Jo Swerling

Jo Swerling

1893-04-18 Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine] 53 Credits
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961

Writer

6.0
Writing

Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

1955

Theatre Play

6.6

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky ...

Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East

1952

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifi...

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Additional Writing

8.3

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinfli...

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

1944

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-bo...

A Lady Takes a Chance

A Lady Takes a Chance

1943

Story

5.7
Writing

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Crash Dive

Crash Dive

1943

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new...

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Confirm or Deny

Confirm or Deny

1941

Screenplay

3.8
Writing

Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz...

New York Town

New York Town

1941

Story

10.0
Writing

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stef...

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

1941

Writer

6.5
Writing

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face re...

The Westerner

The Westerner

1940

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by...

The Real Glory

The Real Glory

1939

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous atta...

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

I Am the Law

I Am the Law

1938

Writer

6.6
Writing

With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.

Doctor Rhythm

Doctor Rhythm

1938

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.

Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1937

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

1936

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a...

Love Me Forever

Love Me Forever

1935

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.

The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking

1935

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to h...

Lady by Choice

Lady by Choice

1934

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.

The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests

1934

Screenplay, Story

7.0
Writing

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

No Greater Glory

No Greater Glory

1934

Adaptation, Screenplay

6.7
Writing

A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.

Once to Every Woman

Once to Every Woman

1934

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.

East of Fifth Avenue

East of Fifth Avenue

1933

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady center around which the lives and loves of their various residents unf...

Man's Castle

Man's Castle

1933

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

As the Devil Commands

As the Devil Commands

1933

Writer

Writing

Slowly dying of a terminal illness, wealthy invalid John Duncan wants his aide Dr. Graham to end his suffering.

The Wrecker

The Wrecker

1933

Screenplay

1.0
Writing

The Wrecker is a flinty-eyed demolition engineer named Regan (Jack Holt). While he's off on another assignment, Regan's wife Mary (Genevieve Tobin) an...

The Woman I Stole

The Woman I Stole

1933

Writer

3.5
Writing

A man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.

Below the Sea

Below the Sea

1933

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.

Man Against Woman

Man Against Woman

1932

Screenplay

3.5
Writing

Johnny McCloud, a tough police inspector given more to fisticuffs than investigating has the hots for torch-singer Lola Parker, but Miss Parker is muc...

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...

War Correspondent

War Correspondent

1932

Adaptation

3.0

In this war drama, a brave reporter tries to remain detached while covering the war in Shanghai. While there, he falls for an ex-streetwalker, but mus...

Hollywood Speaks

Hollywood Speaks

1932

Writer

Writing

The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about entertainm...

Attorney for the Defense

Attorney for the Defense

1932

Writer

6.0
Writing

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

Shopworn

Shopworn

1932

Dialogue

6.5

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

Love Affair

Love Affair

1932

Writer

5.6
Writing

Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

1932

Writer, Story

5.8
Writing

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

Forbidden

Forbidden

1932

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby ...

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

1931

Adaptation

6.7

Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinem...

The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman

1931

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blin...

The Good Bad Girl

The Good Bad Girl

1931

Dialogue

5.5

A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.

Carne de Cabaret

Carne de Cabaret

1931

Story

2.0
Writing

This is the Spanish-language version of Ten Cents a Dance (1931), shot concurrently with a different cast but the same director, Christy Cabanne (as "...

Dirigible

Dirigible

1931

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the ...

Ten Cents a Dance

Ten Cents a Dance

1931

Story, Screenplay

6.8
Writing

A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.

Madonna of the Streets

Madonna of the Streets

1930

Screenplay

Writing

Directed by John S. Robertson. With Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames, Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn.

Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine

1930

Writer

6.2
Writing

Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune ...

Hell's Island

Hell's Island

1930

Adaptation, Screenplay

Writing

In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl and begin fighting over her when one of them announces ...

Around the Corner

Around the Corner

1930

Story, Dialogue

Writing

18-year-old Rosie Kaplan O'Grady was found as an abandoned baby by O'Grady, an Irish policeman, and Kaplan, a Jewish pawnbroker, and raised by them as...

Ladies of Leisure

Ladies of Leisure

1930

Dialogue, Screenplay

6.1
Writing

Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy f...

Melody Lane

Melody Lane

1929

Theatre Play

A songwriter leaves his chorus girl sweetheart to join the US Army in WWI. In France he falls in love with French singer Madelon. He is crippled in ac...

Humor Risk

Humor Risk

1921

Writer, Producer

9.0
Writing Producing

Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an ...