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name: "Edwin Justus Mayer"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "8 November 1896"
died: "11 September 1960"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:03:34.036423+00:00"
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# Edwin Justus Mayer

Screenwriter. Born 8 November 1896 in New York, New York. Died 11 September 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 8 November 1896, New York, New York
- **Died:** 11 September 1960

## Biography

Edwin Justus Mayer was an American screenwriter and playwright. He was born in New York on 8 November 1896 and died there on 11 September 1960.

Mayer wrote the screenplay for Ernst Lubitsch's *To Be or Not to Be* (1942). He also worked on the screenplays for *A Royal Scandal* (1945), *Merrily We Go to Hell* (1932) and *Midnight* (1939).

He began his career as a journalist and wrote several plays that reached Broadway, including *The Firebrand* (1924). He contributed to numerous films from the late 1920s to the 1950s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)

## Also known for

- *Midnight* (1939), Original Story
- *Desire* (1936), Screenplay
- *Merrily We Go to Hell* (1932), Screenplay

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