Aben Kandel
Aben Kandel (August 15, 1897 – January 28, 1993) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and boxer. He was screenwriter on such classic
Biography
Born in
He began writing novels in 1927 and wrote two hit plays Hot Money (1931) that was filmed as High Pressure (1932) and Hot Money (1936), and translated a German play Die Wunderbar by Geza Herczeg and Karl Farkas together with Irving Caesar where the pair added their own songs calling at The Wonder Bar that was acquired by Al Jolson and filmed in 1934.[2] One of Kandel's unpublished short stories So, You Won't Sing, Eh? was filmed as Sing and Like It (1934). Kandel began writing Hollywood stories and screenplays with Manhattan Moon (1935). His novel City for Conquest (1936), based on some of his experiences as a boxer was made into a James Cagney feature in 1940.
Kandel began writing for American television in 1950 whilst continuing to write screenplays and novels.
In 1957 he began writing several lurid screenplays for producer
Personal life and death
Kandel had two children, a son,
Novels
- Vaudeville (1927)
- Black Son (1929)
- Ex-Baby (1930)
- Rabbi Burns (1931)
- City of Conquest (1936)
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1932 | High Pressure | Story by | based on his play "Hot Money" |
Le bluffeur | Story by | based on his play "Hot Money" | |
1934 | Sing and Like It | Story by | Based on his short story "So You Won't Sing, Eh?" |
1935 | She Gets Her Man | Screenplay by, Story by | Co-wrote story with David Diamond |
Manhattan Moon | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Barry Trivers, Ben Grauman Kohn | |
1936 | Hot Money | Story by | Based on his play "Hot Money" |
Come Closer, Folks | Story by | ||
More Than a Secretary | Story by | ||
1937 | Thunder in the City | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Robert E. Sherwood, Ákos Tolnay |
They Won't Forget | Screenplay by | Based on the novel "Death in the Deep South" by Ward Greene, Co-wrote screenplay with Robert Rossen | |
1939 | Rio | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Edwin Justus Mayer, Frank Partos, Stephen Morehouse Avery |
1940 | City for Conquest | Story by | Based on his Novel of the same name |
1943 | What's Buzzin', Cousin? | Story by | |
The Iron Major | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Warren Duff | |
Three Russian Girls | Screenplay by | Co-wrote screenplay with Dan James | |
1947 | High Conquest | Story by | Based on the novel by James Ramsey Ullman |
1952 | The Fighter | Screenplay by | Based on the short story "The Mexican" By Jack London, Co-wrote screenplay with Herbert Kline |
Kid Monk Baroni | Written By | ||
1956 | Time Table | Screenplay by | Based on a story by Robert Angus |
Singing in the Dark | Adaption by | ||
1957 | I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Written By | Co-wrote screenplays with Herman Cohen |
Blood of Dracula | |||
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | |||
1958 | How to Make a Monster | ||
1959 | Horrors of the Black Museum | ||
The Headless Ghost | |||
1961 | Konga | ||
1963 | Black Zoo | ||
1967 | Berserk! | ||
1970 | Trog | Screenplay by | Based on an original story by Peter Bryan and John Gilling |
1974 | Craze | Screenplay by | Based on the novel by Henry Seymour, Co-wrote screenplay with Herman Cohen |
Television
Year | TV series | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1950-51 | Studio One in Hollywood | Story by | Episodes "The Blonde Comes First (1950)" & "The Blonde Comes First (1952)" |
1950 | Big Town | Writer | Episode "The Pay Off" |
1951 | Repertory Theater | Story by | Episode "Kitty Doone" |
1952 | Schlitz Playhouse | Writer | Episodes "The Trail", & "The Von Linden File" |
1954 | The Philip Morris Playhouse | Story by | Episode "Kitty Doone" |
1957 | General Electric Theater | Writer | Episode "No Skin Off Me" |
1960 | The Untouchables | Writer | Episode "The Underworld Bank" |
1964 | Arrest and Trial | Writer | Episode "A Roll of the Dice" |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Story by | Episode "The Fiddlesticks Affair" |
Notes
- ^ "Aben Kandel; Screenwriter, Novelist, Playwright Was 96". Los Angeles Times. February 1993.
- ^ "Aben Kandel – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
- ^ p. 56 Weaver, Tom Herman Cohen Interview]] in Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews McFarland, 19 Feb 2003
- ^ "Aben Kandel, Screenwriter, 96". The New York Times. February 2, 1993.
External links
- N.Y. Times obituary: "Aben Kandel, Screenwriter, 96"
- Aben Kandel at IMDb