Julius J. Epstein
Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay, written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch, of the film Casablanca (1942), for which the writers won an Academy Award. It was adapted from an unpublished play, Everybody Comes to Rick's, written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison.
His identical twin died in 1952, a loss that he felt for the rest of his life. He continued writing, receiving two more Oscar nominations. In 1998, he received a Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award. His credits included Four Daughters (1938) for which he received his first Oscar nomination, The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), The Tender Trap (1955), Light in the Piazza (1962), Send Me No Flowers (1964), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), Cross of Iron (1977) and Reuben, Reuben (1983).
Epstein had a less successful result as a playwright in Broadway theatre. He adapted his play Front Porch in Flatbush into Saturday Night, the first professional musical written by Stephen Sondheim. The musical was intended to open on Broadway in 1955, but was shelved due to the death of its lead producer. His play, But, Seriously (starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tom Poston) would prove to be the last to be staged at Henry Miller's Theatre for more than 30 years, opening on February 27, 1969, and closing after only four performances.
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Movies (54)
Scenes from Casablanca
2025 · Writer
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
2000 · Writer
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
Epstein in Hollywood - Julius J. Epstein Talks
1994 · Self
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
1992 · Self - Screenwriter
Bacall on Bogart
1988 · Self
Reuben, Reuben
1983 · Co-Producer, Screenplay
House Calls
1978 · Story, Screenplay
Cross of Iron
1977 · Screenplay
Once Is Not Enough
1975 · Writer
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972 · Writer, Producer
Any Wednesday
1966 · Screenplay, Producer
Return from the Ashes
1965 · Screenplay
Send Me No Flowers
1964 · Screenplay
Light in the Piazza
1962 · Screenplay
Fanny
1961 · Screenplay
Tall Story
1960 · Screenplay
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Screenplay, Producer
The Reluctant Debutante
1958 · Screenplay
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Screenplay
Kiss Them for Me
1957 · Screenplay
The Tender Trap
1955 · Screenplay
Young at Heart
1954 · Screenplay
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · Screenplay
Forever Female
1953 · Screenplay
Take Care of My Little Girl
1951 · Screenplay
My Foolish Heart
1950 · Writer
Chicken Every Sunday
1949 · Theatre Play
Romance on the High Seas
1948 · Screenplay
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Screenplay
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Screenplay, Producer
Casablanca
1943 · Screenplay
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943 · Writer
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Screenplay
The Male Animal
1942 · Screenplay
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Screenplay
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 · Screenplay
The Strawberry Blonde
1941 · Screenplay
Honeymoon for Three
1941 · Additional Dialogue
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Screenplay
Saturday's Children
1940 · Screenplay
Four Wives
1939 · Screenplay
Daughters Courageous
1939 · Writer
Secrets of an Actress
1938 · Screenplay
Four Daughters
1938 · Screenplay
Confession
1937 · Adaptation
Sons o' Guns
1936 · Screenplay
Stars Over Broadway
1935 · Screenplay
I Live for Love
1935 · Screenplay
Little Big Shot
1935 · Screenplay
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Writer
In Caliente
1935 · Screenplay
Living on Velvet
1935 · Screenplay
