Julius J. Epstein
Writing
Born: August 22, 1909 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: December 30, 2000 (aged 91)
Biography
Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay, written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch, of the film Casablanca (1942), for which the writers won an Academy Award. It was adapted from an unpublished play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison. His identical twin died in 1952, a loss that he felt for the rest of his life. He continued writing, receiving two more Oscar nominations. In 1998, he received a Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award. His credits included Four Daughters (1938) for which he received his first Oscar nomination, The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), The Tender Trap (1955), Light in the Piazza (1962), Send Me No Flowers (1964), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), Cross of Iron (1977) and Reuben, Reuben (1983). Epstein had a less successful result as a playwright in Broadway theatre. He adapted his play Front Porch in Flatbush into Saturday Night, the first professional musical written by Stephen Sondheim. The musical was intended to open on Broadway in 1955, but was shelved due to the death of its lead producer. His play, But, Seriously (starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tom Poston) would prove to be the last to be staged at Henry Miller's Theatre for more than 30 years, opening on February 27, 1969, and closing after only four performances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julius J. Epstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Writing (50)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Idea
Casablanca
Screenplay
Cross of Iron
Screenplay
Arsenic and Old Lace
Screenplay
The Pirate
Writer
Mr. Skeffington
Screenplay
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Screenplay
Kiss Them for Me
Screenplay
Send Me No Flowers
Screenplay
Tall Story
Screenplay
Light in the Piazza
Screenplay
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Screenplay
The Brothers Karamazov
Screenplay
Once Is Not Enough
Writer
Romance on the High Seas
Screenplay
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Screenplay
The Tender Trap
Screenplay
No Time for Comedy
Screenplay
House Calls
Story
House Calls
Screenplay
Take a Giant Step
Screenplay
In Caliente
Screenplay
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Screenplay
Young at Heart
Screenplay
The Strawberry Blonde
Screenplay
Return from the Ashes
Screenplay
Secrets of an Actress
Screenplay
My Foolish Heart
Writer
Take Care of My Little Girl
Screenplay
Four Wives
Screenplay
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Writer
I Live for Love
Screenplay
The Reluctant Debutante
Screenplay
Stars Over Broadway
Screenplay
The Male Animal
Screenplay
Any Wednesday
Screenplay
Confession
Adaptation
Broadway Gondolier
Writer
Fanny
Screenplay
Four Daughters
Screenplay
Pete 'n' Tillie
Writer
Little Big Shot
Screenplay
Daughters Courageous
Writer
Forever Female
Screenplay
Chicken Every Sunday
Theatre Play
Reuben, Reuben
Screenplay
Sons o' Guns
Screenplay
Saturday's Children
Screenplay
Scenes from Casablanca
Writer
Living on Velvet
Screenplay
