He is best known for his long association with Universal Studios, where his credits included Harvey, The Glenn Miller Story (1954), several Francis movies and the Tammy series.
They pitched a vehicle for Charles Boyer called Appointment for Love to Universal producer Bruce Manning, who bought the story.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home starred Allan Jones who was in Brodney's next films, Moonlight in Havana (1942) and You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) (he only provided the story of the latter).
In 1945 he was reportedly working on a biopic of dance teacher Arthur Murray[8] and Love Takes a Holiday for Joan Davis[9] but neither were made.
He also wrote South Sea Sinner (1950) with Winters; Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) with O'Connor; Comanche Territory (1950) with Maureen O'Hara; and Little Egypt (1951) with Rhonda Fleming.
[17] He wrote Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) and Francis Covers the Big Town (1953) with O'Connor,[18] then returned to history with Sign of the Pagan (1954) with Jeff Chandler; The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) with Tony Curtis; The Spoilers (1955) with Chandler; Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) with O'Hara; The Purple Mask (1955) with Curtis; and Captain Lightfoot (1955) with Hudson.
Brodney began working in TV on shows such as Lux Video Theatre, Casey Jones, General Electric Theater, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and Studio 57.
He continued doing features like A Day of Fury (1956) and Star in the Dust (1956), and had a huge hit with Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) at Universal for producer Ross Hunter.
Back in Hollywood he produced a vehicle for Pat Boone, All Hands on Deck (1961), and one for Frankie Vaughan, The Right Approach (1961), both made at Fox.
[25] Brodney's final credits include episodes of the TV series It Takes a Thief and the British film 1000 Convicts and a Woman (1971) aka Fun and Games.