories and screenplays with Manhattan Moon (1935). His novel City for Conquest (1936), based on some of his experiences as
30-478: A Monster (1958), Horrors of the Black Museum and The Headless Ghost (both 1959), Konga (1961), Black Zoo , (1963), Berserk! (1967, that he also co-produced), Trog (1970), and Craze (1974). As Kandel was involved in writing prestigious film scripts for major film studies such as MGM and Warner Bros. he used pseudonyms such as Ralph Thornton and Kenneth Langtry. Kandel had two children,
40-462: A boxer was made into a James Cagney feature in 1940 . Kandel began writing for American television in 1950 whilst continuing to write screenplays and novels. In 1957 he began writing several lurid screenplays for producer Herman Cohen , for whom he had written Kid Monk Baroni . Cohen and Kandel collaborated on such classic films such as I Was a Teenage Werewolf , I Was a Teenage Frankenstein , Blood of Dracula (all 1957), How to Make
50-527: A son, Stephen and daughter, Lenore . He died of heart failure at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in 1993, at age 95. This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1890s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a novelist of the United States born in the 1890s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Berlad Mărișelu ( Hungarian : Sajónagyfalu ; German : Großdorf )
60-636: Is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County , Transylvania , Romania . It is composed of seven villages: Bârla ( Berlád ), Domnești ( Bilak ), Jeica ( Zselyk ), Măgurele ( Serling ), Mărișelu, Nețeni ( Nec ), and Sântioana ( Sajószentiván ). The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau , in the Nösnerland , a historic region of northeastern Transylvania. It is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, 20 km (12 mi) from
70-717: Is a county ( județ ) of Romania, in Transylvania , with its capital city at Bistrița . In Hungarian , it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye , and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod . The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County ( Romanian : Comitatul Bistrița-Năsăud ) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award , as it became part of Hungary again until 1944). Except these, as part of Romania, until 1925
80-722: The Țibleș , Rodna , Bârgău , and Călimani Mountains . The rest of the territory represents the North-East side of the Transylvanian Plateau . The main river crossing the county is the Someșul Mare . On the Bistrița River there is a big dam and a lake. According to the 2021 census , the county had a population of 295,988 and the population density was 55.3/km (143.2/sq mi). Ethnic composition of Bistrița-Năsăud County (2021) Religious composition of Bistrița-Năsăud County (2021) The Bistrița-Năsăud County Council, renewed at
90-489: The county seat, Bistrița , and is crossed by county road DJ154. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Mărișelu and Măgurele. This Bistrița-Năsăud County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bistri%C8%9Ba-N%C4%83s%C4%83ud County Bistrița-Năsăud ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa nəsəˈud] )
100-577: The former administrative organizations were kept when a new county system was introduced. Between 1925–1940 and 1945–1950, most of its territory belonged to the Năsăud County , with smaller parts belonging to the Mureș , Cluj , and Someș counties. The county has a total area of 5,355 km (2,068 sq mi). One third of this surface represents the mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group:
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