Jules Furthman

Infobox actor
name = Jules Furthman
birthdate = March 5, 1888
birthplace = Chicago, Illinois USA
deathdate = September 22, 1966
deathplace = Oxford ENG
othername =
occupation = Screenwriter
yearsactive = 1915 - 1959
imdb_id = 0299154

Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 - September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, during World War I he wrote under the name "Stephen Fox." Furthman wrote screenplays for a number of important or popular films, including: "The Docks of New York" (1928), "Thunderbolt" (1929), "Merely Mary Ann" (1931), "Shanghai Express" (1932), "Bombshell" (1933), "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), "Come and Get It" (1936), "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939), "To Have and Have Not" (1944), "The Big Sleep" (1946) and "Nightmare Alley" (1947). He wrote credited screenplays for eight films directed by Josef Von Sternberg and an equal number for Howard Hawks.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for "Mutiny on the Bounty."

Jules Furthman was the brother of writer Charles Furthman. Jules Furthman died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1966 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. His remains were brought home and interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

List of Screenplays

*Rio Bravo (1959)
*Jet Pilot (1957)
*Peking Express (1951)
*Pretty Baby (1950) (story)
*Nightmare Alley (1947)
*Moss Rose (1947)
*The Big Sleep (1946)
*To Have and Have Not (1944)
*The Outlaw (1943)
*The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
*The Way of All Flesh (1940) (story)
*Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
*Spawn of the North (1938)
*Come and Get It (1936)
*Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
*China Seas (1935)
*Bombshell (1933)
*Blonde Venus (1932) (story) (uncredited)
*Shanghai Express (1932)
*Over the Hill (1931)
*The Yellow Ticket (1931)
*Merely Mary Ann (1931)
*Cuerpo y alma (1931)
*Body and Soul (1931)
*Morocco (1930) (adaptation)
*Renegades (1930) (adaptation)
*Common Clay (1930)
*For the Defense (1930) (story)
*New York Nights (1929) (adaptation)
*Thunderbolt (1929) (story)
*The Case of Lena Smith (1929)
*The Docks of New York (1928)
*The Dragnet (1928)
*Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
*The City Gone Wild (1927)
*Barbed Wire (1927)
*The Way of All Flesh (1927)
*Fashions for Women (1927)
*Casey at the Bat (1927)
*The Love Wager (1927)
*Hotel Imperial (1927)
*You'd Be Surprised (1926)
*The Wise Guy (1926)
*Big Pal (1925)
*Before Midnight (1925)
*Any Woman (1925)
*Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
*Romola (1924) (titles)
*Call of the Mate (1924)
*Try and Get It (1924) (adaptation)
*Condemned (1923)
*The Acquittal (1923)
*North of Hudson Bay (1923)
*St. Elmo (1923)
*Lovebound (1923)
*A California Romance (1922)
*The Love Gambler (1922)
*Calvert's Valley (1922)
*Strange Idols (1922)
*The Yellow Stain (1922)
*Arabian Love (1922)
*The Ragged Heiress (1922)
*Gleam O'Dawn (1922)
*Pawn Ticket 210 (1922)
*The Roof Tree (1921)
*The Last Trail (1921)
*Singing River (1921)
*Colorado Pluck (1921)
*The Blushing Bride (1921)
*The Big Punch (1921)
*The Cheater Reformed (1921)
*High Gear Jeffrey (1921)
*The Land of Jazz (1920)
*The Iron Rider (1920) (scenario)
*The Texan (1920) (scenario)
*The Skywayman (1920)
*The Man Who Dared (1920) (as Julius G. Furthman)
*The White Circle (1920)
*The Great Redeemer (1920) (adaptation)
*A Sister to Salome (1920)
*The Twins of Suffering Creek (1920) (scenario)
*Leave It to Me (1920) (scenario)
*Treasure Island (1920) (as Stephen Fox)
*The Valley of Tomorrow (1920) (as Stephen Fox)
*Would You Forgive? (1920)
*The Pleasant Devil (1919) (story) (as Steven Fox)
*The Lincoln Highwayman (1919) (adaptation)
*Victory (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
*Six Feet Four (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
*This Hero Stuff (1919) (story) (as Stephen Fox)
*A Sporting Chance (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
*Some Liar (1919) (scenario) (as Stephen Fox)
*Brass Buttons (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
*Where the West Begins (1919)
*When a Man Rides Alone (1919) (as Stephen Fox)
*Wives and Other Wives (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
*All the World to Nothing (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
*Hobbs in a Hurry (1918) (scenario) (as Stephen Fox)
*A Japanese Nightingale (1918)
*Up Romance Road (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
*Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
*A Camouflage Kiss (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
*The Mantle of Charity (1918) (as Stephen Fox)
*Souls in Pawn (1917) (story)
*The Masked Heart (1917) (story) (as Julius Grinnell Furthmann)
*The Shackles of Truth (1917) (story) (as Julius Grinnell Furthman)
*The Frame-Up (1917)
*High Play (1917) (scenario) (as Jules Grinnell Furthmann)
*The Little Blonde in Black (1915)
*Quits (1915) (as Julius G. Furthman)
*A Fiery Introduction (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
*Mountain Justice (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
*Chasing the Limited (1915) (scenario)
*Bound on the Wheel (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)
*Steady Company (1915) (story) (as Julius G. Furthman)

External links

*imdb|0299154|Jules Furthman

Persondata
NAME= Furthman, Jules
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH= March 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH= Chicago, Illinois USA
DATE OF DEATH= September 22, 1966
PLACE OF DEATH= Oxford ENG