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Hal Kanter an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, and a director and producer whose career included writing for Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, directing Elvis Presley and creating a landmark 1960s TV series starring Diahann Carroll, has died. He was 92. He directed Elvis Presley in the 1957 movie Loving You, which Kanter co-wrote and he wrote the screenplay for Elvis Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii.
Among his movie credits as a writer are Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's 'Road to Bali', Hope's 'Bachelor in Paradise' and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' 'Money from Home' and 'Artists and Models' - as well as the movies 'Pocket Full of Miracles' and 'Move Over, Darling'. Kanter's longest-running writing job was the annual Academy Awards ceremony. Beginning in 1952, a year before the broadcast moved from radio to television, he wrote for the Oscar show at least 33 years. In 1991 and 1992, Kanter was among the Oscar show writers who shared Emmys for outstanding writing in a variety or music program.


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