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Philip G. Epstein
New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his t…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his twin brother, Julius, and others, of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's which became the Academy Award-winning screenplay of the film Casablanca (1942). Epstein was born in New York City and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father was a livery stable owner in the days when horses were still common on the streets of the city. He attended Pennsylvania State College (now Penn State University), gaining his degree in 1931. Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers, had a love-hate relationship with the Epstein brothers. He could not argue with their commercial success, but he deplored their pranks, their work habits and the hours they kept. In 1952, Warner gave the brothers' names to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). They never testified before the committee, but on a HUAC questionairre, when asked if they ever were members of a "subversive organization," they wrote-in, "Yes. Warner Brothers." Epstein died of cancer in Hollywood, California in 1952 at the age of 42. His son Leslie Epstein directs the creative writing program at Boston University and is an accomplished novelist. His grandson Theo Epstein is the general manager of the Boston Red Sox. His granddaughter Anya Epstein is a screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip G. Epstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Scenes from Casablanca
Movie Writer
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1958
The Brothers Karamazov
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
The Male Animal
Movie Screenplay
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1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie Screenplay
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1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Movie Screenplay
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1941
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Honeymoon for Three
Movie Additional Dialogue
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1940
No Time for Comedy
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Saturday's Children
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Four Wives
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Daughters Courageous
Movie Writer
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1938
There's That Woman Again
Movie Writer
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1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie Screenplay
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1937
New Faces of 1937
Movie Screenplay
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1937
China Passage
Movie Writer
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1936
Mummy's Boys
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Grand Jury
Movie Screenplay
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1936
The Bride Walks Out
Movie Screenplay
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1936
Love on a Bet
Movie Screenplay
