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Philip Yordan in San Diego, 1988. During the 1950s and 1960s, Yordan acted as a front for blacklisted writers although his use of surrogate screenwriters predates the McCarthy era.: 332 His actual contributions to the scripts he is credited with writing is controversial: 334 and he was known to some as a credit-grabber.
Researching Yordan's screen credits, I encountered enough claims and counterclaims to append this unusual "anti-filmography." Philip Yordan Anti-Filmography. 1944 When Strangers Marry(William Castle). In this early instance of "employing surrogates," Yordan paid Dennis Cooper to write the screenplay; then Yordan rewrote it, Yordan says.
always some reason why Philip Yordan was the credited writer—and other contrib-utors’ names were omitted. Tenacity was a Yordan trait, as evidenced in a story he liked to tell about how he revivedAnna Lucasta. While perusing Variety, Yordan was startled to discover that a black playwright, Abram Hill, had rewritten the play for the American ...
always some reason why Philip Yordan was the credited writer—and other contrib-utors’ names were omitted. Tenacity was a Yordan trait, as evidenced in a story he liked to tell about how he revivedAnna Lucasta. While perusing Variety, Yordan was startled to discover that a black playwright, Abram Hill, had rewritten the play for the American ...
Philip Yordan has 18 books on Goodreads with 47 ratings. Philip Yordan’s most popular book is El Cid.
Philip Yordan Biography Yordan was also responsible for a brace of sophisticated westerns, notably "Johnny Guitar" and "Broken Lance" (both 1954) and allegedly lent his name to a number of scripts penned by blacklisted writers during the Hollywood witch-hunt.
Mar 24, 2003 · Philip Yordan is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Producer, Story, Theatre Play, Executive Producer, Actor, Novel, and Adaptation. Some of his work includes Johnny Guitar, El Cid, Battle of the Bulge, The Man from Laramie, King of Kings, The Fall of the Roman Empire, 55 Days at Peking, and The Big Combo.
