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Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter.
Born in Berdichev, Ukraine Swerling was a refugee of the Czarist regime who grew up on New York City's lower East Side, where he sold newspapers to help support his family. He worked as a newspaper and magazine writer in the early 1920s, then launched a playwriting career, including Street Cinderella, an early comedy for the Marx Brothers. He also wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy short film Humor Risk (1921). He scored a major success with the book and lyrics for the musical revue The New Yorkers (1927) and the play The Kibitzer (1929), the latter co-written with actor Edward G. Robinson.
Swerling was brought to Hollywood by Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn to work on the screenplay for Frank Capra's Ladies of Leisure (1930), the first of several collaborations with the director. His dozens of screenplays in the 1930s and 40s include Platinum Blonde, Behind the Mask, Once to Every Woman, The Pride of the Yankees (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Lifeboat, Leave Her to Heaven, and It's a Wonderful Life. He also provided some uncredited writing for the Gone with the Wind screenplay.
Frank Borzage: "Man's Castle" (1933)
Made for each other
Kraft Suspense Theatre Season 2 x Episode 21 Rapture at Two Forty
Guys and Dolls at The Playhouse | DEC 6-22, 2013
Nottingham Medics Guys and Dolls Trailer
Leave Her To Heaven 1945
Theatre@GPA Presents Guys and Dolls
a snippet from "Adelaide's Lament"
St Laurence's College - Guys and Dolls Musical 2016
Lifeboat 1944
A Columbia picture. Produced and Directed by Frank Borzage Cast: Spencer Tracy (Bill), Loretta Young (Trina), Arthur Hohl (Bragg), Marjorie Rambeau (Flossie), Walter Connoly (Ira), Glenda Farrell (Fay La Rue). Writing by Jo Swerling, from the play by Lawrence Hazard Director of Photography: Joseph August. Edition: Viola Lawrence Screen Play: Jo Swerling. Based on the play by Lawrence Hazard. Art Direction: Stephen Goosson Sound recording: Wilbur Brown Music: Frank Harling. Released in October 27, 1933. (originally 75 min). Its original version seems no longer exist. Reissue in 1938 with several cuts (67 min.)
Young lawyer meets and marries girl after knowing her one day. Takes bride home to meet his mother who disapproves of the marriage. Lawyer thinks everything will be fine as he moves up the ladder of the law firm. He doesn't and things get tough. A baby makes things even tougher. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "An American in Berlin? - Oliver Hardy ~ with Philip Hutchinson" ➨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joj2rg0j4n8 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Season 2 episode 21 of the series, written by Jo Swerling Jr. (story) & Luther Davis and directed by William A. Graham; with Ben Gazzara, Michael Rennie, . Season 2 episode 21 of the series, written by Jo Swerling Jr. (story) & Luther Davis and directed by William A. Graham; with Ben Gazzara, Michael Rennie, .
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser The stakes are high in this vibrant family classic as two gamblers bet their way toward the oldest established, permanent floating crap game in town...and love.
Nottingham Medical Students present 'Guys and Dolls' at Nottingham Arts Theatre. 24th - 26th October 2013. Tickets available from www.nottingham-theatre.co.uk now. GUYS AND DOLLS A musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon Music and lyrics by FRANK LOESSER Book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD. on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK.
A writer meets a young socialite on board a train. The two fall in love and are married soon after, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of both them and everyone else around them. Director: John M. Stahl Writers: Jo Swerling (screenplay), Ben Ames Williams (novel) Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Great Path Academy preforming Guys and Dolls May 13th 2016 Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, based on a story and characters by Damon Rumyun, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, Directed by Paul Zotos, Musical Direction by Steven Wolf, Choreography by Talia Clarke, "Havana" Choreography by Adelina Pardo, Preformed at SBM Auditorium Manchester Community College
from "Guys and Dolls" with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
Guys and Dolls - A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon Book by: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser Based on The Idyll of Sarah Brown and characters by Damon Runyon by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive Agent for Music Theatre International (NY) St Laurence’s College 82 Stephens Road, South Brisbane QLD 4101 www.slc.qld.edu.au/erpac
Several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in the same boat with one of the men who sunk it. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: John Steinbeck (by), Jo Swerling (screen play) Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak