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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.)"
Writer: To Have and Have Not. 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.
- March 5, 1888
- September 22, 1966
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.
Dec 31, 2007 · Jules Furthman's scripts lead to some of the finest films of the studio era, or any era. His collaborations with Howard Hawks were especially memorable: Only Angels Have Wings, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep (I'm no fan of the film, but the dialogue is excellent), and Rio Bravo are superb.
Furthman began writing for films in 1915, and for the next dozen years he supplied stories and screenplays and occasionally dialogue titles for scores of silent movies, most of them westerns and run-of-the-mill romances and adventure films.
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The Jules Furthman papers span the years circa 1920 to 1958 and encompass 11 linear feet. The collection consists of production files (produced and unproduced), story files, and subject files. The bulk of the material documents Furthman’s work as a screenwriter from the silent era to the late 1950s.
