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Philip and Howard E Koch of the film Casablanca 1942 for which the writers won an Academy Award It was adapted from an unpublished play Everybody Comes to Ricks written by Murray Bennett and Joan Alison His identical twin died in 1952 a loss that he felt for the rest of his life He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 COD 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 Millers Theatre for more than 30 years opening on February 27 1969 and closing after only four performances Description above from the Wikipedia article Julius J Epstein licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia