Henry Ephron

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Henry Ephron (born May 26, 1911 in New York City , † September 6, 1992 in Los Angeles ) was an American writer , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

The son of a retailer studied at Cornell University between 1929 and 1933 . After graduating, Henry Ephron worked as a stage manager for several theater stages. Since 1934 he worked together with his wife Phoebe Ephron as a permanent team of authors, both for the stage - first success with Three's a Family - and for the cinema. The family comedy Take Her She's Mine was a huge hit on Broadway in 1961 and was filmed the following year by Henry Koster with James Stewart in the lead role.

Ephron's film manuscripts, which were initially commissioned by Warner Bros. , mainly supplied comedies and film musicals from the late 1940s and 1950s, less often crime films such as 23 Steps to the Abyss and romances such as A Certain Smile . His employer in his most important creative period, the 1950s, was 20th Century Fox . In the second half of the 1950s, Henry Ephron worked several times as a film producer. His only attempt at directing Sing Boy Sing was in 1958 without a response.

One of Ephron's daughters was screenwriter and director Nora Ephron . Even Delia Ephron has worked in the film industry.

Filmography (complete)

as screenwriter (without story drafts), unless otherwise stated

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 566.

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