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Julius J. Epstein
New York City, New York, USA
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, Phi…
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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 It was adapted from an unpublished play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison.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.
Filmography
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2025
Scenes from Casablanca
Movie Writer
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2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2000
- 1995
- 1994
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1992
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Movie Self - Screenwriter
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1988
Bacall on Bogart
Movie Self
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1983
Reuben, Reuben
Movie Co-Producer
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1979
House Calls
TV show Creator
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1978
House Calls
Movie Story
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1977
The Pirate
TV show Writer
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1977
Cross of Iron
Movie Screenplay
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1975
Once Is Not Enough
Movie Writer
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1972
Pete 'n' Tillie
Movie Producer
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1966
Any Wednesday
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Return from the Ashes
Movie Screenplay
More credits
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1964
Send Me No Flowers
Movie Screenplay
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1962
Light in the Piazza
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Fanny
Movie Screenplay
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1960
Tall Story
Movie Screenplay
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1959
Take a Giant Step
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Reluctant Debutante
Movie Screenplay
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1958
The Brothers Karamazov
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Kiss Them for Me
Movie Screenplay
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1955
The Tender Trap
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Idea
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1954
Young at Heart
Movie Screenplay
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1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Forever Female
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Take Care of My Little Girl
Movie Screenplay
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1950
My Foolish Heart
Movie Writer
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1949
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie Theatre Play
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1948
Romance on the High Seas
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Mr. Skeffington
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Casablanca
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Movie Writer
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1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie Screenplay
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1942
The Male Animal
Movie Screenplay
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1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie Screenplay
