Jules Furthman
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Jules Furthman | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | March 5, 1888
Died | September 22, 1966 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 78)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director and producer |
Years active | 1915–1959 |
Spouse | Sybil Seely (m. 1920-1966) |
Children | 1 |
Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966) was an American magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. Pauline Kael once wrote that Furthman "has written about half of the most entertaining movies to come out of Hollywood (Ben Hecht wrote most of the other half.)"[1]
Biography
Furthman was born in Chicago. His brother was the writer Charles Furthman. During World War I he wrote under the pen name "Stephen Fox" as he thought Furthman sounded too German.[2]
He wrote screenplays for a number of important or popular films, including
He was nominated for an
In 1920, he married the actress Sybil Seely, who played in five films directed by Buster Keaton. She and Furthman had a son in 1921, and she retired from acting in 1922. They remained together until his death.
Furthman died of a
Legacy
On the UK television program Scene By Scene, host
List of screenplays
- Steady Company (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- Bound on the Wheel (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- Chasing the Limited (1915) (scenario)
- Mountain Justice (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- A Fiery Introduction (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- Quits (1915) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- The Little Blonde in Black (1915)
- High Play (1917) (scenario) (as Jules Grinnell Furthmann)
- The Frame-Up (1917)
- The Shackles of Truth (1917) (story) (as Julius Grinnell Furthman)
- The Masked Heart (1917) (story) (as Julius Grinnell Furthmann)
- Souls in Pawn (1917) (story)
- The Mantle of Charity (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
- A Camouflage Kiss (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
- Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
- Up Romance Road (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
- A Japanese Nightingale (1918)
- Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) (scenario) (as Stephen Fox)
- All the World to Nothing (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
- Wives and Other Wives (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
- When a Man Rides Alone (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
- Where the West Begins (1919)
- Brass Buttons (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
- Some Liar (1919) (scenario) (as Stephen Fox)
- A Sporting Chance (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
- This Hero Stuff (1919) (story) (as Stephen Fox)
- Six Feet Four (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
- Victory (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
- The Lincoln Highwayman (1919) (adaptation)
- The Beloved Cheater (1919) (story) (as Steven Fox)
- Would You Forgive? (1920)
- The Valley of Tomorrow (1920) (as Stephen Fox)
- Treasure Island (1920) (as Stephen Fox)
- Leave It to Me (1920) (scenario)
- Twins of Suffering Creek (1920) (scenario)
- A Sister to Salome (1920)
- The Great Redeemer (1920) (adaptation)
- The White Circle (1920)
- The Man Who Dared (1920) (as Julius G. Furthman)
- The Skywayman (1920)
- The Texan (1920) (scenario)
- The Iron Rider (1920) (scenario)
- The Land of Jazz (1920)
- High Gear Jeffrey (1921)
- The Cheater Reformed (1921)
- The Big Punch (1921)
- The Blushing Bride (1921)
- Colorado Pluck (1921)
- Singing River (1921)
- The Last Trail (1921)
- The Roof Tree (1921)
- Pawn Ticket 210 (1922)
- Gleam O'Dawn (1922)
- The Ragged Heiress (1922)
- Arabian Love (1922)
- The Yellow Stain (1922)
- Strange Idols (1922)
- Calvert's Valley (1922)
- The Love Gambler (1922)
- A California Romance (1922)
- Lovebound (1923)
- St. Elmo (1923)
- North of Hudson Bay (1923)
- The Acquittal (1923)
- Condemned (1923)
- Try and Get It (1924) (adaptation)
- Call of the Mate (1924)
- Romola (1924) (titles)
- Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
- Any Woman (1925)
- Before Midnight (1925)
- Big Pal (1925)
- The Wise Guy (1926)
- You'd Be Surprised (1926)
- Hotel Imperial (1927)
- The Love Wager (1927)
- Casey at the Bat (1927)
- Fashions for Women (1927)
- The Way of All Flesh (1927)
- Barbed Wire (1927)
- The City Gone Wild (1927)
- Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
- The Drag Net (1928)
- The Docks of New York (1928)
- The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
- Thunderbolt (1929) (story)
- New York Nights (1929) (adaptation)
- For the Defense (1930) (story)
- Common Clay (1930)
- Renegades (1930) (adaptation)
- Morocco(1930) (adaptation)
- Body and Soul (1931)
- Cuerpo y alma (1931)
- Merely Mary Ann (1931)
- The Yellow Ticket (1931)
- Over the Hill (1931)
- Shanghai Express (1932)
- Blonde Venus (1932) (story) (uncredited)
- Bombshell (1933)
- China Seas (1935)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- Come and Get It (1936)
- Spawn of the North (1938)
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Zaza (1939) (uncredited)
- The Way of All Flesh (1940) (story)
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
- The Outlaw (1943)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Moss Rose (1947)
- Nightmare Alley (1947)
- Pretty Baby (1950) (story)
- Peking Express (1951)
- Jet Pilot (1957)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
References
- ^ Kael, Pauline (October 13, 1967). "The Frightening Power of Bonnie and Clyde". The New Yorker.
- ISBN 978-1-101-87470-7.
- ^ "The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
- ISBN 9781856692878.
External links
- Jules Furthman at IMDb
- Jules Furthman papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Matthew J. Bruccoli collection of Jules Furthman at the University of South Carolina Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
- Jules Furthman screenplay collection at the University of South Carolina Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.