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name: "Edward Kaufman"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 August 1893"
died: "9 January 1955"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-19T22:34:06.910336+00:00"
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# Edward Kaufman

Writer. Born 20 August 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 9 January 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 August 1893, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 9 January 1955
- **Also known as:** Edward A. Kaufman
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048583, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149122

## Biography

Edward Kaufman (1893–1955) was an American screenwriter and film producer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career in the silent era and worked extensively in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.

His writing credits include the screenplay for the Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers musical *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), as well as *Romance in Manhattan* (1935), *Star of Midnight* (1935), *Hips, Hips, Hooray!* (1934) and *Affectionately Yours* (1941). He also produced or served as associate producer on titles including *Charlie Chan at Treasure Island* (1939), *News Is Made at Night* (1939) and *Song of Scheherazade* (1947). Kaufman was married to actress Thelma Salter.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Grandfather Sky* (1993), Sound Editor
- *Affectionately Yours* (1941), Screenplay
- *Barricade* (1939), Associate Producer
- *Wise Girl* (1937), Producer
- *Breakfast for Two* (1937), Producer
- *Walking on Air* (1936), Producer
- *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* (1936), Associate Producer
- *The Lady Consents* (1936), Associate Producer
- *We're Only Human* (1935), Associate Producer
- *Going Highbrow* (1935), Screenplay
- *Star of Midnight* (1935), Screenplay
- *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)
- *Cockeyed Cavaliers* (1934), Writer
- *Hips, Hips, Hooray!* (1934), Screenplay
- *Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men* (1933), Screenplay
- *The Life of the Party* (1930), Producer
- *Making the Grade* (1929), Writer
- *The Pilgrim* (1916), Writer
- *Soul Mates* (1916), Screenplay
- *In the Shuffle* (1916), Scenario Writer
- *The Resolve* (1915), Story

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