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Philip G. Epstein is a Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Dialogue American born on 22 august 1909 at New York City (USA)
Philip G. Epstein, né le 22 août 1909 à New York et mort le 7 février 1952 à Hollywood, est un scénariste américain. Durant sa carrière, il a notamment remporté l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original pour Casablanca aux côtés de son frère jumeau, Julius J. Epstein. Ils sont d'ailleurs les deux seuls jumeaux de l'histoire du cinéma à avoir remporté un Oscar ensemble.
Jack Warner, dirigeant de Warner Brothers, eut une relation tumultueuse avec le duo de scénaristes. Il déplora leurs farces, leurs habitudes de travail et les horaires qu'ils avaient. En 1952, Warner donna les noms des frères Epstein au House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Sur un questionnaire de l'HUAC, quand on leur demanda s'ils étaient membres d'une « organisation subversive », ils écrivirent : « Oui. Warner Brothers ».
Epstein mourut d'un cancer en 1952 à l'âge de 42 ans.
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Nationality USA
Birth 22 august 1909 at New York City (USA)
Death 7 february 1952 (at 42 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 22 august 1909 at New York City (USA)
Death 7 february 1952 (at 42 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Il obtient son diplôme en 1931 à l'université d'État de Pennsylvanie. Epstein entre très vite dans le milieu du cinéma. Il écrira nombre de scénarios pour la Warner Bros., mais son plus grand succès demeure Casablanca.Jack Warner, dirigeant de Warner Brothers, eut une relation tumultueuse avec le duo de scénaristes. Il déplora leurs farces, leurs habitudes de travail et les horaires qu'ils avaient. En 1952, Warner donna les noms des frères Epstein au House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Sur un questionnaire de l'HUAC, quand on leur demanda s'ils étaient membres d'une « organisation subversive », ils écrivirent : « Oui. Warner Brothers ».
Epstein mourut d'un cancer en 1952 à l'âge de 42 ans.
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
, 2h25Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, William Shatner, Richard Basehart
Rating66%
The story follows Fyodor, the patriarch of the Karamazov family and his sons. When he tries to decide an heir, the tensions between the brothers of the film run high, leading to infighting and murder.
Forever Female (1954)
, 1h33Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, Pat Crowley, James Gleason, Maidie Norman
Rating65%
The reviews are in and a new play starring Beatrice Page and produced by Harry Phillips is a flop. Long divorced but still a team, they need a new project and meet playwright Stanley Krown, who has written one in which the lead roles are a mother and a 19-year-old daughter.
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
, 1h56Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, George Dolenz
Rating60%
As World War II ends in Europe, Stars and Stripes journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) is on the streets of Paris, covering the celebrations. He is suddenly grabbed by a beautiful woman, who kisses him and disappears. Charles follows the crowd to Café Dhingo and meets another pretty woman named Marion Elliswirth (Donna Reed). The mutual attraction is instant and she invites him to join her father's celebration of the end of the war in Europe. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine (George Dolenz) arrive at the Elliswirth household, and we find that the woman who had kissed Charles is Marion's younger sister Helen (Elizabeth Taylor).
Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Betty Lynn
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Liz Erickson (Jeanne Crain) is a young, naive woman who has recently graduated from high school. Along with best friend Janet Shaw (Beverly Dennis), she leaves her parental home to attend Midwestern University, where her mother was once a legendary student.
My Foolish Heart (1950)
, 1h38Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Gigi Perreau
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
, 1h34Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Alan Young, Colleen Townsend, Natalie Wood, William Frawley
Roles Theatre Play
Rating63%
In Tucson, Arizona in 1910, Emily Hefferen visits attorney Robert Hart to file for divorce from her husband Jim, citing his lack of support as grounds. When Hart expresses surprise, given the local hotel, laundry, and dairy bear the Heffernen name, suggesting the family is wealthy, Emily describes her family life for the past twenty years.
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, 1h39Directed by Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall
Rating69%
Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) and her husband Michael (Don DeFore) suspect each other of cheating. For their wedding anniversary, Elvira books an ocean cruise to Rio de Janeiro but her husband claims that unexpected business will prevent him from going. Seeing an opportunity, Elvira pretends to take the trip alone, but in fact sends singer Georgia Garrett (Doris Day), a woman she'd met at the travel agency, in her place and under her name. By secretly staying behind, Elvira hopes to find out if Michael is indeed sneaking around behind her back. Michael, however, is suspicious over Elvira's supposed willingness to go on the trip alone, and so hires private detective Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to see if she is sneaking around behind his back.
One More Tomorrow (1946)
, 1h27Directed by Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner
Rating64%
War Comes to America (1945)
, 1h10Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Lloyd Nolan
Rating67%
Face à la menace d’une perte de liberté, les États-Unis entrent en guerre illustre comment l’Amérique est passée de l’isolationnisme à un engagement total.
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
, 2h25Directed by Vincent Sherman, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, John Alexander
Rating75%
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
, 1h5Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Anthony Veiller, Walter Huston
Rating69%
En envahissant la Chine, le Japon espère ensuite conquérir l’Asie toute entière. Le film utilise de nombreuses images du documentaire de Joris Ivens 400 Millions, réalisé en 1938.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
, 1h58Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Assassinat, Théâtre, Serial killer films, Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Priscilla Lane
Roles Auteur
Rating78%
The plot revolves around the Brewster family of Brooklyn, New York, descended from the Mayflower and composed of illustrious White Anglo-Saxon Protestant ancestors whose portraits line the walls. The religious theme is repeatedly mentioned, and Elaine is the daughter of the minister who lives next door, with some scenes held in its ancient cemetery. Today the Brewster clan comprises insane murderers.
Casablanca (1943)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
Rating84%
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
, 1h23Directed by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Walter Huston, Anthony Veiller, Nikolai Cherkasov
Rating70%
Ce film de propagande américain souligne le besoin d'une alliance russo-américaine contre les nazis.
, 57minutesDirected by Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Knox Manning, Murray Alper, Monte Blue, Ann Codee, Walter Huston
Roles Writer
Rating71%
Ne désirant pas s’engager sur deux fronts à la fois, Hitler s’est concentré jusqu’alors sur le front de l’Est en réfutant toute hostilité envers la France et la Grande-Bretagne. Mais une fois celui-ci stabilisé, il lance l’offensive à l’Ouest contre les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et bientôt la France…