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Jules Furthman
Sign in to saveAlso known as Stephen Fox, Jules G. Furthman
American screenwriter and journalist (1888-1966)
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- Works
- 4
Top works
- Shanghai express
- Morocco
- Morocco, and Shanghai Express
- To have and have not
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jules
- Official name
- Julius Grinell Furthman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Spouse
- Sybil Seely
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Big Sleep
- Image
- Jules Furthman (1923).jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1888-03-05
- date of death
- 1966-09-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- cause of death
- stroke
- pseudonym
- Stephen Fox
- Commons category
- Jules Furthman
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- manner of death
- natural causes
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