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Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. Jo Swerling, circa 1940. Early life and early career. Born Joseph Swerling in Berdichev, Ukraine, [1] Swerling was one of a number of Jewish refugees from the Tsarist regime.
Jo Swerling. Writer: The Pride of the Yankees. Oscar-nominated Hollywood screenwriter Jo Swerling, who also was a Tony Award-winning Broadway writer and lyricist, was born in Berdichev, Ukraine in what was then the Russian Empire.
Jo Swerling. Writer: The Pride of the Yankees. Oscar-nominated Hollywood screenwriter Jo Swerling, who also was a Tony Award-winning Broadway writer and lyricist, was born in Berdichev, Ukraine in what was then the Russian Empire.
SIDELIGHTS: Screenwriter Jo Swerling, who won a Tony Award in 1951 for coauthoring the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, emerged from humble beginnings to sustain a writing career spanning more than three decades.
Jo Swerling was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. Born in Berdichev, Russian Empire, Swerling was a refugee of the Czarist regime who grew up on New York City's lower East Side, where he sold newspapers to help support his family.
JO SWERLING was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright. His work includes the comedy STREET CINDERELLA for the Marx Brothers, for whom he wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy HUMOR RISK.
Jo Swerling. Book, Guys and Dolls. Born in Berdichev, Ukraine, in what was Czarist Russia, Swerling emigrated with his family to New York City’s Lower East Side. He worked as a journalist in the 1920s and began to write plays.
