Background
Nugent, the son of actor J.C. Nugent, successfully made the transition from silent film to sound.
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Elliott Nugent
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Career
He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947). Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney.
He also directed the 1942 Warner Brothers film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.
Nugent was the brother-in-law of actor Alan Bunce of Ethel and Albert fame.
