Philip G. Epstein

Philip G. Epstein

1909-08-22 New York City, New York, USA 30 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, and others, of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's which became the Academy Award-winning screenplay of the film Casablanca (1942). Epstein was born in New York City and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father was a livery stable owner in the days when horses were still com...

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Scenes from Casablanca

Scenes from Casablanca

2025

Writer

Writing

A reframing of a section of the Casablanca script. Made for a University assignment.

Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

2000

Writer

Writing

Part of Frank Capra's World War II propaganda series made for the U.S. Armed Forces, this program presents newsreel footage addressing the Battle of C...

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons ...

The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her siste...

Forever Female

Forever Female

1953

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

Take Care of My Little Girl

Take Care of My Little Girl

1951

Writer

5.0
Writing

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

1950

Writer

6.7
Writing

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew W...

Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday

1949

Theatre Play

6.0

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

1948

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband che...

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married;...

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944

Screenplay, Producer

6.6
Writing Producing

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

Screenplay

8.2
Writing

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

1943

Writer

6.8
Writing

The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.

The Male Animal

The Male Animal

1942

Screenplay

4.1
Writing

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

The Strawberry Blonde

The Strawberry Blonde

1941

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nef...

Honeymoon for Three

Honeymoon for Three

1941

Additional Dialogue

5.8

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy ...

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

Four Wives

Four Wives

1939

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her enga...

Daughters Courageous

Daughters Courageous

1939

Writer

6.2
Writing

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Ji...

There's That Woman Again

There's That Woman Again

1938

Writer

6.5
Writing

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's...

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves t...

New Faces of 1937

New Faces of 1937

1937

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.

China Passage

China Passage

1937

Writer

5.5
Writing

Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on succes...

Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys

1936

Screenplay

4.7
Writing

Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient ...

Grand Jury

Grand Jury

1936

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and...

The Bride Walks Out

The Bride Walks Out

1936

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carol...

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet

1936

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-...