About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1909-08-22
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Philip G. Epstein

Overview

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.

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Known for

Writing
2000 Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America Writing Writer N/A
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1958 The Brothers Karamazov Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1953 Forever Female Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1951 Take Care of My Little Girl Writing Writer 58
Average
1950 My Foolish Heart Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Chicken Every Sunday Writing Theatre Play 59
Average
1948 Romance on the High Seas Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace Writing Screenplay 69
Fair
1944 Mr. Skeffington Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1943 Casablanca Writing Screenplay 79
Good
1943 Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer Writing Writer 59
Average
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1942 The Male Animal Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D. Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1941 The Strawberry Blonde Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1940 No Time for Comedy Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1940 Saturday's Children Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1939 Four Wives Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1939 Daughters Courageous Writing Writer 58
Average
1938 There's That Woman Again Writing Writer 59
Average
1938 The Mad Miss Manton Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1937 New Faces of 1937 Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1937 China Passage Writing Writer 59
Average
1936 Mummy's Boys Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1936 Grand Jury Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1936 The Bride Walks Out Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1936 Love on a Bet Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
1944 Mr. Skeffington Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
1941 Honeymoon for Three Crew Additional Dialogue 58
Average