Francis Edward Faragoh

Francis Edward Faragoh (born October 16, 1895 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † July 25, 1966 in Oakland , California , USA ) was an American screenwriter and writer of Austro-Hungarian descent.

Life

Francis Edward Faragoh emigrated to the USA at the age of 16. In New York he attended City College and Columbia University .

His attempts at writing were crowned with success in 1924. In a competition of Pearson's Magazine, he won with his short story Curtain . Another narrative, The Distant Street , took fourth place. The judges were F. Scott Fitzgerald , Edmund Wilson and Floyd Dell.

From 1929 he began to write scripts for Hollywood productions. By 1947 he had written 20 scripts. The screenplay for the gangster film Little Caesar ( Little Caesar ) brought him in 1931 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay one.

He also wrote scripts for the theater. In 1927 he wrote the piece Pinwheel , in 1938 he wrote the screenplay for Sunup to Sundown .

In 1947 Faragoh withdrew from Hollywood. Six years later, the Un-American Activities Committee accused him of being a communist. Even the intervention of his fellow author Robert Rossen , who stated that Faragoh was not a member of the Communist Party, did not prevent him from ending up on the "black list".

On July 25, 1966, Francis Edward Faragoh died of a heart attack. He left his wife Elizabeth and two children.

Filmography

• 1929: Her Private Affair
• 1931: The Little Caesar ( Little Caesar )
• 1931: Iron Man
• 1931: Frankenstein
• 1932: Under Cover Man
• 1935: Becky Sharp
• 1936: Dancing pirate (Dancing Pirate)
• 1941: Lady from Louisiana
• 1943: Flicka ( My Friend Flicka )
• 1946: Hated, Hunted, Feared ( Renegades )
• 1947: Easy Come, Easy Go

Web links

• Francis Edward Faragoh in the Internet Movie Database (English)