Pincus Jacob Wolfson (May 22, 1903 – April 16, 1979) was an American pharmacist, novelist, screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
Early life Pincus Jacob Wolfson was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in New York City. His father worked as a plumber. Pincus studied pharmacy at Fordham University.
Career While working in a pharmacy in Madison Square Garden, he wrote his first novels.
Wolfson published his first novel, Bodies Are Dust, in 1931, and later, published twice, under two different titles, in French. It was called a "masterpiece" by Jean-Patrick Manchette.Mesplède, Claude (2007). Dictionnaire des littératures policières, vol. 2 : J – Z, p. 1086. Joseph K, Nantes. .
Allen Rivkin, an advertising copy writer, who went to Hollywood and joined the RKO Pictures publicity department, formed a film writing team with Wolfson, who got a writer’s contract on the strength of "Bodies Are Dust". They started at Universal Pictures the same day. Through a luncheon conversation that day decided to collaborate on a story. In less than two years the pair wrote ten screen plays. They later wrote for the B. P. Schulberg company at Paramount Pictures.
He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, RKO Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures. He wrote numerous scripts for film and television. He produced 30 episodes of the television series I Married Joan between 1952 and 1955.
Works Novels Bodies Are Dust (1931) Summer Hotel (1932) All Women Die (1933) My Flesh of Brass (1934) How Sharp the Point (1959)
Partial filmography Writer 1933: Picture Snatcher by Lloyd Bacon with James Cagney 1933: The Tourbillon Dance by Robert Z. Leonard with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable 1935: Reckless Youth by Victor Fleming with Jean Harlow and William Powell 1935: The Mad Love of Hands by Karl Freund with Peter Lorre and Frances Drake 1936: Carolyn wants to Divorce by Leigh Jason with Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond and Robert Young 1937: The Enterprising Mr. Petrov by Mark Sandrich with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 1937: Sea Devils by Benjamin Stoloff with Victor McLaglen and Preston Foster 1938: Marriage Incognito by George Stevens with Ginger Rogers and James Stewart 1939: Allegheny Uprising by William A. Seiter with Claire Trevor and John Wayne 1940: Vigil in the Night by George Stevens with Carole Lombard and Brian Aherne 1940: He Stayed for Breakfast by Alexander Hall with Loretta Young and Melvyn Douglas 1941: Our Wife by John M. Stahl with Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey and Ellen Drew 1942: Embrace the Bride by Alexander Hall with Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas 1947: Suddenly, It's Spring by Mitchell Leisen with Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray 1947: The Exploits of Pearl White by George Marshall with Betty Hutton and John Lund 1948: Saigon by Leslie Fenton with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
Director 1939: Boy Slaves with Anne Shirley
Producer 1938: The Mad Miss Manton by Leigh Jason with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda 1939: Boy Slaves 1939: Allegheny Uprising by William A. Seiter with Claire Trevor and John Wayne 1943: My Kingdom for a Cook by Richard Wallace with Charles Coburn, Marguerite Chapman, and Bill Carter. 1948: Saigon by Leslie Fenton with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
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