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Julius J. Epstein
Writer 1909 - 2000

Julius J. Epstein

New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

26 titles
Reuben, Reuben

Reuben, Reuben

Robert Ellis Miller 1983 1h 41m 6.0

Based on a novel by Peter De Vries. Story of an alcoholic, lecherous Scottish poet on a tour of New England Universities, where he goes from one bed and bottle to another.

House Calls

House Calls

Howard Zieff 1978 1h 38m 6.0

Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

Sam Peckinpah 1977 2h 13m 8.5

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner.

Once Is Not Enough

Once Is Not Enough

Guy Green 1975 2h 1m

An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.

Pete 'n' Tillie

Pete 'n' Tillie

Martin Ritt 1972 1h 40m

A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.

Any Wednesday

Any Wednesday

Robert Ellis Miller 1966 1h 49m

Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress, falls for the executive's young business associate when he is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and Ellen meet every Wednesday.

Return from the Ashes

Return from the Ashes

J. Lee Thompson 1965 1h 45m

A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that her husband, the handsome gigolo and chess master Stanislaw Pilgrin, has been having an affair with her stepdaughter Fabi in her absence.

Send Me No Flowers

Send Me No Flowers

Norman Jewison 1964 1h 40m 6.0

When he mistakenly thinks he's dying, a hypochondriac tries to choose his wife's next husband.

Fanny

Fanny

Joshua Logan 1961 2h 13m

Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is to leave on a 5-year voyage, Fanny, a girl he grew up with, reveals that she is in love with him, and he discovers that he is in love with her.

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Richard Brooks 1958 2h 25m 7.0

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich.

Kiss Them for Me

Kiss Them for Me

Stanley Donen 1957 1h 45m 6.0

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.

The Tender Trap

The Tender Trap

Charles Walters 1955 1h 51m 7.0

Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with Charlie's girl Sylvia while Charlie spends his time with young actress Julie. Written by Mattias Thuresson

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

Gordon Douglas 1954 1h 57m 6.0

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Richard Brooks 1954 1h 56m 6.7

An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

Mark Robson 1949 1h 38m 7.0

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley 1948 1h 39m 5.0

Elvira is supposed to go on a cruise, but decides to stay home when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. Her husband suspects the same of his wife, and sends an investigator to spy on her on the cruise - but he is really spying on Elvira's husband.

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

Vincent Sherman 1944 2h 25m 8.0

Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis is forced into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge and predictable complications result

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

Frank Capra 1944 1h 58m 8.6

The American screwball comedy from 1944 based off of the theatrical piece of the same name from Joseph Kesselring adapted from the author Julius J. Epstein. Cary Grant’s hands are full when his crazy family neglects his marriage.

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer

Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak 1943 57m

The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Michael Curtiz 1942 2h 6m 7.0

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

William Keighley 1942 1h 52m 6.5

When acerbic critic Sheridan Whiteside slips on the front steps of a provincial Ohio businessman's home and breaks his hip, he and his entourage take over the house indefinitely

Casablanca

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz 1942 1h 42m 8.7

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

Raoul Walsh 1941 1h 37m 6.0

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

William Keighley 1941 1h 32m 5.5

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Four Wives

Four Wives

Michael Curtiz 1939 1h 39m

Three of the four musically inclined daughters of Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, are settling into their lives as wives, but not all is well. Thea Lemp has long since married wealthy banker, Ben Crowley. Thea makes a unilateral decision which may disrupt their marriage.

Four Daughters

Four Daughters

Michael Curtiz 1938 1h 30m

Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.

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