Director

Jules Furthman

Writing

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 90

TMDB ID: 4297

IMDb ID: nm0299154

Known for: Writing

Born: March 5, 1888

Died: September 22, 1966

Age: 78

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1917 - 1959

Years active: 43

Average TMDB rating: 6.69

Wikidata: Q704053

Also known as

Stephen Fox • Julius Grinnell Furthman

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Writer (37)Screenplay (27)Story (11)Scenario Writer (8)Adaptation (6)

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Biography

Jules Furthman was a magazine and newspaper writer when he began writing for films in 1915. When the U.S. entered WWI Furthman used the name "Stephen Fox" for his screenplays because he thought his name sounded too German, but he reverted to his real name after the war. Furthman became one of the most prolific, and well-known, screenwriters of his time, and was responsible for the screenplays of some of Hollywood's most highly regarded films, such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), To Have and Have Not (1944) and Nightmare Alley (1947).

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