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Platt was born Mary Marr Platt in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on January 29, 1939, later choosing to be known as 'Polly'. [2] [3] Her father, John, was a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army, while her mother, Vivian, worked in advertising; she had a brother, John.
Polly Platt (9 January 1927 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania – 26 December 2008) was an American author specializing in books related to Americans living or working in France. She also had a professional background working as a consultant, seminar leader, and public speaker.
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon.Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.
Polly Platt was the film's production designer, in addition to developing the story, and it was her idea to set the ending at a drive-in movie theater. Interviewed in 2003, Bogdanovich explained that filming on or near the freeway was not permitted, so the freeway shooting spree was filmed guerilla-style in a two-day period.
Polly is a given name, ... Polly Platt (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter; Polly Powrie (born 1987), New Zealand sailor;
The screenplay by Polly Platt is based on the 1970 novel of the same title by William Inge. [2] Inge wrote two novels, both set in the fictional town of Freedom, Kansas. In Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, high-school Latin teacher Evelyn Wyckoff loses her job because she has an affair with the school's black janitor.
The marriage ended when James Abbe travelled to Italy in 1922 with a former Ziegfeld dancer, Polly Platt (née Mary Ann Shorrock). She was part of the company filming Ronald Colman and Lillian Gish in The White Sister (1923) on location in Rome and Naples. Abbe took stills and advised on special photography.
Orville H. Platt (1827–1905), American politician, proponent of the Platt Amendment; Polly Platt (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter; Polly Platt (author) (1927–2008), American author; Robert Platt (disambiguation), several people; Ruth Platt (fl. 2000s–2010s), British actress, writer and director