Abe Burrows

Abe Burrows

male, deceased (1985)
Abram Solman Borowitz, CBS, Playwright, writer, Listerine, radio program…Guys and Dolls, Duffy's Tavern writer, Cactus Flower writer, Silk Stockings writer, GuysandDollswriter
Abe Burrows, was a noted American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage, particularly Broadway. He was born Abram Solman Borowitz...
Jo Swerling

Jo Swerling

male, deceased (1964)
Lyricist, writer, Playwright, Refugee, platinum blonde, Marx Brother…Alias Smith and Jones, Guys and Dolls, Contributing Writer, A Lady Takes a Chance writer, New York Town writer
Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 - October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer and lyricist and a screenwriter. Born in Bardichov, Russia, Swerling...

Ben Hecht

male
novelist, writer, Playwright, film producer, film director, actor…Contributing Writer, Rope writer, Circus World writer, Scarface writer, The Thing from Another World writer
Ben Hecht, the great Hollywood screenwriter, won an Oscar for Best Original Story for Underworld (1927) at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and had...

Joseph Mankiewicz

male
writer, film producer, film director, actor, Screenwriter, died from heart failure…The Honeypot writer, Julius Caesar writer, A Letter to Three Wives writer, House of Strangers writer, The Keys of the Kingdom writer
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles,...