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Philip G. Epstein
Writer 1909 - 1952

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 twin brother, Julius, and others, of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's which became the... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

13 titles
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.

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.

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.

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton

Leigh Jason 1938 1h 20m 7.0

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.

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