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Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his twin brother, Julius
Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein was an United States screenwriter, who had a long career, most noted for the adaptation - in partnership with his twin brother, Philip G....
, and others of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning film Casablanca
Casablanca (film)

Casablanca is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....
 (1942).

Epstein was born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. His father was a livery stable owner in the days when horses were still common on the streets of the city.






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Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his twin brother, Julius
Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein was an United States screenwriter, who had a long career, most noted for the adaptation - in partnership with his twin brother, Philip G....
, and others of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning film Casablanca
Casablanca (film)

Casablanca is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....
 (1942).

Epstein was born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
. His father was a livery stable owner in the days when horses were still common on the streets of the city. He attended Pennsylvania State College (now Penn State University), earning his degree in 1931.

Jack Warner
Jack Warner

Jack Leonard "J.L." Warner , born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, Canada, was the president and driving force behind the successful development of Warner Bros....
, head of Warner Brothers, had a love-hate relationship with the writing duo of the Epstein brothers. He could not argue with their commercial success, but he deplored their pranks, their work habits and the hours they kept. He consistently butted heads with the two. In 1952, Warner gave the brothers' names to the House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Committee on Un-American Activities was an investigative United States Congressional committee of the United States House of Representatives....
 (HUAC). They never testified before the committee, but on a HUAC questionairre, when asked if they ever were members of a "subversive organization," they wrote-in, "Yes. Warner Brothers."

Epstein died of cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
 in Hollywood, California in 1952 at the age of 42.

His son Leslie Epstein
Leslie Epstein

Leslie Donald Epstein is an United States novelist.He has written nine novels including King of the Jews , Pandaemonium , and San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory , based on his childhood growing up in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s....
 directs the creative writing
Creative writing

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional writing, journalistic, Academic writing, and technical forms of literature....
 program at Boston University
Boston University

Boston University is a private nonsectarian university located in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Although chartered by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1869, Boston University traces its roots to the establishment of the Newbury Biblical Institute in Newbury, Vermont in 1839....
 and is an accomplished novelist. His grandson Theo Epstein
Theo Epstein

Theo Nathan Epstein is the Executive Vice President/General manager of the Boston Red Sox. On November 25, 2002, the Red Sox made him the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball by hiring him at the age of 28....
 is the general manager of the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
. His granddaughter Anya Epstein
Anya Epstein

Anya Epstein is an United States television writer....
 is a screenwriter.

Filmography

Selected filmography as a screenwriter:
  • The Last Time I Saw Paris
    The Last Time I Saw Paris

    The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 in film Romantic drama film made by MGM, loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald 's short story Babylon Revisited....
     (1954)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
    Arsenic and Old Lace (film)

    Arsenic and Old Lace is a film film director by Frank Capra based on a Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring. The script was adaptation by Julius J....
     (1944)
  • Mr. Skeffington
    Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington is a 1944 in film drama film which portrays a woman whose many love affairs cost her the love of her husband and her daughter....
     (1944)
  • Casablanca
    Casablanca (film)

    Casablanca is an Cinema of the United States romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre....
     (1942)
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner
    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City....
      (1941)
  • The Strawberry Blonde
    The Strawberry Blonde

    The Strawberry Blonde was a 1941 in film Warner Brothers feature film starring James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Academy Award for Original Music Score....
     (1941)
  • Gift of Gab
    Gift of Gab (film)

    Gift of Gab is a black and white film released by Universal Pictures. Edmund Lowe stars as a man with the "Gift of Gab" — he can sell anyone anything....
     (1934)


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