Julien Josephson(1881-1959)

Writer

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Julien Josephson was born on 24 October 1881 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA. He was a writer, known for Disraeli (1929), La bonne école (1918) and L'éventail de Lady Windermere (1925). He died on 14 April 1959 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Known for

Joan Bennett and George Arliss in Disraeli (1929)

6.1

Writer

1929

La bonne école (1918)

La bonne école

4.3

Writer

1918

Ronald Colman, Bert Lytell, May McAvoy, and Irene Rich in L'éventail de Lady Windermere (1925)

L'éventail de Lady Windermere

7.2

Writer

1925

Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker in Extra! Extra! (1922)

5.0

Writer

1922

Credits

Writer

Lux Video Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- original screenplay
- 1957
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
7.1
TV Series
- play
- 1956
Happy Land
6.7
- screenplay
- 1943
The Great Gildersleeve
6.0
- screen play
- 1942
La mousson
6.8
- screen play
- 1939
Stanley et Livingstone
7.0
- screen play
- 1939
Suez
6.5
- screenplay
- 1938
Heidi la sauvageonne
7.2
- screen play
- 1937
La mascotte du régiment
6.9
- screen play
- 1937
Féeries de femmes
6.6
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1935
Chance at Heaven
6.0
- screen play (as Julian Josephson)
- 1933
La foire aux illusions
6.7
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1933
A Successful Calamity
6.9
- adaptation and dialogue
- 1932
The Expert
6.0
- adaptation and dialogue by
- 1932
The Man Who Played God
6.8
- adaptation (as Julian Josephson)
- 1932

Personal details

Alternative name
- Julian Josephson
Height
- 1.71 m
Born
- October 24, 1881
- Roseburg, Oregon, USA
Died
- April 14, 1959
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Other works
Story: "Ink Slinger" (filmed as The Printer's Devil (1923)).
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

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Trivia
American screenwriter and author of short stories. Did his best work during the silent era in adapting such literary classics as Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windemere's Fan" (1925) to the screen. Usually worked in collaboration with others, rather than as a solo writer, on films for Warner Brothers (1928-31) and 20th Century-Fox (1936-39).

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