Jo swerling jr biography wikipedia

Jo Swerling April 8, — October 23, was an American theatre writer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He worked as a newspaper and magazine writer in the early s. He wrote the Marx Brothers' The Cinderella Girls , which was a failure, and he also wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy short film Humor Risk He scored a major success with the book and lyrics for the musical revue The New Yorkers and the play The Kibitzer , the latter co-written with actor Edward G.

Swerling was brought to Hollywood by Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn to work on the screenplay for Frank Capra 's Ladies of Leisure , the first of several collaborations with the director.

SWERLING, Jo(seph) PERSONAL: Born April 18, , in Bardichov, Russia; died ; married Florence Manson; children: Peter, Jo, Jr. CAREER: Screenwriter, playwright, .

He also provided some uncredited writing for Gone with the Wind. Swerling returned to Broadway in to write the book for Guys and Dolls. The book received a comprehensive rewrite from Abraham "Abe" Burrows , though the songs had been written with Swerling's book in mind, and both writers were credited. Swerling was the father of Peter Swerling , the world's leading radar theoretician of the second half of the 20th century, and Jo Swerling Jr.

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Swerling je bio otac Petera Swerlinga, vodećeg svjetskog teoretičara radara u drugoj polovini stoljeća, i Joa Swerlinga Jr., [3] producenta takvih televizijskih serija kao što su Alias Smith i .

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