Jules Furthman

Jules Furthman (left) with western actor William Russell (1919)

Jules Furthman (born March 5, 1888 in Chicago , Illinois , † September 22, 1966 in Oxford , England , United Kingdom ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

After studying literature, Jules Furthman worked as a journalist and from 1915 wrote first exposés and from 1918 scripts for silent films. He soon had a good reputation as a writer and worked regularly with the directors Maurice Tourneur , Victor Fleming and Josef von Sternberg . At the beginning of the 50s his style was no longer in demand and he could only record late success with Rio Bravo . From 1920 until his death he was married to the actress Sybil Seely , who starred in five films as the partner of Buster Keaton .

Filmography (selection)

1927: The Way of All Flesh (The Way of All Flesh)
1927 barbed wire ( barbed wire )
1928: The Docks of New York (The Docks of New York)
1929: They called it Thunderbolt (Thunderbolt)
1929: One Night in the Prater (The Case of Lena Smith)
1930: Morocco (Morocco)
1932: Blonde Venus
1932: Shanghai Express
1933: Sex Bomb (Bombshell)
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
1936: Adventures in the Yellow Sea (China Seas)
1936: Take What You Can Get (Come and Get It)
1938: Pirates in Alaska (Spawn of the North)
1939: SOS fire on board (Only Angels Have Wings)
1941: Settlement in Shanghai (The Shanghai Gesture)
1943: Outlaw (The Outlaw)
1944: Have and Have Not (To Have and Have Not)
1945: The Big Sleep (The Big Sleep)
1947: The Charlatan (Nightmare Alley)
1951: Peking Express (Peking Express)
1957: jet fighter (Jet Pilot)
1959: Rio Bravo

Web links

Jules Furthman in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 153.

personal data
SURNAME	Furthman, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois, United States
DATE OF DEATH	September 22, 1966
Place of death	Oxford , England, UK

[1] 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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 153.