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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.)"
Jules Furthman was a magazine and newspaper writer when he began writing for films in 1915. When the U.S. entered WWI Furthman used the name "Stephen Fox" for his screenplays because he thought his name sounded too German, but he reverted to his real name after the war.
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Jules Furthman was a magazine and newspaper writer when he began writing for films in 1915. When the U.S. entered WWI Furthman used the name "Stephen Fox" for his screenplays because he thought his name sounded too German, but he reverted to his real name after the war.
Furthman became one of the most prolific, and well-known, screenwriters of his time, and was responsible for the screenplays of some of Hollywood's most highly regarded films, such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), To Have and Have Not (1944) and Nightmare Alley (1947). Read More.
Jules Furthman. writing film stories for American, Fox, and Paramount studios (used the pseudonym Stephen Fox, 1918–20); 1920–23—under contract to Fox, and later to Paramount, 1926–32, and MGM, 1932–39; then freelance writer; 1960—retired. Died: Of a stroke in Oxford, England, 22 September 1966.
This archive comprises a group of twenty-three screenplays, dating from 1923 to 1958, and related material by Jules Furthman (1888-1966). Jules Furthman was born in Chicago (Julius Grinnell Furthman), educated at Northwestern, and began his career as journalist and magazine writer.
Scope and Contents Jules Furthman was a screenwriter who worked on many Hollywood films. He was also a collector of rare books and manuscripts, including a Shakespeare second folio and an original copy of a work by Montaigne.
