Julius J. Epstein Articles

Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold in You Can’t Take It with You FILM The Adventures of Robin Hood d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley; scr: Seton I. Miller, Norman Reilly Raine Bringing Up Baby d: Howard Hawks; scr: Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde Dramatic School d: Robert B. Sinclair; scr: Ernest Vajda, Mary McCall Jr. L’Etrange Monsieur Victor d: Jean Grémillon; scr: Albert Valentin, [...]

Worth checking out: Martin N. Kriegl’s brief 2004 essay on the differences (in html) between Murray Burnett and Joan Alison’s "Everybody Comes to Rick’s," the unproduced play that was the basis for Casablanca, and the film’s screenplay credited to Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard Koch. Here are a couple of snippets from Kriegl’s text: "Upon first reading both stage play and screenplay, [...]

John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat FILM I Bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us d: Vittorio De Sica; scr: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Giulio Viola, Adolfo Franci, Margherita Maglione, Gherardo Gherardi Crime by Night d: William Clemens; scr: Joel Malone, Richard Weil Dragon Seed d: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway; scr: Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts Laura d: Otto Preminger; scr: [...]