Edward Chodorov (April 17, 1904 – October 9, 1988), was a Broadway playwright, and the writer or producer of over 50 motion pictures.

Filmography

* '' Kind Lady'' (1951, writer) * '' Road House'' (1948, writer/producer) * ''

The Hucksters ''The Hucksters'' is a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Jack Conway starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr, her debut in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, and ...

'' (1947, writer) * '' Undercurrent'' (1946, writer) * '' The Man from Dakota'' (1940, producer) * ''A Hundred to One'' (1939, producer) * ''Rich Man, Poor Girl'' (1938, producer) * ''Spring Madness'' (1938, writer/producer) * ''

Woman Against Woman ''Woman Against Woman'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Edward Chodorov. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor, Janet Beecher and Marjorie Rambeau. The film was released on June ...

'' (1938, writer/producer) * ''

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'' (1938, writer) * ''The Devil Is Driving'' (1937, producer) * '' The Devil's Playground'' (1937, associate producer) * ''

The League of Frightened Men ''The League of Frightened Men'' is the second Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. The story was serialized in six issues of ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (June 15–July 20, 1935) under the title ''The Frightened Men''. The novel was publis ...

'' (1937, writer/producer) * '' Craig's Wife'' (1936, associate producer) * '' Kind Lady'' (1935, writer) * '' Madame Du Barry'' (1934, writer) * ''

The World Changes ''The World Changes'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as an ambitious farm boy who becomes rich, but does not handle success well. Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor play his mother and wife r ...

'' (1933, writer) * ''

Captured! ''Captured!'' (aka ''Fellow Prisoners'') is a 1933 American pre-Code film about World War I prisoners of war in a German camp. The film was directed by Roy Del Ruth and stars Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ''Captured!'' was based ...

'' (1933, writer/producer) * ''

The Mayor of Hell ''The Mayor of Hell'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Warner Brothers film starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as ''Crime School'' with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and '' Hell's Kitchen'' with Ronald Reagan in 1939. ...

'' (1933, writer) Uncredited * ''

The Story of Louis Pasteur ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise and Donald Woods, and Paul Muni as t ...

'' (1936, writer) * ''

Snowed Under ''Snowed Under'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent as a playwright who is working under a tight deadline. He becomes snowed-in in his remote cabin with two ex-wives and a girlfriend, play ...

'' (1936, contributor)

Bibliography

Plays

* ''

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! ''Oh, Men! Oh, Women!'' is a 1957 American comedy film written, produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson, based on the play of the same name by Edward Chodorov. It stars Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey and David Niven. It was the feature film debut of ...

'' (1953), later adapted into a 1957 film * ''Common Ground'' (1945) * ''Decision'' (1944) * ''Those Endearing Young Charms'' (1943) * ''Cue for Passion'' (1940) with H. S. Kraft * '' Kind Lady'' (1935, writer) * ''Wonder Boy'' (1931) with Arthur Barton

Blacklist

Chodorov was blacklisted in 1953 by Hollywood studios for his failure to cooperate with the

House Committee on Un-American Activities The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly dubbed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloy ...

. He was identified as a

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member by

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

References

External links

Edward Chodorov Papers
at the

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*
Edward Chodorov, 84, Playwright And Writer and Producer of Films
(obituary); ''

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